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Re: Ticket barriers and the law

On 2008-07-28, Chris Tolley wrote:

[Adam]
>> The main part of Manchester Piccadilly (platforms 1--12) often used to
>> have (and probably still does, but I haven't used it for a while)
>> manned barriers on some but not all platforms' exits, as well as a
>> footbridge across the whole thing with stairs connected to every
>> platform.  Is it a violation to go up, across, down, and out by a
>> different platform?
>
> There are no physical barriers, but there are gangs of railway staff
> checking tickets who roam around according to where the trains are. One
> of the gangs is usually to be found of the footbridge you mention.

Right.  I'd be surprised if such a gang didn't have the same legal
status as a mostly inorganic barrier.

> It can't be a violation to go up onto the bridge and out via a different
> platform, since that is the main way out from 13/14.

Assuming things are still as I remember them, there are barriers/gangs
controlling access to and from those platforms too.  Unfortunately,
this means you can be delayed by those barriers while changing trains
(to get to the airport, for example).

I was wondering whether one could (assuming you had a valid ticket, of
course) get in any trouble for getting off a train at a platform with
a gang and a long queue, going up, across, and down to exit at a
platform without one, just to avoid the queue to get out.

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