"The location-based technology will be tested by East Midlands Railway (EMR) from Monday, by up to 1,000 people travelling through Derby, Leicester, Nottingham and the stations in between. The app promises to automatically charge these passengers "the best fare at the end of the day". Further 1,000-person trials will take place on three services run by rail operator Northern in Yorkshire from the end of September, the Department for Transport said."
"The digital ticketing uses global positioning system (GPS) tracking on users' mobile phones to automatically charge passengers the best overall fare at the end of the day, including on CrossCountry as well as EMR. If multiple journeys are made, the government said it would calculate if a season ticket would have been cheaper. For ticket inspections and to pass through barriers, the app will generate a bar code to scan."
Location-based digital ticketing using GPS tracking on users' phones will be trialled by East Midlands Railway with up to 1,000 passengers traveling through Derby, Leicester, Nottingham and intervening stations. Further 1,000-person trials will run on Northern services in Yorkshire. The app automatically charges the best overall fare at the end of the day and will calculate whether a season ticket would have been cheaper when multiple journeys are made. For inspections and to pass through barriers the app generates a barcode to scan. More than 500 people had signed up to EMR's trial. The EMR and Northern trials will run for nine months and received £1m of government funding under the Plan for Change. EMR said the trial does not affect planned ticket barrier installation at Nottingham.
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