Newly installed fare gates greet travellers along the NFTA Metro Rail in Buffalo, New York immediately upon descending to the subterranean level of the Allen/Medical Campus Station. Though plans to replace the notoriously widely abused, turnstile-less ticket inspector system had been in the works since 2014, it was not until early 2022 that the long-promised fare gates were finally installed in the Metro Rail's eight underground stations (<i>i.e.</i> excluding those in the downtown Free Fare Zone). As of December 2022, when this photograph was taken, the gates were still in "testing mode": pending the deployment of the new ticket vending system, also long in the works, they are powered down and open automatically to allow passengers to pass through.
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Andre_Carrotflower" title="User:Andre Carrotflower">Andre Carrotflower</a>
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