VIA Rail Canada e-ticketing pilot begins

[dowlingm]

http://www.viarail.ca/en/about-via-rail/capital-investment/article/e-ticketing-pilot-all-aboard

Having a wireless system means that tickets can be validated en route, anywhere and at any time, making it ideal for people in the remote communities that VIA Rail serves.That reminds me, have they bought a printer for Carrick-on-Shannon yet? :rolleyes:

[Mark Gleeson]

Irish Rail has fully investigated print your own/barcode on phone. We get to see some of the project timelines so we know whats going on.

The problem is the validation on train requires a lot of expensive equipment, there is no budget for that.

[Thomas Ralph]

The Creuzets must surely be at least five years past end-of-life by now. A nice up to date system like Avantix Metro wouldn't be that expensive to bring in.