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You aren't correct there. The default interface is now rather Trainline like. RedSpottedHanky, which is operated by Atos directly, now uses that interface. You have to use a specific URL (like with the others) to get the Mixing Deck - and further to that if you've accessed the Trainline like interface even if you use the direct URL you won't get the Mixing Deck unless you clear your cookies.
I had a look on RedSpottedHanky their interface (seemingly called Faresview) is built into WebTIS (you can tell as the URL is still on tickets.redspottedhanky.com) whereas the GWR website is hosted on www.gwr.com and doesn't switch to WebTIS (tickets.gwr.com) until you select your services. Also they both look quite different. MixingDeck is still the default interface for WebTIS on all the TOC variants... The default interface is what you get if you go to tickets.tocdomain with GWR it'll redirect to MixingDeck with RSH it'll redirect to Faresview.
So perhaps Atos was promoting Faresview as an alternative to MixingDeck but none of the operators jumped at it and decided to roll their own solution while keeping WebTIS as a backend.
Currently c2c still use Mixing Deck primarily so presumably that's a good enough reason to maintain it. If they drop WebTIS or develop their own front end then it may disappear.
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