Rome transport company ATAC said
Monday it will install double turnstiles on the metro system to
stop fare-dodgers jumping over for free.
ATAC said the "first anti-Portuguese turnstiles will be
fitted on the C line between the end of this year and the start
of 2018", after which the other, B line would be equipped.
Fare dodgers and freeloaders or, in British slang, liggers
are called 'portoghesi' (Portuguese) in Roman dialect, with a
couple of tenuous origins advanced, linked to historically free
events for Portuguese nationals in papal Rome.
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