On 22 Jan, 11:28, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 11:19:53 on
Thu, 22 Jan 2009, Grant remarked:

On the Midland Mainline there are several stations where the guards
announce "mind the gap between the train and the platform edge".

And "mind the gap" is painted on the platform edge at Market Harborough.

Mind you, less of a gap and more of a jump. There must be 18" vertical
between step and platform. How come the two are so far out of alignment?

I presume the track has been canted over in recent times, to facilitate
fast through-running.

Platform 2 at Lewisham has such huge gap in places that you have to
leap over it. I don't know how the elderly manage it.

There is no announcements, but lights under the platfrom come on when
a train approaches.