US EditionGPS pay-as-you-go rail ticket trials launched in England
The nine-month trial involves up to 4,000 passengers using GPS to automatically calculate and charge the best daily fare, aiming to simplify ticketing and reduce fare evasion.
- On Monday, September 1, East Midlands Railway launched a Digital Pay As You Go trial between Leicester, Derby and Nottingham using a GPS-based mobile app that charges the cheapest fare automatically.
- Backed by nearly £1 million of government funding, the EMR and Northern trials run for nine months as part of the government's Plan for Change to modernise ticketing.
- Passengers will check in and out on a mobile app and scan a unique barcode for barriers; trial participants total up to 4,000, with more than 500 already interested, said Oli Cox, Head of Commercial Strategy and Business Planning at East Midlands Railway.
- Ministers say the trial should save passengers both time and money while modernising fares and ticketing, and aims to reduce fare-dodging and the practice `doughnutting`.
- Further trials will extend to Northern Trains in Yorkshire from September, while charities warn over five million people face digital exclusion from online-only services.
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Two UK railways begin test of GPS-based ticketing system
An East Midlands Railway Class 222 intercity trainset, built by Bombardier. The company has begun a trial of a GPS-based ticketing system. East Midlands Railway LONDON — Two rail operators in the United Kingdom are testing a new fare system that will replace paper or digital tickets with a pay-as-you-go system based on Global Positioning System passenger tracking. The UK government’s Department for Transport says up to 4,000 passengers can sign …
Cutting-edge rail ticket technology to be trialled in England for first time - The Mirror
Up to 4,000 passengers can take part in these trials by simply signing up via the relevant train operator’s website, taking advantage of simpler and more flexible train travel
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