Train

Trains are very interesting dream symbols that represent advancement on your life’s journey. This would be from one stage of your life to a next destination. What takes place before, during and after are all indications of what obstacles you maybe faced with. An underground train is synonymous with the unconscious part of the dreamer. You may be on the right track for opportunists to come in the near future. Getting on the wrong train could be doing things that you don’t want to do, don’t find valuable, not where you want to end up. Staying around a train station might be indecisiveness about moving to the next stage. Train being derailed suggests failure on the next venture.

Symbolic of going from one place to another

The train, as a transportation symbol, personifies motivation and direction. Because it is following a track, you may have the feeling that your path has been laid out before you and is not within your control to change. Missing a train can symbolize fear of failure in light of expectations that have been imposed upon you, perhaps by your employer or parents. Jumping in and out of trains can symbolize how you are trying to find your own way. The train station is a place of transition and has a specific schedule, portraying your feelings about your ability to meet your own expectations. Dreaming of trying to catch a train can personify how you are caught up by the current demands of your schedule. Boats, buses and trains, in which you are a 'passenger,' suggest how you are following a course that is not self-directed and not easily changed. See Vehicles and Places of Transportation.