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My observations and questions from watching this, for what they are worth...
1) Neither the victim nor any of the attackers appear to be particularly skilled empty-hand fighters. Someone with good training on either side might have changed the outcome quite a bit.
2) The only escalation via the use of tools, appeared to be the skateboard, and it was effective against the victim. Did no one have any other tools, or did they simply not use them? There is some presumed degree of safety in numbers, so maybe the assailants did not feel the need to resort to edged weapons and such.
3) Mob violence appears to be communicable -- note the way the orange shirts joined in.
4) Nobody seemed to come to the aid of the victim either on or off the train during the course of the video.
5) Alone and unarmed against a mob, the odds are unfavorable.
6) Why would the victim want to get back on the train with the assailants as he appeared to try to do?
7) Recognizing situations where dialog may resort in violence might be a handy skill to use to avoid potential violence.

As many others on the forum have said of themselves, I am not feeble, but I am also not as physically fit and capable as I was when younger. I hope to offset some of the declining physical capability with discernment, training, guile and tools. The victim seems to have not explored some of these areas, but then again I had not explored them very much when I was his age.

As for the question of intervention on behalf of the victim, I don't know what I would have done. The video only provides a portion of environmental data that would be helpful to inform a course of action. If there, I would have the benefit of much more sensory data to better make plans and execute them if/when I needed to. Since I wasn't there, I can only say that if by myself I would have wanted, and likely tried, to help in some way.