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suewells | 21:00 Mon 17th Mar 2003 | Phrases & Sayings
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why do train platfroms say alight here
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Avatar Image WendyW
Because alight means to dismount, finish ones journey, to fall, to descend.
23:18 Mon 17th Mar 2003
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Such signs are, of course, on the platform side of the train...the obvious suggestion being that you'd be a bit daft to alight on the other side.

It's rather like the guard's announcement that goes: "Southampton is the next station stop." Obviously, he doesn't know whether the train might have to stop before it reaches the platform and consequently is covering the company if a passenger decides to get out before the station!

08:09 Tue 18th Mar 2003
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Because if the said "Get Off Here" it may be taken the wrong way
10:44 Tue 18th Mar 2003
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'Alight Here' is actually a clever way of confusing the tourists!
16:47 Fri 21st Mar 2003

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