Isaac ashBBC News, Derby
BBCTicket -free train journey which works by tracking the places of passengers is being tested in Eastern Midlands.
The location-based technology will be tested by the East Midlands Railway (EMR) from Monday, traveling through Derby, Leicester, Nottingham and beach stations.
The app promises these passengers to automatically charge “the best fare at the end of the day”.
The Transport Department said that apart from this, 1,000-individual tests will be held from the end of September at three services run by the rail operator North in Yorkshire.
The use of digital ticketing global positioning system (GPS) uses tracking on mobile phones, which automatically charge the best overall fare to passengers, including crosscontry as well as EMR.
If many trips are made, the government said that it would calculate whether a season ticket would have been cheaper.
For ticket inspection and to undergo obstacles, the app will generate a bar code to scan.
Passengers can sign up for testing, called digital pay, as you go, through the EMR website.
‘long overdue’
EMR’s leading commercial strategy and business plan Oli Cox said that more than 500 people had already signed up.
He said that “complex” fares were sometimes “a real barrier” for travelers and said: “This test removes the uncertainty that makes it easier to tap and out on your phone, it is safe in knowledge that you are always getting the best-price rent in the day.”
EMR said the test will not be affected Decision to establish ticket obstacles limiting access to platforms From Footbridge via Nottingham railway station.
Testing will begin on northern services between Harogate, Leeds, Sheffield, Doncaster and Barnsley at the end of the month.
The EMR and Northern Testing will last nine months and have a £ 1M of government funds as part of it. Plan for change,
Railway Minister Lord Peter Hendy said that passengers should protect both time and money by testing the ticket -free journey.
He said: “The railway ticketing system is very complex to bring it in the 21st century and has long been advanced.”
