Originally Posted by
exilencfc
How come the DLR has those readers rather than gates anyway? Very easy to miss if you aren't used to them, I had to do an about turn and run back to touch out a few weeks ago.
I assume one of the reasons is that the DLR was designed to operate on a much lower staffing basis than the Underground. Every time you have an operational gate-line you need an attendent, whereas with the readers revenue is protected by random ticket inspections (at a lower level of overall staffing).