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Ticket gates

Southern have installed new gates around it's network as part of a multi-million pound investment programme to help improve safety and security at each station as well as ensuring that tickets are purchased for travel prior to boarding the trains. 

Ticket gates are in operation at the following locations:

  • Battersea Park
  • East Croydon
  • Eastbourne
  • Brighton
  • Balham
  • Chichester
  • Carshalton
  • Horsham
  • Hove
  • Lewes
  • London Bridge
  • London Victoria
  • Norbury
  • Peckham Rye
  • Purley
  • Redhill
  • South Croydon
  • Streatham
  • Streatham Common
  • Sutton
  • Thornton Heath
  • Wallington
  • Worthing
  • Tulse Hill
  • West Norwood
  • Three Bridges
  • Bognor Regis
  • Gipsy Hill
  • Streatham Hill


Gates recently installed at:

  • Dorking
  • Bognor Regis
  • Three Bridges
  • Angmering

Gates to be installed at:

  • Crawley - 12th August 2010
  • Shoreham - 8th September 2010
  • Hassocks - 15th September 2010
  • Polegate - 29th September 2010
  • Falmer - 4th October 2010
  • Ashtead - 2010
  • Haywards Heath - 2010
  • Burgess Hill - 2010
  • Leatherhead - 2010
  • Portslade - 2010
  • Coulsdon South - 2011
  • Horley - 2011
  • Merstham - 2011
  • Oxted - 2011
  • Reigate - 2011

Staff will be on hand when the gates are in operation in order to assist otherwise the gates will be opened whenever they are unmanned.

Further information on ticket gates can be found on the FAQs page