Inkjet & Digital Printing

First Rail awards contract for seat reservation cards to Ticketmedia

Monday 19. April 2010 - Hove-based Ticketmedia is delighted to announce that it has been awarded the contract to supply the standard seat reservation cards for First Rail Holdings, the UK’s largest rail operator, following a competitive tender. In a contract estimated to be worth £150 000 per year and targeting predominantly ABC1 commuters, Ticketmedia will also provide the advertiser for the reverse of the card.

First Rail is part of the First Group plc, the world’s leading transport operator. It carries over 285 million passengers a year on its franchises that include First Great Western, First TransPennine Express, First Hull Trains, First Capital Connect, and First Scot Rail. Initially, Ticketmedia will be supplying the seat reservation cards for First Great Western, whose intercity routes cross the South and West of the country, First TransPennine Express, on intercity services linking the North West and North East of England, and for First Hull Trains, which operates the open access intercity train from London’s King’s Cross to Hull.

Ticketmedia has over ten years’ experience in supplying the UK transport industry with bus, rail, tram, air and tube tickets, working with a list of clients that includes London Tube, Glasgow Subway, and Oyster Card. It boasts an unparalleled range of bespoke printing machinery and highly sophisticated CTP (computer-to-plate) technology. In addition, Ticketmedia offers the unique service of selling the valuable advertising space on the reverse of the card or ticket, enabling it to offer transport companies a rebate on the cost of printing their ticket rolls or cards. This rare combination of specialist print technology and media expertise makes it the leading authority on ticket advertising on all transport tickets. Ticketmedia recently reported a 50% growth in business.