> I cam through paddington late last night and they were installing new
> ticket barriers for the far platforms (the high numbers, I forget
> which platforms they are).
> Just incase anyone is interested :o)
>
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> On 13 Mar, 11:06, MarkVarley - MVP softhome.net>
> wrote:
>

>> I cam through paddington late last night and they were installing new
>> ticket barriers for the far platforms (the high numbers, I forget
>> which platforms they are).
>> Just incase anyone is interested :o)

>
> Its for the upcoming Oyster rollout

> On 13 Mar, 14:31, sehinde_ta...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
>

>> On 13 Mar, 11:06, MarkVarley - MVP softhome.net>
>> wrote:

>

>>> I cam through paddington late last night and they were installing new
>>> ticket barriers for the far platforms (the high numbers, I forget
>>> which platforms they are).
>>> Just incase anyone is interested :o)

>

>> Its for the upcoming Oyster rollout

>
> That's certainly not the primary purpose of the new ticket gates,
> which is to tackle ticket-less travel - limited future acceptance of
> Oyster PAYG on FGW trains out of Paddington is more of a by-product of
> this.
>

> I wonder if there are any plans to accept Oyster PAYG on Heathrow
> Connect between Hayes and Heathrow, or on Heathrow Express. I would
> imagine similar treatment to Watford Junction where Travelcards are
> concerned. I could envisage the Express premium being collected either
> through separate platform validators, or on-train validators.

> I cam through paddington late last night and they were installing new
> ticket barriers for the far platforms (the high numbers, I forget
> which platforms they are).