Blockchain technology as a mechanism for digital railway ticketing

Joseph Preece; John Easton

doi:10.1109/BigData47090.2019.9006293

Blockchain technology as a mechanism for digital railway ticketing

Joseph Preece, John Easton

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Abstract

This paper introduces a novel digital ticketing platform using blockchain technology. Taking in a number of considerations by observing legacy ticketing systems and existing attempts at digital ticketing, we make use of IBM’s Hyperledger Fabric framework to design an architecture that distributes the tickets across all participating organisations. We note the potential benefits this platform has. Governing organisations maintain their right to set the rules of the platform and access the data to generate statistics. Vending organisations share access to the same underlying tickets whilst preserving competition. The platform offers passengers a variety of ways to pay for and access their tickets, using a combination of legacy and modern methods. Furthermore, we note the platform has the potential to eradicate paper ticketing and surplus voucher cards.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2019 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data)
Publisher	IEEE Xplore
Pages	3599-3606
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-7281-0858-2, 978-1-7281-0857-5
ISBN (Print)	978-1-7281-0859-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/BigData47090.2019.9006293
Publication status	Published - 24 Feb 2020
Event	2019 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data) - Westin Bonaventure Hotel, 404 South Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90071, United States, Los Angeles, United States Duration: 9 Dec 2019 → 12 Dec 2019 http://bigdataieee.org/BigData2019/

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Conference	2019 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data)
Abbreviated title	BigData 2019
Country/Territory	United States
City	Los Angeles
Period	9/12/19 → 12/12/19
Internet address	http://bigdataieee.org/BigData2019/

Keywords

architecture
blockchain
hyperledger
railway
ticketing

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Artificial Intelligence
Computer Networks and Communications
Information Systems
Information Systems and Management

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Blockchain Technology as a Mechanism for Digital Railway Ticketing
Joseph Preece (Presenter)
9 Dec 2019 → 12 Dec 2019
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