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Commuters were surprised to find themselves behind closed fare gates Friday afternoon, after Translink experienced a technical issue.

#RiderAlert Compass Gates experiencing technical issues. We are working on a fix. Thank you for your patience. ^RR — TransLink BC (@TransLink) April 1, 2016

TransLink spokesperson Cheryl Ziola told Global News a fairly widespread glitch affected the majority of the gates across the system.

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She said the problem was resolved after just a “few minutes,” but a tweet from Coquitlam Mayor Richard Stewart suggested the system-wide problem lasted about 30 minutes.

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Other commuters took to social media to share their frustrations.

None of the gates will open at King George station. @TransLink pic.twitter.com/a5ZAYj91VP — ptrleblanc (@ptrleblanc) April 1, 2016

Umm. So #translink, I think it's time to rid #compass. Stuck at the gates. They won't open. Now I'm late. Thanks. pic.twitter.com/Ou4ado3vVT — Mikayla Clease (@TieGrr) April 1, 2016

TransLink is expected to close all fare gates on Monday, April 4.

Ziola said the cause of the incident is unknown, but she explained TransLink has no plans to delay Monday’s full gate closure in light of what happened.

Although the issue has been resolved, Ziola was unsure how trapped commuters are supposed to exit the station in the case of a gate shut-down.