Joe wrote:
From the signs, that must be the station for Disneyland, Marne la
Vall?e-Chessy station on RER line A, about 20 miles east of Paris. It's
not a M?tro station. The RER has ticket gates on entry and exit, and
generally tighter security.

I know, I was just using it as an example of the fact that the ticket
barriers are bigger than what we normally have in GB.

The Metro has tall, opaque exit gates. Seen to the left of this picture,
with the footballer vinyls:
http://parisbytrain.com/files/2008/0...ntparnasse.jpg

They're at least person-operated, so no ticket is required. I notice there
seems to be some kind of emergency exit via the 'wrong' side of the entry
gates (right side of picture).

Theo