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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _platform(self) -> Optional[str]: """Extract platform."""

        try:
            return str(self.journey.MainStop.BasicStop.Dep.Platform.text)
        except AttributeError:
            return None