Ferry users may have noticed that HOP gates have started going in at the Downtown Ferry terminal and once in place will be used instead of the the HOP tag posts. My understanding is the plan was always was to install HOP gates as part of the rollout so this isn’t anything new or surprising. What I did find interesting though was that the gates are a different style to those found at Britomart and Newmarket with the gates swinging out of the way other than folding up.
Before anyone asks about what is happening with other stations. My understanding is that gates are also planned for Manukau once the MIT campus has been completed and that AT are already investigating what other stations they might be needed at with New Lynn probably the next station on the list. I’m not sure when we will find out any more detail although AT have been saying in past board reports that it might not be too far away.