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Mobile ticketing innovation for Chiltern Railways

Monday 30th October 2006
For immediate release

ts.com is working with Chiltern Railways to provide an innovative solution which will enable them to become the first train operator to deliver rail tickets through to their customer’s mobile phones.

Chiltern Railway’s online advance ticket sales solution, provided by ts.com, is being integrated with mobile ticketing technology for a pilot starting at the end of this year. 

The combined ts.com and Chiltern Railways ticketing solution will enable a train customer to register with the mobile ticketing service through the Chiltern Railways website. Passengers can log on to the Chiltern Railways website and purchase their mobile tickets. Once the ticket is purchased, a secure barcode will be sent to the customer’s mobile phone via a text message.  When they arrive at the station, the bar code is scanned and they can get through the gates to board their train.

Commercial Director for Chiltern Railways, Neil Micklethwaite said, “We are happy to be leading the industry as the first train operating company in the UK to sell mobile ticketing to our passengers in this format.

“ts.com have provided us with the perfect solution to make the mobile ticketing compatible with our online Eday product. 

“There are many benefits to mobile ticketing but the most important is that it is simple and convenient, providing lower cost tickets for our passengers and giving them even more value for money.  Mr Micklethwaite added.

Matthew Hare, CEO of ts.com commented, “We are delighted to be working with Chiltern Railways on this mobile ticketing innovation. We are continuously working with our clients to provide them with innovative ticketing solutions that meet the needs of their business and improve the service they can offer their own customers.
 
This is a great example of the type of application where developing technology can be used to make everyday life just that little bit better.”  Matthew concluded.

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For further information please contact ts.com on 01865 856000, email info@ts.com or visit www.ts.com.
Note to Editors
ts.com Limited (http://www.ts.com) provides Internet browser delivered software solutions  specialising in delivering ticket sales, distribution and marketing solutions to a range of organisations in the sports, entertainment, travel and car parking markets.  This enables their customers to offer a simple and cost effective way to market and sell tickets and merchandise directly from their own websites, via call centres and face-to-face.  Customers include Cornbury Festival, Badminton Horse Trials, Cardiff Blues Rugby Union, Arriva Group, Newbury Racecourse and the National Trust. 

The solutions provide customers with the every aspect of their ticketing and marketing needs, from the capture of customer data, the execution of marketing campaigns, support for third party sales channels, the printing and fulfilment of tickets, through to the provision of integrated access control solutions. 

The company was founded in 1996, is based in Oxford and is a subsidiary of Community Internet Europe Ltd.