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On 09/04/2010 11:39, Paul Scott wrote:

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Does anyone know why this gateline was finally removed?

As an interchange gateline, it was presumably thought unnecessary following
PAYG extension (although it may just be coincidence). *It was pretty much
unique, as there are plenty of other stations where you can get into the
underground directly from other NR services, and the same requirement was
not applied to Central, DLR and LO at Stratford.

Did they install a trip validator?

What precisely do you mean by "trip validator"?

If you mean a standalone validator for people changing between paper
rail tickets and Oyster PAYG, then a post over on uk.railway suggests
that there are indeed standalone validators for this purpose on the
concourse that leads to/from the Jubilee line platforms.


BTW, when are they going to open up Straford Regional and Stratford
International there?

Stratford International opened for Southeastern highspeed services
back in November '09. Stratford Regional is the new name of the
existing station (not sure when the renaming is to happen). If you
mean when is the DLR extension to Stratford Int'l (from Canning Town)
going to open, then the broad brush answer is "Summer 2010" - see:
http://developments.dlr.co.uk/extensions/stratford/whatnext.asp