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576:, elected to install an additional five at the former and one at the latter. There were previously six Ascom B8050 machines at Gatwick Airport, so this turned out to be a like-for-like replacement. The machine at London Victoria is close to the Gatwick Express ticket office windows on the dedicated Express platforms; there were two B8050 machines there until around 1991.
214:, a small evolutionary upgrade initially developed and delivered in 1999. In the meantime, however, a more significant, revolutionary design solution was being sought: Ascom realised that the late-1980s B8050 technology was no longer suitable for the modern railway environment, given the increasing use of
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The EasyTicket system was developed while the
Transport Revenue division, as it was then known, was still under Ascom's ownership; but as part of an attempt to focus on the telecommunications sector, the division was sold in August 2005 to
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Ascom AG was created in 1987 through a merger between three major telecommunications companies in
Switzerland, although its origins can ultimately be traced back to the establishment of the Swiss Federal Telegraph Workshops in 1852. The
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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
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617:"ACS Investor Relations: ACS to Acquire Ascom's Transport Revenue Division; Expands Transit, Parking, and Toll Solutions in Government Services Market"
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Two different machine heights, with one having a specially lowered screen, coin/card slots and ticket dispenser suitable for wheelchair users
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Machines began to be installed on a trial basis in March 2003, with a single machine (low-height, cash-and-card version) at
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division, which had been acquired in 1963 by one of Ascom AG's constituent companies, was involved in the manufacture of
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The EasyTicket system (official code number TIS9000) was developed with these considerations in mind, and features:
169:(TOCs) at various stations, the system did not spread into common usage, and most machines have since been removed.
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self-service machine, hundreds of which were installed at stations across
Britain from 1989 onwards.
572:, the Train Operating Company responsible for providing ticketing facilities at Gatwick Airport and
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635:"Ascom launches new-generation TVMs - Fare Collection (International Railway Journal, Feb 2004)"
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Instructions in six different languages, selectable at the start of the transaction process
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The company's first attempt to move on from the successful B8050 machine was the
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257:(Train Operating Company names are those current at the time of installation)
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had on fragmenting and expanding the fare structure on
Britain's railways.
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List of Ascom EasyTicket machines as of 2004, with dates of installation
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secure-payments system, new disability regulations and the effects
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904:
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593:"Ascom Equity Note - Brokerage Research document (see page 8)"
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884:Concessionary fares on the British railway network
236:Touch-screen technology with a series of sub-menus
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660:Picture of cash-and-card machine at East Croydon
967:Fare collection systems in the United Kingdom
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665:Picture of card-only machine at East Croydon
893:Information and revenue allocation systems
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27:
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114:Locations/areas/train operating companies
568:Following the trial at Gatwick Airport,
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534:Replaced by Shere FASTticket machine
454:Replaced by Shere FASTticket machine
402:Replaced by Shere FASTticket machine
378:Replaced by Shere FASTticket machine
354:Replaced by Shere FASTticket machine
16:British railway ticket issuing system
769:Scheidt & Bachmann Ticket XPress
560:Scheidt & Bachmann Ticket XPress
508:Scheidt & Bachmann Ticket XPress
480:Scheidt & Bachmann Ticket XPress
428:Scheidt & Bachmann Ticket XPress
202:, Inc for 130 million Swiss Francs.
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878:2014 National Rail ticket features
242:Cash-and-card and card-only models
218:, the anticipated adoption of the
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936:Regulation of Railways Act 1889
828:Travel agency and online sales
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216:credit and other payment cards
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639:International Railway Journal
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706:Ticket office-based machines
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255:. More followed, as shown:
200:Affiliated Computer Services
7:
798:Conductor-operated machines
747:Passenger-operated machines
10:
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924:Revenue protection and law
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700:British railway ticketing
493:Elstree & Borehamwood
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167:Train Operating Companies
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866:Edmondson railway ticket
859:Ticket types and formats
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264:Train Operating Company
44:Ascom EasyTicket TIS9000
465:King's Cross Thameslink
253:Gatwick Airport station
184:ticket vending machines
69:Ascom Transport Revenue
900:National Location Code
835:Inclusive Tour Coupons
247:Installation programme
872:APTIS ticket features
754:Ascom B8050 Quickfare
413:Loughborough (Leics.)
330:Removed January 2004
153:First Capital Connect
910:Rail Settlement Plan
516:South Central Trains
436:South Central Trains
384:South Central Trains
186:(TVMs); it provided
88:Machine number range
57:Type of ticket stock
52:Self-service machine
814:Fujitsu Star Mobile
605:on 2 February 2007.
540:Arriva Trains Wales
145:Arriva Trains Wales
98:Window number range
23:
946:Transport Act 2000
36:System information
21:
972:Travel technology
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941:Railways Act 1993
764:Cubic QueueBuster
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365:London Marylebone
360:Chiltern Railways
336:South West Trains
312:South West Trains
279:Outcome of trial
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149:Chiltern Railways
137:South West Trains
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874:(now deprecated)
774:Ascom EasyTicket
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623:on 31 July 2012.
619:. Archived from
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162:Ascom EasyTicket
80:First introduced
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22:Ascom EasyTicket
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574:London Victoria
570:Gatwick Express
451:September 2003
303:Still in situ;
290:Gatwick Airport
285:Gatwick Express
270:Machine Number
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173:Company details
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123:Gatwick Express
106:Machines in use
101:Upwards from 61
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60:Continuous roll
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931:Penalty fare
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738:Cubic FasTIS
733:Fujitsu STAR
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621:the original
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600:the original
587:
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558:Replaced by
521:East Croydon
506:Replaced by
478:Replaced by
426:Replaced by
423:August 2003
399:August 2003
389:East Croydon
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220:Chip and PIN
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188:British Rail
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129:Former users
65:Manufacturer
49:Machine type
18:
728:Shere SMART
351:April 2003
327:April 2003
300:March 2003
961:Categories
580:References
528:Card only
488:Thameslink
460:Thameslink
448:Card only
375:June 2003
348:Card only
180:Autelca AG
83:March 2003
880:(current)
868:(defunct)
555:May 2005
341:Wokingham
317:Haslemere
305:see below
267:Location
190:with the
93:5001-5003
91:1001-1016
41:Full name
562:machine
545:Bridgend
510:machine
482:machine
430:machine
133:Southern
723:Tribute
641:. 2004.
206:Origins
75:History
905:ORCATS
850:Evolvi
840:AJENTS
789:PERTIS
845:ELGAR
820:Doris
718:APTIS
713:INTIS
603:(PDF)
596:(PDF)
549:1016
531:2004
525:5003
497:1011
469:1010
445:5002
417:1013
393:1009
369:1012
345:5001
321:1008
294:1001
276:Date
273:Type
212:B8070
192:B8050
160:The
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