Which means you can’t scan the barcode on the app either…
Comment on Paper and mobile train tickets to be replaced with GPS tracking in new travel trial
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 3 weeks agoThe overwhelming majority of stations don’t have barriers.
i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
In the Netherlands there’s a simple pillar you scan your card on. Employees on the train occasionally just check if you checked in or not.
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
TfL has this for oyster transfers behind the gateline. However National Rail has failed to come up with a national system.
theo@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
TfW have also implemented this in every station in the South Wales metro area. Works pretty well and it is so much cheaper than paper ticketing.
Not sure why this won’t be able to be used in England too. Sometimes I think that some in government just push for the new shiny tech thing (be it AI, GPS…), without considering how applicable it would be.
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
Well there are nearly 2600 stations in England, many of which are low-footfall.