The woman was standing alone on the platform when the train arrived.
It was late at night.
Rain was falling heavily, and only a few passengers were waiting beneath the station shelter.
As the train slowed down, she looked through one of the windows.
Then she froze.
Someone was sitting inside.
A young woman.
The same dark jacket.
The same hair.
The same face.
For several seconds, she simply stared.
The woman inside the train looked back.
Then the expression on her face changed.
She appeared terrified.
The train began moving again.
The woman on the platform started running alongside it.
The woman inside pressed both hands against the glass.
Neither could hear the other.
Then, without warning, the train stopped.
The woman on the platform stopped running.
She looked toward the window.
The seat was empty.
The woman inside was gone.
The train doors opened a few seconds later.
The platform woman stepped toward the entrance.
The train appeared to be completely empty.
She checked the nearest seats.
Then the next carriage.
There was no sign of the other woman.
Security footage was later reviewed.
The recording showed the woman arriving at the station alone.
It showed her waiting on the platform.
It showed the train arriving.
And it showed a woman inside the train who appeared to be identical to her.
But the footage contained an even stranger detail.
A second security camera, positioned at the opposite end of the platform, appeared to show the same woman standing in two places at once.
One version was beside the train.
The other was near the station entrance.
The footage was never officially explained.
Some believed the cameras had been out of sync.
Others suggested that the woman inside the train was simply someone who looked remarkably similar.
But that explanation became difficult to accept when the train was inspected.
No passenger matching the woman’s description was found.
No one had entered or exited the train during the brief stop.
And the woman on the platform insisted that the person inside had been wearing the exact same necklace she was wearing.
The train continued its route.
The woman left the station shortly afterward.
She never reported the incident as a crime.
But she did tell investigators one thing.
She said that just before the train doors opened, she had felt someone standing directly behind her.
When she turned around, no one was there.
The security camera behind the platform showed something different.
For less than one second, a dark figure appeared directly behind her.
The image was too unclear to identify the person.
But the figure appeared to be wearing the same clothes.
And that leaves the question:
Who was the woman inside the train?
And if she was really the same woman standing on the platform…
Which one of them got off the train?
