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

["Hubert" <hubert@imap4.com>]

Another thing I'm a little baffled about...the patronage at Ashfield may as well be higher than Burwood, but it has been "left out" of the list of stations to be installed with such gates. I was actually quite surprised to see no gates at Ashfield's new concourse when I went there last Saturday--I'd think that since the place is "brand new" it'd have some measure to stop fare evaders from getting another free ride.


Eric Cartman <erk_cartman@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1BXO3.83$ke1.1315@nsw.nnrp.telstra.net...
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.