Chris wrote:
Chris! wrote:

At a guess the amount of people specified in the 'fire capacity'
cannont be evacuated quickly enough through only the side gate.


Do the gates not all automatically open in the event of a fire alarm
signal? We operate a restricted entry system at work, and several days
was spent testing that they would open in the event of an alarm being
triggered.

They should do.

I've been in the ticket hall (at Stepney Green, as it happens) when an
Inspector Sands announcement turned into an evacuation, and as soon as
the evacuation announcement started all the gates opened automatically.