Disruption alerts for UK train services by Twitter
Post categories: Prototype
|15:02 UK time, Monday, 2 February 2009
This is perfect while the snowy weather grips the UK in a blanket of white.
Inspired bythis tweetfromMP Tom Watsonand enabled by the excellentBBC Backstage'stravel feeds, this prototype servicetweetsdisruption alerts for 25 UK train operators. The original data is processed and shortened to less than 140 characters (in most cases) byYahoo Pipesand tweeted viaTwitterfeedwhich also adds a short-link back to the original BBC report. Tweetlaterprovides the automated welcomeDM.
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