A woman has told of her horror seeing her husband fall onto a railway line where he narrowly missed an oncoming train.

Corinne and her husband Robert Blass were getting the train from Preston Park to London to see Corinne’s aunt for lunch on Wednesday, June 28.

As they walked past the ticket office at around 9am, Robert stepped towards the narrow platform, lost his footing and fell onto the train track.

Robert, in his late seventies, was up to his shoulders down the gap as a train was coming in.

Corinne, 65, and two men who were standing nearby rushed to lift him from the tracks and yanked him up onto the platform, narrowly missing the incoming train.

“It was horrifying,” Corinne told The Argus.

“I keep seeing pictures in my head of him falling down the gap.”

Robert had cuts and scrapes "all over him". He was bleeding a lot, partly because of his medication.

“Kind people at the station helped us get him to a seat and mop him up while we decided what to do next and whether we needed to go to hospital,” said Corinne.

The couple, who live in Hangleton Road, Hove, decided to get the next train to London and get a taxi to meet Corinne’s aunt.

While on the train, even more people offered Robert and Corinne a hand.

Corinne said: “A lovely German family helped us with tissues and plasters and there was a man who had a first aid kit.

“When we got to London, the guards at Blackfriars let us get off and get back on again so I could get Robert a tea, even though our ticket wasn’t valid for that train.”

She said: “It was a horrible experience but it really restored my faith in humanity.”

Though Robert is “battered and bruised” he is doing ok now, said Corinne.

“We both ache a bit today and I think we are just recovering from the shock of it all.”

Now, Corinne wants to find Robert’s heroes to thank them personally.

“It was a horrible experience but it completely restored my faith in humanity. So many lovely people helped us out and we want to thank them.

“I think Robert is most annoyed that his new cap from M&S fell off,” said Corinne.

Were you one of Robert’s heroes? Contact ellie.crabbe@theargus.co.uk to let us know.