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How Long Does It Take A Freight Train To Stop. I mentioned freight train, because passenger trains with their short, light, weight and superior disc brakes will always stop way faster than any freight train. This video captures a freight train engaging its emergency brake (about 2m in) and grinding slowly to a stop.

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Trains cannot stop and cannot swerve to avoid you. A average freight train going 50 mph (80 km/h) will take up to1.5 miles. Freight trains are made up that long because it's more efficient.

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Trains always have right of way. So even without allowing for little problems such as those mentioned by rodney (and others) it will take 10 to 30 times as long to stop a train (or light locomotive) which translates to 100 to 1000 times the distance. Indian railways operated the longest train in india on 2 june 2020. Trains cannot stop in time for motorists at crossings, or for trespassers on the tracks.