Scheidt & Bachmann Fare collections division has recently been unanimously awarded a complete system-wide modernisation and Smart Card implementation for the the Port Authority of Allegheny County (PAAC), in western Pennsylvania. PAACprovides approximately 220,000 daily riders and 65 million riders annually.
This is accomplished by 183 bus routes, 5 rail routes within a 775 square-mile area of Pittsburgh. The fleet is supported by 861 buses, 48 mini-buses, 83 light rail vehicles and the Monongahela Incline.

The new facility located in Dublin, is undergoing a full fit out to bring the operations in Ireland in line with those of the other Scheidt & Bachmann subsidiaries. Facilities include sales, technical and service support across Scheidt & Bachmann’s full range of FCSproducts and solutions. The new subsidiary named Scheidt & Bachmann (Ireland)Limited is responsible for providing solutions and support to customers based in Ireland in addition to providing significant resources available to new and potential customers through the already established network.

 

Scheidt & Bachmann – the world’s leading supplier of public transport ticketing solutions – today welcomed the NSW Government’s announcement of the shortlisted bidders for Sydney’s Electronic Ticketing Project.

For over 30 years we have designed and installed ticketing systems used by millions of commuters around the world, ranging from Boston’s Charlie Card which covers transport on rail, bus and ferry routes to systems in Shanghai, New York, Britain and across Europe.

 

The 4th Suppliers’ Day of the Schweizerische Bundesbahnen (Swiss Railways) took place in Bern on 21 November 2008. As part of this event the best suppliers of the year have been honoured. The coveted award has been rewarded to companies who had proven an outstanding performance in terms of quality, innovation and reliability. As Swiss Railways’ new supplier for Ticket Vending Machines, Scheidt & Bachmann participated for the first time. This developed to have a perfect ending for us as we were chosen to be the Best Supplier – Operating Resources. Our “commitment and” our “readiness to cooperate” were rated highly commendable. Nevertheless we could not have achieved this great success without the excellent partnership with the Schweizerische Bundesbahnen who are a professional and well structured contractual partner.

The delivery of 100 stationary ticket vending machines for the greater Warsaw area has successfully started. During on site inspections, the responsible managers of Mennica Polska S.A gained detailed impressions of the high quality of Scheidt & Bachmann machines. The accurate and quick installation convinced them as well. These positive impressions motivated our satisfied customer to assign an additional purchase order about 60 ticket vending machines. The delivery will start in the 1st quarter of 2009.

Irish Rail decision makers were looking for a reliable fare collection partner and found the appropriate counterpart in their longterm supplier Scheidt & Bachmann.

Irish Rail and Scheidt & Bachmann have signed a five year framework contract for the delivery of ticket vending machines, fare gates, booking office equipment and a complete Smart Card system. Estimated 60 plus stations will be equipped with 150 vending machines and 300 fare gates during that time. A full Smart Card system will be rolled out during 2009, including new equipment and modifications to all existing Scheidt & Bachmann gates and vending machines. This allows Smart Cards to be processed to match the customers’ demands. This project will commence as an Irish Rail Smart Card system, however it is designed with future proof allowing for the system to be migrated to the national operating Integrated Ticketing System (ITS).

Service and comfort - two of the most important features in the scope of passenger transport.

Innovative and simple tariff structures simplify the travels of customers nowadays. But travelling through several tariff systems of various local operators still is a challenge.

What kind of ticket(s) do I need? How many tariff zones will I cross? Did I get the cheapest fare possible? Needless to say that travellers still have to ask themselves those questions again and again.

Thanks to ITSO (Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation) this challenge should soon be history for Great Britain.
ITSO is a member administrated association of bus- and train companies, suppliers and operators of public transport which operates as a non-profit organisation. It was founded in 1998 in Great Britain to develop a national standard for Smart Cards and the associated application level. This standard will be the basis of a comprehensively usable „electronic ticket“ for customers of public transport. The idea is that only one ticket will be needed for all destinations. The passengers will just have to board the train and then enjoy the trip. The Smart Card will choose the correct tariff independently, no matter how many providers he has to cross on the way to his destination.