Originally Posted by
willy wombat
The coin operated trollies at LGW are hardly new news - they've been like that for at least a couple of years. I've heard it said that the taxi drivers use a paperclip rather than a one pound coin (allegedly).
Circa 10+ years.
Came about as too many ended up in local river or being dumped whereever, including onto the rail line from a couple of footbridges.
Reality is a €1 coin or something of similar size works just as well.