Train fares to be priced by your phone's GPS - how it works in Europe

Train fares to be priced by your phone's GPS - how it works in Europe

Rail passengers will no longer pay for tickets before their journey under a new automatic GPS tracking scheme being rolled out across parts of the UK.Northern Trains customers travelling between Harrogate and Leeds, West Yorkshire, will pay their fare through a GPS app as part of the trial from Tuesday.Instead of buying tickets at the station or online, customers press a button on their device to start the journey, with the app registering where…