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Chiltern Railways has installed taller ticket gates at High Wycombe station, with computer vision that makes them close more slowly if someone stops in the aisle, the BBC reports.
Why it mattersThe gates also sound an alarm when someone may have failed to tap in and alert staff to a possible fare-evasion attempt. Contactless pay-as-you-go is still being tested; passengers can use card validators beside the gates in the meantime. It is a small but concrete use of computer vision in a busy public setting, where detecting a person’s movement affects how the machinery responds. The Department for Transport says similar gates could reach other stations from 2027.
Discuss: Should stations use computer vision to adapt barriers around passengers, or does that make fare-control infrastructure too intrusive?
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