Magnetic tickets

Magnetic tickets is the specialisation of the Mass Transit division of BemroseBooth. Since 1996, when we negotiated a single source contract with the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC), we are single-source suppliers of the complete range of magnetic tickets for all of Britain's train operating companies. Despite global competition, the contract was renewed in 2001, and involved developing new mass transit printed products and services to meet the changing needs of the rail industry for the following five years.

Increasingly, we are widening our customer base beyond UK train operating companies (TOCs). Now we are supplying products, including magnetic tickets, and 'smart cards' on the global stage to mass transit authorities as well as bus, coach, ferry, and airline operators.

Recent demand has seen our Mass Transit division develop its scope beyond specialist ticketing supply towards offering a "one-stop shop" service, which includes a full range of magnetic tickets and other mass transit products - bus, coach, ferry single/return tickets, multi-ride tickets, season and concessionary tickets and associated secure and printed stock forms and stationery items. This initiative has been supported with investments into new management information systems and extended secure warehouse facilities.

Due to our strategic partnership with Ticket Media we are at the forefront of the development of ticket advertising on all types- bus, coach, ferry and season travel tickets. Following an innovative launch, involving Walkers Crisps, the combined efforts of the two companies has resulted in more on-ticket advertising in the UK, than anywhere else in the world.

Many of our products incorporate technologies such as magnetic stripes, bar codes and holograms. There are clear indications, however, that the future demands of the travel market will include low-cost smart cards solutions. The aim is to develop integrated tickets which will enhance revenue protection, and help in improving boarding times, and increase data capture. This is why we are introducing new technology-based ticketing initiatives such as low-cost RFID(radio frequency identification) tickets and other 'smart technology' mass transit solutions.

With well over 100 years experience, BemroseBooth has the knowledge and expertise that makes the company the supplier of choice for magnetic tickets, bus, coach, ferry, single/return tickets, multi-ride tickets, season and concessionary tickets and associated secure and printed stock forms and stationery items to the transport industry.

This accumulated knowledge and expertise handed down over the years is a vital part of the highly developed skills within the BemroseBooth Mass Transit division. They enable the division to match the challenge of today's fast moving and changing ticketing markets - and to produce a range of high-specification ticketing products.