Thread: Stopping Getting Tail-Gated on Underground / NR
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Old May 13th 10, 09:42 AM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
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Default Stopping Getting Tail-Gated on Underground / NR
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On Thu, 13 May 2010 01:58:56 -0700 (PDT)
Mizter T wrote:
If you mean 'has this happened to me' then someone tried it once,
unsuccessfully, as I gave him a very firm shove and he tumbled to the
ground screaming blue murder at me (scrawny little guy, looked like a
skag addict, which would explain his misplaced fury).

The LU ticket barriers have a major design fault which means its quite
easy to keep the gate open long enough to stroll through it in quite a
relaxed manner once someone has already opened it with their ticket.

B2003

Is this always true?

Maybe one of the group's gurus can tell us whether they open for a
standard interval.

I've found the LU gates at Liverpool Street [Old Broad Street entrance]
are particularly snappy.
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