When ticket gates are being set up to read barcoded e-tickets, are they configured entirely separately from magnetic tickets? Had a surprising experience at St Pancras today using a barcode ticket for the first time where the equivalent magstripe ticket works fine, but my e-ticket was rejected with an error suggesting it wasn't valid at that location. (it's quite a common ticket to be used into St Pancras - I've Tweeted EMR with the details so hopefully they'll get it fixed).
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Barrier encoding - difference between magnetic and barcode tickets.
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As far as I know, at least for some gatelines (or gateline manufacturers), the logic is set up separately for magstripe and barcode so you can get very different results. See e.g. this thread:-
Why do card tickets work barriers that barcodes don't?
I often travel from Manchester to Preston on open returns (Preston to Manchester Stns). If I decide to return from Salford Central I've noticed that a paper ticket will always open the barrier but a barcode (m-ticket or e-ticket) won't, they just display 'Seek Assistance'. Same happens at Wigan...
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Wallsendmag
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Cubic have a different set up for each fulfillment method whereas S&B gates have one set up for all types of fulfillment.
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Where?
Doesn't Northern manage the gateline at Leeds?
Haywain
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It does.
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They used to its NR now I believe
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