Rail ticketing system which tracks passengers locations to be trialled

A new pay-as-you-go rail ticketing system which tracks passengers real-time location as they travel is to be trialled in England for the first time.

The location-tracking digital ticketing trial starts on East Midlands Railway between Leicester, Derby and Nottingham on Monday, September 1.

Further tests will take place in 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 their phone's global positioning system (GPS) and then passengers will be automatically charged at the end of the day.