SPORTIS
PORTIS (Portable Operated Ticket Issuing System) and latterly SPORTIS were portable ticket issuing systems used on Rail transport in Great Britain from 1982 until 2006. The system was also formerly used by Northern Ireland Railways for the issue of all tickets, including at railway station booking offices. PORTIS These machines were developed by Thorn EMIInformation Technology Applications in Transport. Peter W. Bonsall, Michael G. H. Bell, VSP, 1987 with the prototype of PORTIS being introduced from 3 May 1982 in the Bristol area. They replaced the Almex machines with Omniprinter that were used previously for on-board train ticket sales. The PORTIS was the first British Railways ticket issuing system to use thermal roll ticket stock. The production version of PORTIS was introduced in 1986. SPORTIS A modified version which accepted credit-cards was introduced slightly later, known as SPORTIS (Super Portable Ticket Issuing System). The SPORTIS memory was configured for each ro ...
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Avantix Mobile
Avantix Mobile ("AVB") is a portable railway ticket issuing system used across the British railway network from 2001 to 2017. Development Development started in 2000 by Sema Group plc, an IT services company which was acquired by Schlumberger Ltd in 2001 and became ''SchlumbergerSema''. (The company has since been acquired by France-based IT group Atos, SA.) Atos now continue to develop and maintain the system. The first machines were bought and put into use by train operating companies (TOCs) in 2002. By late 2005, market penetration had reached 80%, and as of 2007 SPORTIS has been superseded completely. The Avantix Mobile system was designed for the Sema Group plc by Printer Systems Limited this included the technique of printing and encoding the magnetic stripe at the same time, the Z-fold ticket pack and the electronic control system with interface to a Casio PDA. The Avantix Mo