DfT hopes 48-hour hackathon will get railways back on track

150 software developers, designers and entrepreneurs will pay £25 each to spend weekend inventing apps to improve UK rail networkWith its £38.5bn five-year plan to upgrade the railways yet to bring the desired results, the cash-strapped Department for Transport is turning to the tech world to spark some creative fixes and launching a 48-hour hackathon to improve Britain’s trains.An estimated 150 software developers, designers and entrepreneurs from across the world will board t