DfT hopes 48-hour hackathon will get railways back on track
by Gwyn Topham from Technology | The Guardian on (#V3W0)
150 software developers, designers and entrepreneurs will pay 25 each to spend weekend inventing apps to improve UK rail network
With its 38.5bn five-year plan to upgrade the railways yet to bring the desired results, the cash-strapped Department for Transport is turning to the tech world to spark some creative fixes and launching a 48-hour hackathon to improve Britain's trains.
An estimated 150 software developers, designers and entrepreneurs from across the world will board trains from London to York on Friday and attempt to find new ways to make the railway more efficient.
