The government-owned company Amtrak, which is responsible for overseeing all American railroad train services has found a new use for Apple's iPhone. The company which has more than 20,000 employees, begun the rollout of the iPhone to its train conductors in November 2011 and by late summer this year, the company plans to have a reported 1,700 conductors with a modified iPhone capable of scanning tickets across the country. Amtrak is said to have invested $7.5 million it its new iPhone based ticketing system with $5.5 million going just for the software development and the rest going to hardware-related costs.
Ubergizmo, Amtrak is Using the iPhone As an Electronic Train Ticket Scanner
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