On Jan 31, 10:55*pm, "tim...." wrote:

"Nick P" wrote:

"Nick P" wrote:

There are no gates on the Waterloo and City line at either end. Oyster
validators are in place at all W&C exits/entrances at Waterloo. Makes my
life awkward if I forget to touch in/out when in a hurry....

Ooops! If you want to leave the Underground at Bank then yes, you do have
to use gates. But if your journey involves another line then you can just
walk on through the Greathead shield tunnel.

Which has had gates on it for at least the last two years

Wrong - they're used to be gates in that there tunnel, which resulted
in the W&C platforms at Bank being left outside the gated area, but
that changed recently-ish - 2 years ago perhaps, not sure - when the
entrance to the W&C platforms were gated thus bringing them inside
the, er, gated area - the redundant gates in the Greathead shield
tunnel were then removed.

(Of course they could have chosen to retain them as an 'internal
gateline', akin to the situation at the Stratford Jubilee line
platforms, but they didn't - the Stratford arrangement is thus unique.
As is this new no-mans land arrangement at Southwark/ Waterloo East.)