Sydney commuters risking life and limb rushing to make trains

We've all been there.

The train is at the station, preparing to take off. You're running down the stairs, taking two and three at a time.

The doors are closing, the chance is slipping, but you keep thinking to yourself: "Make. That. Train."

Now, there are two types of people in this world.

There are the ones who pull up and wait for the next one in just a few minutes time. Sensible.

Then there are the others, who go for it.

By hook or by crook they are going to make it and squeeze through those big powerful doors. Most of them don't and they look daft.

There are 62 people in Sydney who have chosen the latter in the last year alone.

To add insult to injury, they have been caught on security camera.

There's this one fella who lunged for a train in Windsor at morning peak hour.

He was never going to make it but that didn't stop him from trying.

He jumped for the closed doors, but instead of bouncing back onto the platform, he slipped through the gap and fell onto the train tracks.

He tried to get out but couldn't. He was stuck, and all of a sudden, his life is in danger.

The train starts to take off, and on the vision, the man disappears.

Then the train stops, and other passengers crowd around the platform.

They help lift him back to safety. Remarkably, he walks away.

"The whistle and the flag is not an indication to start running. It's to stop and stay behind that yellow line and keep yourself safe," Howard Collins CEO of Sydney Trains said.

He's right. I mean really, what difference is a few minutes going to make?

You may as well wait for the next one.

Although I can attest to a touch of hypocrisy here.

I remember living in London and using the tube everyday. There was always a bit of a rush when you assessed your chances of a late dash and squeezed through the closing door.

After a while, I thought, "this is ridiculous".

But I wasn't alone, so many people did it and got themselves in a right pickle.

NSW Transport Minister Andrew Constance told us, "it's not worth risking your life or risking your limb as a result of rushing through a closing door."

Take a breath. Slow down. Travel safe. Catch the next train.