has gloss | eng: The Scheidt & Bachmann Ticket XPress system is a passenger-operated, self-service railway ticket issuing system developed and manufactured by the German systems development and production group Scheidt & Bachmann GmbH, based in the city of Mönchengladbach. Since 2001, British company The Needham Group Ltd has been the sole agent and distributor within Britain for all products and services in Scheidt & Bachmann's Fare Collection Systems division. Since the first trial installations in 2003, seven Train Operating Companies (TOCs) in Great Britain have adopted the system as their main passenger-operated ticket vending method, while four others have installed machines at certain stations on their networks. |