{"id":1586,"date":"2020-11-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/uncategorized\/new-app-will-help-passengers-find-realtime-train-information\/"},"modified":"2025-02-28T14:38:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T14:38:33","slug":"new-app-will-help-passengers-find-realtime-train-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techsparx.co.uk\/north\/new-app-will-help-passengers-find-realtime-train-information\/","title":{"rendered":"New app that will help passengers find out \u2018realtime\u2019 train information"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Web-based rail experts Realtimetrains.co.uk has teamed up with\u00a0Northern rail to give its customers live information about its trains.<\/p>\n<p>Know Your Train will allow Northern customers to find out, in realtime, what model of the train they will be catching, how many carriages it has, and what facilities will be on-board \u2013 including whether the train has at-seat power\/USB sockets.<\/p>\n<p>Matt Clarke, Northern\u2019s Control Communications Manager, said: \u201cIt\u2019s great that we\u2019ve been able to work with Realtime Trains to provide our customers with this level of detail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt Northern, we operate 17 different types of train and have more than 370 trains running across our network. 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