SkyTrain passengers accustomed to breezing through open fare gates at SkyTrain stations will start changing their routines this week.
TransLink began closing all remaining open fare gates Monday morning (April 4) at stations along the Expo Line, Millennium Line and Canada Line, as well as the SeaBus terminals.
The transit agency said commuters should expect all gates to be closed by Friday (April 8).
Instead, riders will have to tap pre-loaded Compass cards or Compass tickets to move beyond the gates when entering or exiting fare-paid zones on the SkyTrain and SeaBus.
TransLink came under fire last month after some customers with disabilities raised concerns about difficulties they would face when tapping in and out of closed fare gates.
The agency later announced it would assign attendants to stations to assist those customers. Gates would remain open at stations if attendants were not available.
SkyTrain attendants were seen Monday morning at the VCC-Clark SkyTrain station and the Lake City Way SkyTrain station, the latter of which had all its gates closed.
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