Smartphones Are the New Ticket Machines as Metro-North Tests App
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Commuters on Metro-North Railroad, the nation’s busiest rail line, will soon be able to buy and display tickets on their smartphones if a pilot program proves successful.
Workers will begin trying the mobile-ticketing application next month, New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which operates the railroad, said in a statement today. The app will be expanded to customers if the test goes smoothly, the agency said without specifying a date, and will be offered on iPhones, Androids and Blackberrys.