19-06-2026 12:59 via passengertransport.co.uk

How collaboration powered e-ticketing

 
Replacing orange paper tickets with e-ticketing required the rail industry to rethink both its technology and how it works togetherxxxx
 Today, more than 75% of rail tickets are issued as barcodes
 BY John Davies, Trainline
Ten years ago, if you wanted to travel by rail in Britain, your journey almost always began with a small orange ticket.
That credit card-sized slip of paper (the CCST) was a triumph of its time. It provided a standardised, network-wide ticketing format and u
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