On Wed, 4 Dec 2013 05:46:23 -0800 (PST), ian batten
wrote:

On Tuesday, 3 December 2013 15:15:07 UTC, 77002 wrote:


sub-surface, stations. There needs to be a manned passimeter

Hardly. To cite one example I use regularly, Totteridge and Whetstone has the gates locked open most afternoons and evening.

How frequent are the trains at Totteridge and Whetstone? What I had
in mind are stations in the outer reaches of the Central and
Metropolitan Lines. At those there can be a wait fora train.

To give an example outwith TfL: Thirty years back my (UK) local
station was an uninviting pair of platforms. Years into the black and
white signage era the unloved station buildings had peeling green
pain.

It was the sort of station where after dark, passengers, especially
lady passengers, walked briskly to the taxi rank, or the parking lot.

Today the station is regularly painted in SWT colors. The booking
hall is staffed. These folks are helpful. One character is
particularly chirpy and jovial. There is an occasional staff presence
on the platforms. Elevators for the disabled have also been added.

Both platforms now have refreshment facilities that also sell
newspapers and magazines. The station no longer has an edge. Indeed
it is a pleasure to utilize it.

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