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Because there's no such thing as "really" stationary or "really" moving. If the

distance between a point on one train and a point on the other train is changing,

then a person on either train says that the other train is moving, and both of them

are correct.

A "stationary" train only appears to be moving if the train you're on is moving

relative to that one.

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