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Arriva North East Makes It 10,000 And Counting For Parkeon

As the smartcard revolution gathers pace, Parkeon is celebrating winning the order for its 10,000th Wayfarer200 electronic ticket machine (ETM), the innovative on-bus platform at the heart of major ITSO schemes in Britain. The landmark was celebrated at the EuroBus Expo show at the NEC on November 3, when Parkeon presented the 10,000th Wayfarer200 to John Greaves, Regional Engineering Director for Arriva North East and Arriva Scotland West. Arriva North East has just ordered 600 units for the ITSO North East Smart Ticketing Initiative (NESTI). “The new platform builds on the success of the

Evolvi Rail Systems comment on rail pricing formula changes announced in the Comprehensive Spending Review:

“The change in the rail formula will in time lead to potentially significant fare increases for business travellers, particularly for ‘walk-up’ tickets,” says Jon Reeve, Trade Relations Director at Evolvi, the online rail booking and fulfilment company specialising in business travel. “This will likely prompt more companies to consolidate their rail bookings within a managed travel policy compliant purchasing environment – in this way they will be able to optimise available budgets through advance purchase, expense monitoring and seamless P2P processes. Organisations will certainly need to

WAYFARER200 JUST THE TICKET FOR ARRIVA

Sales of Parkeon’s advanced Wayfarer200 ticketing system with the Arriva Group now exceed 1,000 units, thanks to a new contract to support the ITSO scheme planned by Kent County Council. Arriva Southern Counties has ordered 370 Wayfarer200 ETMs, with built-in GPRS technology, for buses operating out of six depots across Kent, in step with the launch of the county-wide ITSO English National Concessionary Travel Scheme programme and the roll-out of real-time passenger information. This is an industry first, as the ETM will be communicating directly with Kent’s real-time information back

NORTHERN RAIL SELECTS PARKEON FOR TVM INVESTMENT

Poole(Dorset)-based Parkeon has won a contract with Northern Rail, the train operator serving Britain’s biggest rail region, to supply a new suite of Ticket Vending Machines (TVM). Following a competitive tender, the company has signed a framework agreement with Parkeon for supply of its latest Astreo and Galexio TVM technology, with the first machines due to be in place by the end of this year. The contract, with potentially a seven-figure value, covers installation of TVMs in stations across an area stretching from the east to the west coast of England. Parkeon was selected having

UK TECHNOLOGY DRIVES ANOTHER PARKEON WIN IN AUSTRALIA

Technology developed in the UK by Parkeon is to play a key role in a new generation ticketing system planned for public transport across Sydney. The news builds on Parkeon’s growing list of achievements in Australia, where the company’s UK (Poole)-based operation is already working on mass transit ticketing programmes in Perth and Canberra. The Sydney electronic ticketing system project will see Parkeon’s Wayfarer200 series driver consoles installed on 4,500 buses, along with its back office software suite. The on-vehicle system forms a key element of the scheme put forward by the Pearl

PARKEON WINS 21 MILLION EURO CONTRACT IN FRANCE

Parkeon has won a major contract with Lille Métropole Urban Community in France to deliver a multi-modal ticketing system capable of handling over 152 million journeys per year. The 21million euro project is the biggest-ever investment in this type of scheme in France and covers metro, tram and bus networks in Lille and across a total of 85 communes. The company's Poole-based engineers will play a key role in the development of one of the most advanced multi-modal public transport systems in Europe. It will enable passengers to use advanced ticketing technologies – including NFC phone,

LAWYERS STATE THE CASE FOR ONLINE TRAVEL PROCUREMENT

Online ticketing technology delivers £1m in travel savingsOne of the world’s largest full service corporate law firms has achieved year-on-year travel savings of more than £1million, thanks to online ticketing technology and day-to-day support provided by Reed and Mackay, the firm’s recently appointed travel management company. Eversheds, with offices across the world, has transformed the effectiveness of its corporate rail and air booking and ticketing functionality after implementing a Reed & Mackay strategy that brought together leading travel technology providers Evolvi and KDS.

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