Comment on Paper and mobile train tickets to be replaced with GPS tracking in new travel trial
i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk 3 days ago
Weird that it needs GPS given that the barriers that need to scan the barcode already know where you are!
I have a KeyGo card and this works great - you scan the card at the barriers and it works out and bills you at the end of the day. Doesn’t need an app or a powered up phone.
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 3 days ago
The overwhelming majority of stations don’t have barriers.
ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 3 days 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 days 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 2 days 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.
i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk 3 days ago
Which means you can’t scan the barcode on the app either…