A man was saved in the nick of time after he slipped off a train while alighting at Dadar station on Tuesday. The incident occured on platform number six when the Hyderabad Express was arriving at 1.05 p.m. The passenger, Gautam Tati, was travelling in the general compartment and alighted as the train was coming to a halt. He was carrying two heavy suitcases and slipped. He nearly fell into the gap between the platform and train, but was pulled up by two railway protection personnel in plainclothes, who were on patrol duty.