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Who says there’s no such thing as a free ride? In the Chilean capital of Santiago however, bus riders have had four days of free rides.

After three days in which bus fares were abandoned to ensure passengers got on and off as quickly as possible, operators had planned to start charging again on Tuesday morning using a new swipe-card system.
But at the last minute the government ordered fares to be waived because around 15 percent of the machines that read the cards were not working properly.

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