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Self-service machine: Type of ticket stock: Continuous roll: Manufacturer: Ascom Autelca AG, Bern, Switzerland: History; First introduced: 1989; 35 years ago () Machine number range (Numbers not shown on tickets) Window number range: Upwards from 01: Machines in use: Approximately 60: Locations/areas/train operating companies; Current users ...
Avantix B8070, more commonly known as Avantix MultiTicket was a passenger-operated railway ticket issuing system, installed at British railway stations from 1999 onwards. The machines were available as upgrades to the Ascom B8050 Quickfare or as new builds. The machine was developed by Sema Group, later SchlumbergerSema and then Atos Origin.
1904: first self-service ticket machines on the Central London Railway, now part of London Underground [1] 1954 : Toronto Subway opens and has tokens in machines from day one [ 2 ] 1977 : San Diego–based airline PSA introduces vending machines for airline tickets [ 3 ]
Early machines were not equipped with Ticket on Departure (ToD) capability, which allows tickets bought online to be collected from a self-service ticket issuing machine at a station. [42] Instead, they were reprogrammed to be ToD-compliant when the feature was introduced, [17] and all machines now offer ToD. [9]
The Ascom EasyTicket is a railway ticket issuing system used in Britain, consisting of a series of self-service (passenger-operated) machines at railway stations. Having been introduced in 2003 on a trial basis by several Train Operating Companies (TOCs) at various stations, the system did not spread into common usage, and most machines have since been removed.
Ticket vending machines – where a media holder can purchase a right to travel from a self-service machine, or enquire as to the value and travel rights associated with the media; Fare gate – often used in a train station so a media holder can gain access to a paid area where travel services are provided
At larger stations, these stations have also in recent years given way to more sophisticated self-service ticket machines. Permit to Travel machine at Lichfield Trent Valley station, with the two LCD panels showing the current time (top) and the amount paid (bottom). Between these are two lights; the smaller light on the left indicates that the ...
At the entrance to the ticket office from the station approach road, there are two self-service ticket machines, one of which, most unusually, is wall-mounted. A PERTIS self-service 'Permit to Travel' ticket machine was previously provided here but has been removed. Automatic Ticket Barriers were installed at the station in spring 2011