{"id":731924,"date":"2026-08-08T22:44:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T22:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/731924\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T22:44:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T22:44:13","slug":"london-airport-rail-users-warned-after-rise-in-platform-falls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/731924\/","title":{"rendered":"London airport rail users warned after rise in platform falls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Lindsay encouraged passengers to allow extra time for their journeys, avoid rushing and check travel information before setting off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It&#8217;s a really simple message from us here &#8211; take time,&#8221; she told the BBC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">August is typically one of the busiest months for Gatwick and Luton airports, with an increase in passengers travelling to both destinations by rail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">GTR, which operates Gatwick Express, Southern and Thameslink services to both airports, said most accidents on platforms were preventable and are trying to reduce the number of incidents. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Lindsay said: &#8220;We&#8217;ve got the summer holidays, with people travelling with us, going on holiday and coming to London to enjoy the city. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;People will take their luggage, suitcases, prams, etc on to escalators, which is really unsafe as they can fall back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;So what we&#8217;re saying is to use our lifts or speak to members of staff. They&#8217;re on hand to help you.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lindsay encouraged passengers to allow extra time for their journeys, avoid rushing and check travel information before setting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":731925,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-731924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=731924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/731925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=731924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=731924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=731924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}