Absolutely. It just makes me chuckle that people like to blame the EU. Belgium still has loads of platforms that are barely above rail height. The modern Desiros have basic automatic PA but nothing else does. I can't think of any stock with door release chimes. Same in the Netherlands though the platforms are all standard height. No idea about the rest of the EU.And the arbitrary 31/12/19 was a U.K. Government decision, not the EU. Given that the requirement for dispensations is to a very large degree down to DfT’s own mismanagement, you might say “hoist by their own petard”.