Train manager on my VT Crewe- Manchester service yesterday said barriers due to go in at Piccadilly in June this year - although I have no idea how they will do it without removing more of thd glass wall between the concourse and platforms
They could do that, or they could (as doing that would make the concourse cold, as well as smell of urine and faeces as the place does in summer) get rid of some of the huts on the concourse and have a barrier line that takes up some of the concourse space.
Neil
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I've no idea how they will barrier Crewe and, especially, Stoke. Either they man entrances/exists which see only a trickle of passengers for most of the day, or they leave them unmanned, which defeats the purpose of installing the barriers.
Or they close them, leaving only the main entrance.
Is it permitted to have remote-monitored barriers these days, as long as someone is monitoring them?
Neil
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Re Crewe/Stoke - same problem at Piccadilly. The entrance at the south end of platform 1 is a fare dodgers paradise
Didn't even know there was one. Closing that would be an option, as I guess would be providing a glass-screened walkway along platform 1 to it, it'd only need to be a wheelchair-width and a bit and I'm sure there would be room.
there is also the Fairfield Street lift from platforms 13/14 and platform 12 that sees many more users but would be costly to barrier and staff
Birmingham New St lifts used to be a, ahem, workaround to the barriers. (No, I never used it for that purpose). Could a screen be provided along P12? As for getting to 13/14 is it the only lift access to those platforms, if not it could always be prevented from going to 13/14.
Neil