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A pioneering pay-as-you-go rail ticketing system, which tracks passenger locations as they travel, is set for its first trial in England. The digital scheme will launch on East Midlands Railway between Leicester, Derby and Nottingham from Monday, September 1. Further trials are planned for Yorkshire from the end of September. Under the scheme, passengers will be able to check in and out of rail journeys using an app on their phone. The app will track journeys using the global positioning system (GPS) and then passengers will be automatically charged at the end of the day. When passing through ticket barriers, passengers will have to scan a unique bar code which appears on the app. The new tech, which is already being tested in Switzerland, Denmark and Scotland, is designed to replace the need for paper tickets and mobile tickets which use a QR code. Up to 4,000 people will be able to take part in the trials by signing up on train operators’ websites.

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