Hi,

For the past couple of mornings there have been ticket inspectors at
Finchley Central checking tickets. The barriers there are allways kept
open so I normaly do not swipe my Oyster card just walk through. But
when they checked my ticket they asked me to go back and swipe the
Oyster card at the barrier.

I asked them why they do not simply keep the barriers closed so that
only people who have valid tickets can get through. Their response was
that they had to keep the barriers open for safety reasons. They would
not go into any more detail as it is apparently 'complicated' which
got me curious. Maybe the only safety concerned is safeguarding the
jobs of the ticket inspecters.

Andy

"Andy Coleman" wrote in message
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Maybe the only safety concerned is safeguarding the
jobs of the ticket inspecters.

Or perhaps the gates have not been formally comissioned by CTS and handed
over to LUL?

Perhaps there are safety issues the Railway Inspectorate have raised?

Perhaps these are issues with the signage regarding "inspecters"?

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Robin Mayes wrote:

"Andy Coleman" wrote in message
om...

Maybe the only safety concerned is safeguarding the
jobs of the ticket inspecters.

Or perhaps the gates have not been formally comissioned by CTS and handed
over to LUL?

There's no point; the exit to Station Road is entirly ungated.
Closing it would rouse the ire of - or inconvience - ~50% of the
users of the station. Including me, and Clive!

Gating it was attempted and failed die to unexpected gas or water
mains (if the rumour mill is to believed).

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"Mike Bristow" wrote in message
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In article ,
Robin Mayes wrote:

"Andy Coleman" wrote in message
om...

Maybe the only safety concerned is safeguarding the
jobs of the ticket inspecters.

Or perhaps the gates have not been formally comissioned by CTS and
handed
over to LUL?

There's no point; the exit to Station Road is entirly ungated.
Closing it would rouse the ire of - or inconvience - ~50% of the
users of the station. Including me, and Clive!

Gating it was attempted and failed die to unexpected gas or water
mains (if the rumour mill is to believed).

So the safety issue would be that there were unknown pipes buried underneath
the gateline then, rather than the cynical view of some who could only think
of staff protecting their jobs.

I can assure you its got nothing to do with the staff.....they have no say
in keeping them open. Its a diciplinary offence not to follow instruction
and close them if instructed and the duty managers get a printout each day
telling how long each gate was open, or in the case of the manual gate,
unlocked, down to the millisecond.
If they are left open also a call is received from NCC at Broadway looking
for an explanation. Probably more to do with overcrowding and small areas
before and after the gates. I've not been there ......
Can make enquiries if you want....

Mal

"Robin Mayes" wrote in message
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"Mike Bristow" wrote in message
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In article ,
Robin Mayes wrote:

"Andy Coleman" wrote in message
om...

Maybe the only safety concerned is safeguarding the
jobs of the ticket inspecters.

Or perhaps the gates have not been formally comissioned by CTS and
handed
over to LUL?

There's no point; the exit to Station Road is entirly ungated.
Closing it would rouse the ire of - or inconvience - ~50% of the
users of the station. Including me, and Clive!

Gating it was attempted and failed die to unexpected gas or water
mains (if the rumour mill is to believed).

So the safety issue would be that there were unknown pipes buried
underneath
the gateline then, rather than the cynical view of some who could only
think
of staff protecting their jobs.

"Malcolm & Nika" wrote in message
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I can assure you its got nothing to do with the staff.....they have no say
in keeping them open. Its a diciplinary offence not to follow instruction
and close them if instructed and the duty managers get a printout each day
telling how long each gate was open, or in the case of the manual gate,
unlocked, down to the millisecond.
If they are left open also a call is received from NCC at Broadway
looking
for an explanation. Probably more to do with overcrowding and small areas
before and after the gates. I've not been there ......
Can make enquiries if you want....

D.I.V.O.R.C.E.D reported are a wonderful thing...

Ermmmm...if you say so........


"Robin Mayes" wrote in message
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"Malcolm & Nika" wrote in message
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I can assure you its got nothing to do with the staff.....they have no
say
in keeping them open. Its a diciplinary offence not to follow
instruction
and close them if instructed and the duty managers get a printout each
day
telling how long each gate was open, or in the case of the manual gate,
unlocked, down to the millisecond.
If they are left open also a call is received from NCC at Broadway
looking
for an explanation. Probably more to do with overcrowding and small
areas
before and after the gates. I've not been there ......
Can make enquiries if you want....

D.I.V.O.R.C.E.D reported are a wonderful thing...