On 17 Mar, 12:18, elyob wrote:
On Mar 17, 10:48*am, "Paul Scott"
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"elyob" wrote in message

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Is it me or are the guards now checking the tickets on the trains even
more since they installed the gates at Waterloo?

Have to say, the gates work pretty well, although did come across some
machines that wouldn't let any of us on paper tickets out the other
week.

But, seriously, my ticket is checked by machine getting through the
barriers both ends, do you really need a visual check as well?

They might still be checking for people who may have joined at the large
proportion of unbarriered stations, or who have changed from an unbarriered
connecting service, looking especially for those attempting to use tickets
for only part of the journey.

Perhaps there has been a remarkable increase in sales of Vauxhall - Waterloo
seasons?

Well, true. But it just seems that SWT have upped their checking. But
I guess I just get a bit peeved as I have to carry luggage through the
"manned" gate at my station. The people are never there at rush hour,
and sometimes can be wandering off somewhere else.

Wouldn't it be easy enough to let the gates know which train has come
in and then check the validity? i.e. if it's a fast from Surbiton, no
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There is usually a space to pass luggage through in a manual gate -
you can put your luggage through there and then use the ticket gate to
exit yourself, picking your bag up from the other side of the space in
the manual gate.

Unless your luggage is too big, you don't need a manned gate.