Why did I get on an express train? It was about 10 minutes before midnight, and there was an express train at the midway station.

reasoning question Inference, inference, why?
I boarded an express train. Around 10 minutes before midnight, a man also boarded the train at the midway station. After the door closed, he seemed to have suddenly regained consciousness and began to look around at the faces of the passengers.
"Forgive my ignorance, but are you 28 years old this year?" He asked me," Yes, but how do you know?"
I asked him in return, but he ignored me and continued to talk to others.
"You're 45 years old this year, right?"
"That's right."
"Are you 62 years old?"
"How did you know?"
He had been repeating such conversations with the passengers who seemed to be strangers. It seemed that this man had the special ability to tell the age of others just by looking at their faces.
There were still about 15 minutes before the next stop. All the passengers, including me, looked at the man curiously until he asked about the last lady.
"Are you 50 years old?"
" Yes, but I'll be 51 in five minutes!" The lady replied with a smile.
In an instant, the man's face turned ashen, as if he was extremely shocked.

Answer 1

An express train stopped at the midway station ten minutes before midnight, so this was probably a train station. Because if this was a high-speed train, it wouldn't stop midway because it would waste fuel. So this was probably a train station because the train needed to stop here to let the passengers get off the train and reload the goods.

If there was a passenger at the midway station, then the person was most likely waiting for the train or preparing to get off the train. If you were to wait for a bus at the station, you would probably be discovered by the station staff or other passengers. But if you were getting off the train, you could easily find a safe place to sit down and wait for the train to arrive.

There was also a possibility that it was a staff member because they might be here to carry out some maintenance work such as cleaning the station or inspecting the train.

In summary, the situation here was very likely to be a train station, and there might be a person waiting for the train or preparing to get off the train, or a staff member.