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MBTA closing doors on Green Line’s free-riders

Back doors close to halt scofflaws

By Eric Moskowitz

 |  Globe Staff  

  April 29, 2012

All Green Line trolleys will soon keep rear doors closed when making off-peak surface stops, part of a broader effort by the MBTA to discourage fare evasion. The T began opening only front doors for E Line boarding in mid-January, extending it to the C Line in February and the D Line two weeks ago. The success so far at stopping people from sneaking on without delaying travel is prompting expansion to the B Line, the Green Line’s busiest branch, starting in mid-May.

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