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[email protected] · February 22nd 11, 11:05 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(Roy Badami) wrote:

In article ,
Mizter T wrote:
Other London termini stations have gates and 12 car trains too - thus
far sky hasn't fallen in.

I thought gating was normally only used for commuter services -- the
only place I've encountered gating on inter-city services is at Leeds
and that's pretty new, and the gateline there is huge. I guess the
new thinkibg is to put gates everywhere, but I don't have to like it.

I also don't like the fact that they've only gated half the main shed
and therefore put a great big locked gate in the middle splitting it
into two. It now means that if you're at the Eastern side of the
ticket hall and need to get to platforms 6-8 you need to fight your
way through the crowds in front of the main departure board.

And vice-versa when FCC decides to switch units between platforms 9 and 0
as it seems to do regularly these days. The 15:06 was announced for 0
today and then unannounced. It had clearly gone to 8 ("front four coaches
only") but still no platform announced when at 15:13 they announced the
15:15 as on 0. It left late. Being half-term the concourse was heaving too.

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Colin Rosenstiel