Wow... I bet that must be quite a rush to stand on the platform when a train flies by at 150 mph! Do they make a warning announcement before the train goes through?
Also, do you know if trains have a maximum speed permitted through a station if they are making a stop? Or is it at the engineer's discretion to go as slow or fast as safety permits (keeping within track speed limits, of course)?
In other words, if an engineer could safely do it, is it legal to approach a station at, say, 50 miles per hour and come to a screeching halt for the station stop? What's the normal speed a stopping train will approach a station at?
Thanks for the interesting answers so far everyone!