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Old February 2nd 09, 08:36 AM posted to uk.transport.london
Stephen O'Connell[_3_] Stephen O'Connell[_3_] is offline
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Neil Williams wrote:
On Sun, 1 Feb 2009 12:48:28 -0800 (PST),
wrote:

The ordinary gates will only let one person through at a time


Theoretically. I have inadvertently tailgated people through them
before (where the barriers have wrongly rejected my ticket but I was
moving quickly enough that I got through anyway).


Inadvertently? Hmmm...

But yes, two people can get through some barriers, if the second
person is right up the bum of the person in front. I've done it quite
a few times and it was always er... inadvertently!!! :-)