I’ve lived in BC for many years and have used the skytrain many times. Could never understand
why we’ve never had turnstiles or a decent regulatory system like New York, London, Paris or Amsterdam to name a few.

Finally now that the Olympics are approaching, translink are going to do something about fare evaders, making sure that all riders pay, or most of them, anyway.

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Previously translink had said that turnstiles were too expensive to be viable, with earlier estimates of retrofitting fare gates at $90 million to $120 million. Translink’s goal is that turnstiles will be in place at all stations before the 2010 Games and commuters will be able to pay with a smart card, which can be loaded online.

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