The platform is the part of the stop that is raised up from the railway tracks. It is used by passengers boarding, alighting from or waiting for a train. Platforms can be divided into sectors.
Die Perronoberfläche ist die begehbare Fläche des Perronkörpers, sie wird in der Regel durch die Perronkante gegen das Gleis abgeschlossen. The platform surface is the part of the platform that people can walk on; it normally terminates in the platform edge which faces the tracks.