When bus operators replace their ticket machines, what happens to them?

[175mph]

Having just read about EYMS replacing their ticket machines so they can accept contactless payments, it made me wonder what happens to the ticket machines they are replacing?

Do the old ones just get disposed of as electronic waste like when we get rid of old household electricals or are the old ones ever offered to smaller operators who might not be able to afford brand new ticket machines?

 

[Mwanesh]

Some are exported .I was in Africa weeks ago and the Almex machines from the early 90s are still in use .

 

[175mph]

Some are exported .I was in Africa weeks ago and the Almex machines from the early 90s are still in use .

Are those ones without digital displays?

 

[Deerfold]

I was given a birthday present of a (West Yorkshire) Saverstrip machine once. I'm not sure where it had been as it was several years after its withdrawal.


They are *very* heavy.

 

[Jonny]

A quick search for "old bus ticket machines" has turned up some links to eBay.

 

[swt class 450]

They often end up on ebay. For example Transdev are currently selling their Wayfarer TGX 200 ticket machines on ebay since they upgraded to Ticketer. Click here - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Parkeon-...660aad71e6595affff9ef1b|iid:1&redirect=mobile - for the ebay link.

There are plenty of others currently on ebay as well. Just search "bus ticket machine" or "wayfarer ticket machine" or "almex ticket machine" etc.

I often see modern Wayfarer / Almex / VIX ERG / INIT / Ticketer machines for sale.

I would say that ebay is probably the most common place for bus operators to sell their ticket machines when they upgrade.

 

[johntea]

Surprised they bother, £200 can't be much to a company like Transdev vs. just throwing them in the bin!

I work in IT, education and now the NHS, we aren't allowed to sell old equipment due to various financial regulations so it just becomes e-waste (although to be fair the amount of use some of the kit gets before the budget is there to replace it they could end up on the Antiques Roadshow rather than eBay!), in the past we did do quite a nice thing of donating some of the equipment to Africa but that got stopped due to H&S red tape!