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METRO VANCOUVER — As of Monday, any SkyTrain riders evading fares will no longer be able to sneak through the open gate without a Compass Card.

TransLink shut the fare gates three months ago, but left a policy in place that one gate remain open if no SkyTrain attendant was present. However, on Monday that policy will change and all accessible gates will be closed.

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West Coast Express has no fare gates. TransLink spokeswoman Cheryl Ziola says those stations are open concept and do not safely lend themselves to gates.

Instead, they have rail station validators for tapping.

“Currently open (SkyTrain) gates rotate depending on whether an attendant is on duty or not. But we continue to leave an accessible gate open when an attendant is not available, until all gates close Monday, and new accessibility measures will be available.” said Ziola, in an email.

The transit authority says one million Compass Cards are now in active use on the transit system, and with that many users it is time to complete the transition to a closed fare gate system.