[Travel] Brighton Station Exit and Re-enter farce

[jonny.rainbow]

Caught a train from the West Coast line with a planned swift interchange to the East Coast line today and fell foul of some weird system whereby Southern want you to exit via the barriers and re-enter.

I assume this is a revenue protection scheme but is a massive ball-ache for ticket holding passengers. Annoyingly, I saw two young ratbags without tickets disembark a train from Seaford and force their way through the cordons onto an West Cost train unchallenged.

Southern is such a shambles of an operator.

 

[The Wookiee]

Lots of stations have this don’t they ?

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

Lots of stations have this don’t they ?

Excluding a few like St Pancras where some platforms are in completely different parts of the station, I've never come across this.

 

[Deadly Danson]

Been like this for a few weeks. As with all things, if so many people didn't fare evade they wouldn't need to do it. They have been having a big clampdown in recent weeks. Always the idiots that ruin it for the rest of us.

 

[A1X]

Excluding a few like St Pancras where some platforms are in completely different parts of the station, I've never come across this.

Correct, Victoria the same interchanging between Southern and Southeastern, but London Bridge you can move between any platform without going through a gate.

It’s 100% revenue protection.

 

[studio150]

How about a novel idea.

If all stations were staffed, they could check everyone's ticket at their destination station.

 

[GingerBeerMan]

How about a novel idea.

If all stations were staffed, they could check everyone's ticket at their destination station.

More staff = more costs = even higher ticket prices

 

[maltaseagull]

More staff = more costs = even higher ticket prices

Perhaps more revenue from fare dodgers would `help pay the staffing?

Basically the rail service should be run by the Government with no shareholder pressures.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

How about a novel idea.

If all stations were staffed, they could check everyone's ticket at their destination station.

Many stations have no barriers or ticket/staff office. You can get on and off at 6 stops out of 9 on the Seaford to Btn line with no exit barriers. Twice at Lewes in the last week someone has ghosted in behind me when I'm going through the bicycle barrier, bizarrely middle aged women both times. I mentioned it at the time to the station staff and they weren't interested, the girl employee at the barrier too interested in her mobile phone to even look up when I was telling her.

 

[Dave the OAP]

Perhaps more revenue from fare dodgers would `help pay the staffing?

Basically the rail service should be run by the Government with no shareholder pressures.

Those of us who remember British Rail, don’t look back with affection. However the rail operators in sone cases are useless!

 

[nordicgod]

Just do what all the scum bags do , push through or even push through the barriers in front of the agency staff as they won’t do anything anyway . The free loaders have been getting away with it since Covid when you could literally travel for free and they just don’t care anymore , gone are the days of hiding in train toilets or pretending to sleep , they just turn around now and say their phone has died so can’t show ticket or just say they aren’t buying one and nothing is done about it . Boils my piss

 

[A1X]

Many stations have no barriers or ticket/staff office. You can get on and off at 6 stops out of 9 on the Seaford to Btn line with no exit barriers. Twice at Lewes in the last week someone has ghosted in behind me when I'm going through the bicycle barrier, bizarrely middle aged women both times. I mentioned it at the time to the station staff and they weren't interested, the girl employee at the barrier too interested in her mobile phone to even look up when I was telling her.

It’s actually mostly middle aged people in fancy areas who are doing it, it’s all about the entitlement

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

How about a novel idea.

If all stations were staffed, they could check everyone's ticket at their destination station.

Or just be totally barrier free and have “control” or a guard check on the bus, tram, u-bahn, s-bahn or train. Far easier for everyone.

 

[Eeyore]

Just do what all the scum bags do , push through or even push through the barriers in front of the agency staff as they won’t do anything anyway . The free loaders have been getting away with it since Covid when you could literally travel for free and they just don’t care anymore , gone are the days of hiding in train toilets or pretending to sleep , they just turn around now and say their phone has died so can’t show ticket or just say they aren’t buying one and nothing is done about it . Boils my piss

I once hid in various toilets all the way from Stafford to Brighton. I was on my way back from an away match. Only thing is, I did have a ticket and lost it.

On another occasion I was, bravely, have a number 2 and the ticket inspector was banging on the door !

 

[BNthree]

The Brighton station thing has been going happening occasionally for a few months now. Really annoying if youve got a connection to make given how often trains run late making that connection hectic.

 

[Bodian]

Or just be totally barrier free and have “control” or a guard check on the bus, tram, u-bahn, s-bahn or train. Far easier for everyone.

Or just have free public transport....

 

[maltaseagull]

Those of us who remember British Rail, don’t look back with affection. However the rail operators in sone cases are useless!

Agreed,it was poor. But now people are making money from crap service.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Or just have free public transport....

The heavies that check tickets, and the on-the-spot fines, seem to deter most. It’s also only 30 euros a month for all transport in AB Berlin so most people just have a monthly on their phone and forget about it whether they use public transport once or a hundred times month.

 

[RioGrandeGull]

Be interesting if you miss your advertised connection and can then claim delay repay.

 

[HeaviestTed]

The heavies that check tickets, and the on-the-spot fines, seem to deter most. It’s also only 30 euros a month for all transport in AB Berlin so most people just have a monthly on their phone and forget about it whether they use public transport once or a hundred times month.

That would be great but our version would probably cost 500 a month