Tweeting train passengers update from the crowd

TGV passengers with mobile telephone (Photo: DB AG/Gustavo Alabiso).

PASSENGER INFORMATION: A service alerting passengers to ‘crowd sourced’ information about train delays has been developed by Ben Smith, an IT consultant specialising in mobile technologies who commutes into London by rail. @uktrains provides news on disruption via the Twitter website, which allows people to publish 140 character messages.

You’ve reached your limit of content for the month

Get enhanced access to Railway Gazette news and weekly newsletters.

Register for free now