New Metrorail entrance gates built higher to deter fare evasion -
The new model gates have already been installed at the Fort Totten station, which serves the Red and Green lines, plus the Yellow Line once it reopens on May 7.
As of mid-March, 13% of all entries into Metro stations this year have been nontap, meaning payment was neither entered by a SmarTrip card nor received by the system. There are about 40,000 fare-evaded trips daily in the Metro system on average. The new specifications will be used for the next nine stations in Metro’s gate installation plan: Wheaton, Bethesda, Vienna, Court House, Federal Center SW, Addison Road, Pentagon City, Mount Vernon Square and Congress Heights.
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