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Old December 18th 17, 08:35 AM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Gateline Staff Playing Games On Smart Phones

On Sunday, 17 December 2017 23:07:11 UTC, CJB wrote:

refused to open the nearest gate for me - they were all showing red crosses.


If they were showing red crosses then he couldn't open them. He probably took you to a green tick gate. Those he can open.

Paddington platform 11 (and others) is particularly acute when the gateline staff don't open the gates until a train is almost about to leave. Even whilst the CIS states 'Boarding' they refuse to open the gates.


Smartphones make them do that.