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TThe desperate scrabble for your ticket while running for a train could be a thing of the past, a manufacturer has claimed, with sensors potentially replacing ticket barriers which detect when passengers board trains. Train-builder Hitachi Rail is developing technology designed to ensure travellers are automatically charged the correct fare by recognising their smartphones at both ends of their journey.
Southeastern among franchises placed on public takeover watch list
The Southeastern franchise is one of six that could go the way of LNER and be taken over by the government as sources warned there was little time for a new operator to be appointed by April next year.
Monday, 12 August 2019
Bolton News
- Diamond North West: New bus firm takes over 18 servicesA NEW bus firm launched its first services this weekend. Diamond North West will operate 18 buses across Bolton and Bury after buying the Weston Street depot from struggling transport giant First.
The York Press
- First York bus fare doubles on route to city's Nestlé factoryBUS fares on a First York route from a village to York’s Nestléfactory have doubled at a stroke. Passengers travelling from New Earswick to the confectionery business in Haxby Road are now paying £2 for a single fare, compared to just £1 until last month.
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