Tolling station for tolling vehicles of different classes

A tolling station for tolling vehicles of different classes, comprising:

• an entrance section having a first number of lanes, a tolling section having a second number of lanes that is higher than the first, and an intermediate section lying between the entrance section and the tolling section;
• wherein the intermediate section provides a junction of lanes between the entrance lanes and the tolling lanes;
• wherein the tolling section comprises a gate for each tolling lane, each gate being configured to toll, or let pass or not, a vehicle based on its class;
• wherein the entrance section comprises at least one classification device configured to determine at least a class of a vehicle travelling on one of its lanes and assign an identifier to said vehicle, and link the identifier to the determined class;
• wherein the tolling station comprises a tracking device configured to:
• for a vehicle entering the intermediate section from the entrance section, obtain the identifier of said vehicle from the corresponding classification device,
• track said vehicle moving through the intermediate section,
• for said vehicle exiting the intermediate section to the tolling section, pass the vehicle's identifier to the respective gate the vehicle exits to;
• and
• wherein each gate is configured to toll, or let pass or not, a vehicle based on the class linked to the identifier of this vehicle.