Dramatic vision of rail commuters slipping between a train and a platform at Brisbane stations has been released as authorities reveal the number of falls doubled last year.
People fell into the gap 54 times last year compared to 21 times in 2020, Queensland Rail data showed.
Queensland Rail's south-east Queensland head Scott Riedel said the organisation was deeply concerned about the rise.
It has released CCTV footage of some of the worst falls, which Mr Riedel called "quite confronting".
Busier stations had the most incidents last year, including eight at Roma Street, six at Central and three at Coomera.
Mr Riedel said it was likely more falls occurred at Roma Street and Central because they had a large volume of daily passengers.
He said the increase in accidents could also be related to fewer passengers catching trains.
"We believe that because usership [sic] is down, people have been rushing to a train, because it's not at the platform for as long, so we believe they're running," he said.
"It's important to remember [falls] are preventable."
Concern about children falling
In some of the footage released by Queensland Rail, a boy is seen slipping completely between the train and a Roma Street platform while walking with a woman.
A girl was also captured falling while alighting a train at Central station.
Mr Riedel said young children were also getting caught and he encouraged caretakers to hold their hands on the platforms and talk about the dangers before travelling.
"While small children can often fit through the gap, a larger child or adult can still sustain a painful injury if a limb slips between the train and platform."
Queensland Rail has just launched a new Travel With Care campaign, which aimed to reduce the number of falls.
Customers can expect to see signage at key stations around the network as well as onboard trains.
Mr Riedel said they were also working on school education programs and improving the infrastructure of the platforms, such as raising and adding new platforms.
