More ticket barriers now arriving at Liverpool Street station
While Liverpool Street Station was closed over Christmas for engineering works on the railway, more space was created for ticket barriers to reduce crowding in the station.
Until recently, the gateline was divided into five sections by six small retail units, mostly selling food. Network Rail is now removing the shops and replacing them with more gates, and the first batches went in over the Christmas closure.
Part of the problem with the ticket barriers is not just the lack of them, but that there’s little space between the end of the railway and the barrier for crowds to spread out. Therefore, the new gatelines are not in line with the older gates but set a bit further into the station concourse, offering a few feet of extra space on the platform side.
When completed, passengers will gain an expected 24 additional gates to get to and from the trains — taking Platforms 1-10 from 36 ticket barriers to 60 ticket barriers — an increase of 67 percent.
Of the 24 new ticket barriers, four will also be wide access gates.
The changes are unrelated to the proposed oversite development.
With these 24 new gate lines already implemented, what’s left with the argument for the proposed office scheme that says will fund for more ticket barriers? I wouldn’t think they can add many more than what they have now.
The oversite development is about far more than just adding some extra ticket barriers.
After travelling from north Norfolk I have had my ticket checked twice by the time I get to Liverpool Street. Queuing for another check is most annoying.
The ticket barriers aren’t a recent phenomenon by any means.
People do board at intermediate stations ……
Checking three times per journey is pretty standard. once at the departure station, once on board, and once to get through the arrival gates.