Perth man who didn't 'mind the gap' freed

Commuters have freed a man whose leg became stuck in the gap between the train and the platform at a Perth station by rocking the carriage.

Dozens of passengers have freed a man whose leg became stuck in the gap at a Perth train station. (AAP)

Dozens of passengers have had to rock a train carriage back and forth to free a man whose leg was caught in the gap at a Perth station.

A Transperth spokesman said the man was boarding the train into the city at Stirling Station on Wednesday morning when he stepped awkwardly, causing him to slip down the gap.

He said it was an impressive feat because the gap between the train and platform was less than five centimetres.

Passengers were asked to stand to the other side of the carriage to push the weight away from the man but it was not enough to free him, the spokesman said.

"When that didn't work, they got people off and gathered together enough of them to line up, 50 or so, and say `one, two, three, push'," he said.

A passenger, known only as Nic, said the man appeared to be in shock but not in pain, and was lifted to safety by two other passengers once the gap widened.

Paramedics treated the man but he was not badly injured and caught a later train.

Nic said the incident made him rethink the warning "mind the gap".

"It's not something you sort of think about or really take seriously," Nic told AAP.

"I always thought it was a bit of a joke but now, yeah, you kind of do."