Most people I work with catch the train to work.
Inevitably, we need to drive to the station and park our cars on one side of the station, corresponding to one platform. There is also a pedestrian crossing after the end of the platforms, so that people can cross from one side of the tracks to the
other and there is usually a road crossing not far away. For example:
road
| | [] <- my car
| |_________________________________________
| |
| | CAR PARK
| |_________________________________________
| |....................\__Platform___/
X X--xx---------------------------------------------> To city
X X--xx------------------------------------------< From city
| |..................../---Platform----\
| |
As you can see, the trip to the platform from the car in the morning is easy, however, there is a large hike in the evening from the "From city" platform to the car parked in spot 401 of a 400 space parking lot.
What I propose is that a drawbridge be installed between the two platforms. This could be a connection between the platforms for station users who need to change to trains on differing platforms as well as a service to make it easier for those who park on one side of the station to get to their cars at night.
The drawbridge could be triggered with the boom gates that block traffic from crossing at the road crossing or the pedestrian crossing. When a train is coming, the boom gates block the path of traffic, and the bridge rises to a vertical position, allowing the train to pull into the platform. When there is no train, the commuters can cross freely between the platforms and save themselves the walk.