GHA Group (Bryn Melyn, Vale Travel + Others)

[GHA Coaches]

RE: GHA Group (Bryn Melyn, Vale Travel + Others)
Just to put Knutstransport, djb, lynx and Valandil minds at ease the new Ticketer ticket machines were not fitted last Sunday as planned as TfGM needed the installation team to visit another operator as a priority.

Although only 10 vehicles that regally operate into the TfGM area are being fitted with Ticketer machines the company has also purchased spare hand held versions of the machine, which work in exactly the same way as a fixed Ticketer so that if a bus with a Wayfarer TGX base plate is needed to be used on one of these services then a hand held machine attached to a plinth which fits the Wayfarer TGX base plate will be used.

In the next 18 months the company needs to replace its entire TGX system, however TfGM area services needed to be done as a priority to except the “get me there” travelcard and therefore the Ticketer option was taken.

The Ticketer ETM is a really good piece of equipment and has many excellent features, but there is also the launch of the new Parkeon Wayfarer 6 which has addressed many of the shortcomings of the Wayfarer TGX200 so to be honest we don’t know which machine will end up becoming the standard machine for GHA until we have looked at all the options.