I also think it would be reasonable for a number of people to gather at the gate to prevent the closure at 8pm. At this time staff will want to go home and we can at least make them feel uncomfortable implementing a stupid rule by Southern. But I guess we now need to wait to see exactly how they will implement the policy next week and how much disruption we can cause to the Perry Vale policy:
* refusing to show tickets when inspectors are there
* standing in the way when they try to shut the gate
* pressing the help button when the gate is closed
* asking for help across the footbridge (from platform 1) when the gate is closed at Perry Vale
* refusing to swipe Oyster cards / inserting tickets in the machine and demanding that the gates are opened manually to slow down the operation of the barriers - making a point of telling the staff that you did not want to be using the main entrance
The Southern policy of closing the Perry Vale exit is unnecessarily discriminatory against people with limited mobility and must be resisted!