On Feb 26, 12:35*pm, "Recliner" wrote:

"Paul Corfield" wrote:

On Sat, 26 Feb 2011 12:24:13 -0000, "Recliner"
wrote:

Which is fine and
dandy for regular commuters through that station, but if it's an
"event", I wouldn't have thought it likely that the footie fan or
concert goer would pass through that station again within three days.

... except, of course, when they go home from the footie or event.

As I read it, this is likely to happen on the way home, but I might have
misunderstood. I suppose it makes sense if it's on the way in, as you
suggest.

I think it'd be implemented 'on the way in' i.e. for crowds leaving a
station en-route to an event. After a large event then there are crowd
control measures on the entrance to Tube and rail stations (queueing
and such like), it's not a free for all - after all, the thing that's
to be avoided is crushing at a Tube/rail station. Therefore given the
controlled flow of people back into a station after an event, there's
time for them to touch-in (even if the gates are left open, as they
are in places).