Reading station gateline

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[r james]

ATW^▸ (Arriva Trains Wales (former TOC^▸ (Train Operating Company))) seem t be pretty good at cardiff central for the majority of the day, with them being off sometimes in the very late evening at worst, in my experience.

[vacman]

Gateline staff are often agency workers and therefore easier for FGW^▸ (First Great Western) to get rid of them it is tryng to cut back.  It we be all completely conterproductive though as ticketless travel increases and on-train morale falls. 

I am not unreservibly in favour of barriers, but if you are going to have them then they should be used properly

The arguement that they are not worth manning in the evening because most people are on the return portion of a ticket could just as easily be applied to the morning.  If you are only going to bother to check only one leg of a return journey, then leave the barriers open in the  morning when there are fewer yobs about, and check everyone's tcikets in the evening.

All gateline staff are employed by FGW, only agency staff are for manual ticket checking at places like Newbury, Southall etc