Recently I've noticed that a mixture of automatic and manual ticket
gates are being installed at City Thameslink. What I'd like to know is:
1 - why the gates at the Holborn Viaduct end are installed in a position
such that one of the ticket office windows is subsequently located in
the 'paid-area' of the station (once the gateline goes live), and;
2 - have they installed enough gates at both ends of the station
(available space permitting) to avoid a repeat of the peak-hour crush at
Farringdon?