APTIS
APTIS was the Accountancy and Passenger Ticket Issuing System used on the British Rail/National Rail network until 2007. It was originally called "Advanced Passenger Ticket Issuing System" as it was being developed at the time of the Advanced Passenger Train.
Aptis ProStation next to an Aptis machine at the National Railway Museum, York | |
| System information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | All Purpose Ticket Issuing System |
| Machine type | Ticket Office-based |
| Type of ticket stock | Manual/Hopper-fed |
| Manufacturer | Thorn EMI, Wells |
| History | |
| First introduced | October 1986 |
| Machine number range | 2000-5168 |
| Window number range | Upwards from 01 Downwards from 99 (spare machines) |
| Machines in use | 2,971 (maximum historic figure) 3 (as of March 2007) |
| Locations/areas/train operating companies | |
| Current users | none |
| Former users | Before privatisation: - All passenger sectors of British Rail After privatisation: - All train operating companies |
It was widely known as the All-Purpose Ticket-Issuing System, a description which was used during the development of the prototype devices.
It led to the introduction, on the national railway, of a new standardised machine-printable ticket, the APTIS ticket, which replaced the Edmondson railway ticket first introduced in the 1840s.
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