Re: CityRail Ticket Gates (was: St Leonards, NSW)

[Railway Rasputin <bob@fastlink.com.au>]

For you infomation: Campbelltown is STILL undergoing its upgrade its
only taken 5+ years! The gates from Campbelltown were taken to Olympic
park to be used there.
The up grading of Campbelltown will probably be finished just in time
for the next up grading!

rgds

Eric Cartman wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> I remember when Olympic Park opened, the plan was to have ticket gates
> across the entire exit. When the station opened, there were no gates
> installed. The gates that were due to be installed were temporarily placed
> at the entrance to the Showground for the 1998 Easter Show. After the show,
> some gates were sent to Woy Woy and Gosford for installation there with some
> gates installed eventually at Olympic Park closest to the booking office.
> With regards to the auto gates at St Leonards, it is possible that the gates
> are behind schedule due to this.
> 
> Also, some stations that had auto gates fitted after station upgrading were
> not fitted straight away. Campbelltown and Westmead are two examples of
> this. At the time of my last visit to Ashfield a month or so ago, no gates
> were installed on the new concourse there but the tell tale metal plate on
> the ground is there. It may have something to do with passengers getting
> used to the new layout of the stations or something related to the
> construction process.
> 
> .
> Eric
> www.webalias.com/erknet
> 
> Bill Bolton wrote in message ...
> >davec@ozemail.com.au (David Cowans) wrote:
> >
> >> Anyone know when the new station is due to open?
> >
> >I saw the SM on the platform at St Leonards today and asked him about
> >the new stations opening.  He said it was most likely to open at the
> >end of February according to present plans.  He also said that it will
> >open without automatic barrier gates as apparently there was some sort
> >of ordering stuff up with the gates.  He thought there might be a
> >"soft" opening, followed by an official opening when the gates are
> >installed.
> >
> >Some announcement notices should go up before the end of the year.
> >
> >He also said something which probably answers a question from several
> >weeks ago about why the tracks had been reballasted through the new
> >station area.  Apparently the new platforms are on a slightly
> >different alignment to the previous platforms and the tracks had to be
> >slewed slightly to align to the new platforms.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >Bill
> >
> >