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    Having lived in London for nearly 8 years it amazes me that I can walk on to a train at Manchester Piccadilly, Liverpool Lime Street, Manchester Victoria etc without having to walk through a gate. The North West is particularly easy to dodge fares, whereas in London there are very few journeys were there isn't a gate at at least one end of the journey. Even in places like Leeds, Newcastle, Bristol etc you can't get on a train without going through a gate, whereas in Manchester and Liverpool you can.

    I also notice the massive difference in quality of trains up there as well. In London you will still get an 8 coach train at off peak times almost everywhere, whereas I'm still shocked that some peak Manchester-Liverpool trains are 2-4 coaches, and up until recently the trains were horrible.

    Maybe the tale of this thread is that you get the trains that you pay for!

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    Manchester Victoria does have gates and has for a while now.

    That said, I got the last one home from there on Saturday night after going to the Arena and the turnstiles were just open.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Div View Post
    Manchester Victoria does have gates and has for a while now.

    That said, I got the last one home from there on Saturday night after going to the Arena and the turnstiles were just open.
    Nothing at the airport last time I was there!

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    Programme of gates to come. Sadly St Helens Central has been dropped. Wallgate, Bolton, Salford Crescent and Lime St within four to five months. Gates can get flipped late evenings due to staffing levels for monitoring not being achievable.

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    I guess that gating is a consequence of the Arriva northern bid

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