THEY say ladies can only propose to their partner on a leap year so Rebecca Stanford wasn’t going to miss her big chance.

Four years ago on the leap day, February 29, as her partner David Krause was at Central Station on his way home to the Coast, she popped the question over the station’s loud speaker.

“I wouldn’t have broken the rules,” she said. “That was my one chance for four years and because I did it, here we are today four years later.”

media_camera Rebecca Stanford and David Krause get married at Central Station on February 29, four years after proposed to David. media_camera Newlyweds Rebecca Stanford and David Krause with their kids Cole 13, Neiva, 3, and Aiysha, 2, at Central today.

Fast forward four years — or one leap year — and the Narara couple became the first ever couple married at Central Station on Monday.

She described her unusual proposal as the perfect combination of the couple’s personality types — for her as the extrovert and for him as a quiet, reserved guy.

With hundreds of people listening in, she got to make an impact while her shy Dave was able to slip quietly into the station master’s office where he said “yes”.

media_camera Rebecca Stanford and David Krause are supported by family and friends at their Central Station marriage today.

On the day of the proposal, Rebecca had asked permission to use PA on the platform where she expected Dave to be waiting for the train home.

But the station master liked her idea so much he had her proposal broadcast over the whole station to make sure Dave heard it.

They both agreed the wait had been worth it after postponing their wedding plans because they had been focused on getting treatment for their two-year-old daughter Aiysha, who is ill with life-threatening epilepsy.

media_camera Rebecca Stanford and David Krause get married at Central Station today.

“I walk past here every day after work so it will be nice to look back and remember today,” Dave said after the ceremony.

The couple tied the knot — literally — with a Celtic ribbon signifying their bond for life, on the marble staircase of the station’s historic West Wing.

media_camera Onlookers at Rebecca Stanford and David Krause’s marriage ceremony today.

They exchanged vows before a group of about 30 close friends and family including their children Cole, 13, Neiva, 3, and Aiysha.

In a white-beaded tulle gown from CC’s Boutique at Toukley, Rebecca beamed as she walked down the aisle — staircase — to a piano piece composed by her partner for the occasion.

“Dave expresses himself best through his music,” said his best man Adrian Mackenzie, a schoolmate from St Edwards.

“He’s quite a talented musician so it was nice that he was able to incorporate some of his creativity into their day.”

In keeping with the musical theme, their two young daughters had flower bouquets custom made with sheet music that matched their father’s bow tie.

The couple’s first wedding anniversary will be in four years, so Dave has plenty of time to organise something special.