A new National Express Scania bus bristling with latest generation ticketing technologies – including a fully functioning ITSO system – will take centre stage on the Parkeon stand at Euro Bus Expo 2008.

The vehicle will be used to demonstrate the integrity of Parkeon’s end-to-end approach to automatic fare collection, with visitors able to track the entire ticketing process from payment through to validation and back office reconciliation.

At the heart of the system is the company’s latest generation Wayfarer 200 platform, which not only supports ITSO functionality but also integrates, through e-Bus architecture, third party systems such as RTPI and mobile communication.  

This market-leading technology will be complemented at the show by solar-powered on street ticket vending machines, remote smartcard validators and back office management systems.

“This year, we took the decision to demonstrate the power of our technology in the most effective way possible – on a bus and operating in a real-time environment,” says Philippe Millet, Parkeon Transport Systems Director.  “There’s no better way to communicate the value that we can create on behalf of bus operators and transport authorities.”

Parkeon’s Wayfarer ticketing platform remains the only system specified for every major ITSO project in Great Britain.

The full line-up of Parkeon technologies being demonstrated at Euro Bus Expo includes:

• Wayfarer 150 and 200 ITSO electronic ticketing platforms, with wireless LAN data transfer and mobile communciations. e-Bus architecture provides pathways for the integration of systems such as on-bus surveillance, engine management and diagnostics, real time passenger information, passenger counting, low bridge warning, fare collection and analysis and fleet management.
• Wayfarer smartcard management and validation systems
• Integrated on–bus surveillance

• Wayfarer Sprint - a coin, chip & PIN solar-powered on street ticket vending machine
• Back office software and management suite

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Notes to Editors:

Parkeon is a key player in global parking and transport management solutions. With a 35 year history in the sector, the company is at the forefront of innovation, and has a presence in 40 countries and 3,000 cities worldwide. The company’s headquarters is in France, while it has offices across Europe (Belgium, Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom) and in the United States, employing over 1,100 people world wide.

Parkeon’s portfolio of products and systems is designed to ease congested streets and facilitate traffic flow. As a global leader in payment and ticketing solutions for parking and mass transit, Parkeon has played a significant role in the development of Pay & Display technology.

Formerly Schlumberger’s Parking and Ticketing division, Parkeon formed in November 2003. In June 2007, Barclays Private Equity (France) became the major shareholder in Parkeon and the company posted revenues of €155 million in 2007. Parkeon prides itself on its participatory management style – since December 2007, 30% of its employees have become shareholders in the business.

Parkeon’s Wayfarer automatic fare collection systems lead the way in integrated fare revenue and back office systems developed for the public transport industry, providing solutions that range from smart card technology and electronic ticketing equipment to CCTV security, GPS and mobile data networks. This expertise ensures that Parkeon holds 80% of the UK bus operator market, with 40% of its production destined for overseas markets. In all, in excess of 400,000  Wayfarer  electronic ticketing machines and supporting equipment has been supplied worldwide - more than any other fare revenue product range in the world. Based in Poole, Dorset, Parkeon has Wayfarer equipment service centres in Croydon, Bristol, Manchester and Edinburgh, as well as in Elizabeth, New Jersey and Kingston, Jamaica. 

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