On 15/05/2010 08:15, MIG wrote:

Visit Brockley in the evening rush and you will get an idea of what it
will be like (can't remember if the gates were installed during
Southern management).

This is now run by London Overground, who are particularly strict
about shutting the accessible gate from the platform which everyone
used to use, and forcing everyone into the narrow bridge where the
barriers and ticket office are.

This is constantly jammed solid with people queuing all the way down
the stairs and on to the platform. I have complained that it's
dangerous, but the staff insist that they are "not permitted" to open
the gate from the platform (which has a Oyster pad).

If the open side is the Coulgate Street side, surely nearly all
passengers are alighting on that platform anyway.