In message , Paul Corfield
writes
It would be bonkers for there not to be a form of oyster card validation
at Ealing Broadway which is served by 2 Underground lines.

The validaters could be on the stairs and passageways to the underground
lines.

Given the high revenue base at Ealing Broadway

Where it seems they can only be bothered to have two or three ticket
windows open - hence huge queues.

it made sense for Thames Trains to contribute to the cost [1] as they
would derive business benefit from the gates as would LUL in that the
Prestige project / Oyster would work more effectively.

I can see the sense in sharing the cost of the barriers (when they might
not make sense for either LUL or Thames Trains alone). But this does
inevitably result in a counter-intuitive situation for the occasional
traveller. [And there are *no* signs.]
--
Roland Perry