Central London stations without barriers

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In the early 1990s barriers were installed in almost all Central London stations but there were some entry/exit routes from stations that didn't have barriers.

Waterloo had a corridor from the Northern line that I seem to remember allowed you to bypass the ticket hall and there were no barriers in this corridor.

At bank you could bypass the barriers in the ticket hall by the Central line by walking down a corridor to the Northerl line elevators and there were no barriers there.

I know everywhere has barriers now but were there any other entry/exit routes from Central London stations that didn't get barriers until late on?

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Tuffnell Park pre 2003/4 didn't have them, Mill Hill east still dosen't have them because of the size of the booking hall.
Finchley Central also still has an entrance with no barriers but there are on the other side of the station.

[superteacher]

Finsbury Park doesn't have any.

[v52gc]

I know it's not Central London but Heathrow Central and T4 only become 100% ticket barrier last year

[Chris M]

Tower Gateway is a Central London station without barriers (although it's not an LU station)

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Paddington has barrier-less NR platforms, seems strange really since most of Paddington's NR platforms do have them!

[harlesden]

Sept 6, 2010 21:35:17 GMT superteacher said:

Finsbury Park doesn't have any.

Allows one to briefly break one's journey - to change one's library books in the N4 library - before jumping back on to continue one's journey to Wood Green

[rincew1nd]

Sept 7, 2010 13:56:09 GMT @harlesden said:

Sept 6, 2010 21:35:17 GMT superteacher said:

Finsbury Park doesn't have any.

Allows one to briefly break one's journey - to change one's library books in the N4 library - before jumping back on to continue one's journey to Wood Green

;D ;D ;D ;D #win

[angelislington]

I know Shepherd's Bush (H&C) didn't have any as late as 1996. Wasn't Pimloco [/li][li] quite a late addition too? I know Colliers Wood didn't have them for aaages, but that's not exactly central London. ISTR also that Kentish Town and Chalk Farm were slow on the uptake (but don't quote me on that) even though Camden Town had them for donkey's years.

[/li][li] cool typo, I like that!

[Chris M]

There are still tube stations without barriers - Roding Valley, Woodside Park (northbound side), South Kenton, Chalfont & Latimer (gated and ungated entrances), Kensington Olympia and Chorleywood.

Ealing Broadway, Harrow and Wealdstone, and Wimbledon (and I think also Barking, Upminster, West Ruislip and Richmond) have no barriers between the tube and mainline platforms, although the stations themselves are gated. Simiarly Paddington H&C now shares a gateline with the adjacent platform, although it didn't used to.

None of these are central London though (with the arguable exception of Olympia).

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Not Central London again but Bow Road didn't have them last time I was there in 1999. It's interesting that some stations don't have them at all but others you had to go through barriers just to change lines, Bank, King's Cross and Stratford were obvious examples of this.

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Oh and belsize park didn't have them until about 2000 either but strangely, Hampstead did.