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In the first episode of the new anime _"Koutetsujou-no-Kabaneri"_ , the first
train had to stop before they let it enter the station. (which can be seen in
the following picture)

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/D20fk.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/D20fk.jpg)

Why was the bridge already down before the second train even arrived? This
made it easy for the Kabane to invade the station. (here you can see that the
bridge was already down before the train even arrived)

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/QHlDl.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/QHlDl.jpg)

Was this an error? Or is it a part of the plot, to let the Kabane enter the
station?


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Why was the bridge already down when the second train arrived?


It's not clear as of now why Koutetsujou (the first train) had to wait before
entering the station whereas Fusoujou (the second train) didn't.

However, a likely reason is that they were expecting Fusoujou to arrive on
that day whereas Koutetsujou was to arrive on the next day, but was running
ahead of its schedule.

Moreover, I don't think they expected the whole train to be filled with
Kabane. They most likely only expected a few to be bitten and planned to get
rid of them at the station, like they did with Koutetsujou.

> Why was the bridge already down before the train even arrived?

It wasn't. The bridge was lowered when they saw Husoujyou coming, as can be
seen here:

[![lowering of the
bridge](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qTCdr.gif)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/qTCdr.gif)


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I think, it is rather dangerous to keep train staying outside for some long
time, since it is easier for Kabane to get on it, so getting bridge down right
to the train arrival seems pretty logical to me. That's why bridge was lowered
for second train.

On other hand, first train arrival was not scheduled. I think, that's why
bridge was not lowered in time.


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In episode 1, it is implied that there is a strict schedule to when trains
arrive. I think as long as you arrive according to schedule, the town will
just lower the bridge beforehand, as staying outside in a potentially kabane-
infested zone is very dangerous.

However, Mumei's train was said to be out of schedule and arrived early. Thus
nobody is aware that it is coming and thus they don't lower the bridge.


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