I cam through paddington late last night and they were installing new
ticket barriers for the far platforms (the high numbers, I forget
which platforms they are).
Just incase anyone is interested )

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On 13 Mar, 11:06, MarkVarley - MVP
wrote:
I cam through paddington late last night and they were installing new
ticket barriers for the far platforms (the high numbers, I forget
which platforms they are).
Just incase anyone is interested )

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Its for the upcoming Oyster rollout

On 13 Mar, 14:31, wrote:

On 13 Mar, 11:06, MarkVarley - MVP
wrote:

I cam through paddington late last night and they were installing new
ticket barriers for the far platforms (the high numbers, I forget
which platforms they are).
Just incase anyone is interested )

Its for the upcoming Oyster rollout


That's certainly not the primary purpose of the new ticket gates,
which is to tackle ticket-less travel - limited future acceptance of
Oyster PAYG on FGW trains out of Paddington is more of a by-product of
this.

Take a look at this map of Oyster PAYG routes on National Rail
(PDF)...
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloa...G-08-01-02.pdf

....and you'll see that the main beneficiaries will be those travelling
between Ealing Broadway and Paddington. FGW did start to accept Oyster
PAYG for journeys between Greenford and Ealing Broadway at the
beginning of this year, but not at intermediate stations. I'm not up
to date but I *think* the plan is for those stations south of
Greenford to be kitted up with standalone Oyster readers, which would
mean Oyster PAYG could then be accepted for any journeys between all
the stations served by the Greenford - Paddington service.

On 13 Mar, 19:29, Mizter T wrote:
On 13 Mar, 14:31, wrote:

On 13 Mar, 11:06, MarkVarley - MVP
wrote:

I cam through paddington late last night and they were installing new
ticket barriers for the far platforms (the high numbers, I forget
which platforms they are).
Just incase anyone is interested )

Its for the upcoming Oyster rollout

That's certainly not the primary purpose of the new ticket gates,
which is to tackle ticket-less travel - limited future acceptance of
Oyster PAYG on FGW trains out of Paddington is more of a by-product of
this.


I wonder if there are any plans to accept Oyster PAYG on Heathrow
Connect between Hayes and Heathrow, or on Heathrow Express. I would
imagine similar treatment to Watford Junction where Travelcards are
concerned. I could envisage the Express premium being collected either
through separate platform validators, or on-train validators.

On Mar 14, 11:51 am, Matthew Dickinson
wrote:

I wonder if there are any plans to accept Oyster PAYG on Heathrow
Connect between Hayes and Heathrow, or on Heathrow Express. I would
imagine similar treatment to Watford Junction where Travelcards are
concerned. I could envisage the Express premium being collected either
through separate platform validators, or on-train validators.

None whatsoever currently.
The line from Airport Junction to Heathrow is privately owned (by BAA)
and not part of the national rail network.

On Mar 13, 11:06 am, MarkVarley - MVP
wrote:
I cam through paddington late last night and they were installing new
ticket barriers for the far platforms (the high numbers, I forget
which platforms they are).

FGW are currently looking at going live with these gates (and those on
the overbridge, once installed) in late April.
Extra Revenue staff will be in place by Easter, so the time spent
twixt then & going live will hopefully see them out roving around on
gateline blocks on their network, checking tickets.

There are major concerns over the overbridge gates coping with the
expected demand on them from customers. We'll see what happens.

The icing on the cake, so to speak, is that, once CrossRail gets Royal
Assent, the gateline (E for those in the know) will need relocating
for enabling works to be undertaken! This within a month or so of
their installation! Why they don't now just wait until they know where
they've got to be resited, I don't know. A complete waste of money.