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Old March 9th 14, 08:19 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Roland Perry Roland Perry is offline
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In message , at 15:22:07
on Sun, 9 Mar 2014, remarked:
In contrast, it sometimes seems like significant swathes of TOC-run
suburban rail services in London simply don't have any revenue
protection strategy, barring automatic gates at key stations (and
sometimes they're only in operation during morning and evening
peaks).


The opposite at Cambridge at present. The gates are open at peak hours at
the behest of the ORR because passenger volumes are so high.


The current gates at Cambridge are typical of those shoe-horned into an
unsuitable location just to tick a box. Perhaps the redeveloped station
will have more room, more gates, and fewer such episodes.
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Roland Perry