alistairlees
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The basic problems with mag stripe are:
- cost of specialised, unique printed stock
- cost of specialised, unique printers
- cost of specialised, unique barriers
- they are not recyclable
- they provide absolutely bugger all information on travel patterns and usage
ETickets, on the other hand, don’t have any of those problems. And barcode tickets generally (Whether bought online or at a station or even a tvm) can be printed on standard stock using standard printers; read by standard optical scanning devices; and recovered if they are lost.
The actual barcodes are Aztec barcodes, not QR barcodes. The former contain more info.
- cost of specialised, unique printed stock
- cost of specialised, unique printers
- cost of specialised, unique barriers
- they are not recyclable
- they provide absolutely bugger all information on travel patterns and usage
ETickets, on the other hand, don’t have any of those problems. And barcode tickets generally (Whether bought online or at a station or even a tvm) can be printed on standard stock using standard printers; read by standard optical scanning devices; and recovered if they are lost.
The actual barcodes are Aztec barcodes, not QR barcodes. The former contain more info.