Bellingcat Challenge #15 "On The Metro" Writeup
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Challenge
Bellingcat Challenge #15 “On The Metro”
Watching the metro go past.
Where is the photographer, what is the line, and where is the train heading?
What is the destination station for this train?
Solution
A Google Images search for Subway train with red line exterior striping returned Subway in Prague and Metro train passing station at high speed. The trains in these images share the same visual characteristics as the challenge image, identifying it as the Prague Metro.
The Prague Metro has three lines: A/B/C. Since the answer must be a terminal station on one of them, the next step was to identify the line, station, and direction of travel from the image.
Google Images searches such as Prague Metro station wall mostly returned stations with the system’s iconic circular tiles. They did not reveal a matching station, so this approach was abandoned.
A YouTube search for Prague Metro station found a playlist covering every Prague Metro station. Comparing the station interiors identified the location as Hůrka station.
One side of the tracks at Hůrka is lined with windows. Comparing their position in the challenge image with the video establishes the train’s direction of travel, whose terminal station is Zličín.
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Zličín