Ticket gate workings

I thought about doing it as a quiz picture, but I have plenty from this location, not that I've mentioned where it is...

Can it read desfire cards? ;D

Hope so as Oyster is moving over to Desfire

Looks like Victoria Line grey tiling.

Possibly. I was reading something that a new Oystercard was being introduced and will be indentical albeit with a D in the corner on the reverse.

I never read the entire article - didn't realise the importance.

I'm back @ work tomorrow. If I can find the article I'll let you know.

I only got it because I spent a great many long and dull shifts contemplating pretty much that exact view. The WAG wasn't in when I was there, and *most* of the time we managed not to have the gates broken, but otherwise... brings back memories! I wish I could say good ones, but the only good thing I remember about Bounds Green is watching one of the whiteboards sail across the tickethall under wind power one day. Oh, plus it was the station I was working at the day I was told the date my T/Op training would start.

When the ticket is inserted, it will pass along the top bands and will exit at the normal point [if its valid or there is a problem] A ticket will pass only to the middle bands if it is being retained It passes into the escrow which can hold I think 20-30 tickets, and as each used ticket enters the escrow, one passes from the escrow into the large ticket capture bin at the bottom. With the advent of Oyster, these bins do not need to be emptied as frequently as they once were.

It *may* have changed, but from what I recall Bounds Green had four gates. If any of them were one way only, it was only the outer two - and that's one of the middle two. And the gates used for entry were the ones closest to the ticket office and WAG (which was a manual gate while I was there). I suppose it's possible they've changed it although it would seem odd to have done so! Or I may just be suffering from a rubbish memory, and I'll wait for someone to come along and prove me wrong! ;-p

Oh, duh - wasn't thinking that interpretation - rather thinking along the lines of one which couldn't be reversed.

And to me each has their own character. The P's - always frightened they're going to take a swing at me . The E2's - rediculously small LCD display The E1's - the best ;D

As a passenger the pneumatic gates are far superior to the rest - with the electric ones you seem to have to hang about for a while for it to open, whereas there's no such messing about with the older ones!

Seems strange that a number of stations still retain the older air gates...

I would have thought it would make sense to replace them... like they did with the six million button MFM's ;D Now, who remembers them?

You can't beat pneumatics, both fast and powerful and of course LUL has the largest continuous compressed air system in the world AFAIK. I do wonder how long that will remain so with current thinking being to do away with the air main and install local compressors only where required.

I'm not sure the fare dodgers ever could push their way through the pneumatic gates but I doubt they have to vault the electric ones.

Ah yes the very low ceiling at Euston Square, I recall doing the UTS ticket office comms installation there, one of several that I did on the H&C.