Mobile phone becomes train ticket, BBC News, 15 Mar 2005

“Public transport users in Tyne and Wear may soon be able to use their mobile phone as a bus or train ticket. Metro operator Nexus is trialing a scheme in which tickets are issued by text message. A similar scheme operates in the Finnish capital of Helsinki. But Nexus hopes the idea will catch on the UK.�

Full story at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/4348849.stm