New Tube trains were today blamed for a dramatic increase in the number of passengers falling into the platform gap at stations.

A total of 307 incidents were recorded last year, three times the number before the £1.5 billion walk-through fleet was introduced on the Metropolitan, Circle, Hammersmith & City and District lines.

The problem is worst at Baker Street, where 52 people — one a week — fell last year. Blue warning lights have been introduced to alert passengers to the bigger gap between train and platform.

Reported by The Evening Standard. You can read the full story here. 

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