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My company has had two of its employees assaulted on trains in the last month. My personal thoughts are folk should definitely give careful consideration how to travel more safely - police can give tips on this - i.e. like traveling in groups where possible is a great idea, late night train trips in deserted carriages to poor locations are not desirable.
At some stage of your life you may be placed in a dangerous situation, its best to pre-plan your options and response. You need to also consider your triggers - how obnoxious or dangerous must a situation be before you will take a decisive action - and how decisive will that be? It is not reliably simple to disarm an armed attacker in a way that is relatively safe for you and doesn't harm the aggressor - that actually takes a lot of training and practice.
At what point do you intervene in a situation and how seriously do you intervene? One has to decide for oneself - courtesy goes a long way - but rudeness does not have to lead to violence. Threaten or enacted violence doesn't have to lead to real harm, but it takes considerable skill, timing and focus to deal with a committed attacker with a dangerous weapon - its probably best to try and flee these situations.
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