2014 National Rail ticket features

Class of travel and a ticket type description were on the top line; below this came the date of travel, ticket number and information about discounts or concessions; then came the origin station, validity information and fare paid; and on the bottom line was printed the destination station and any route restriction that applied.

Its remit was to analyse the market for rail travel, the setting of fares and the ways in which tickets were booked and issued.

[8] Passengers wanted the most important data—station names, ticket descriptions, permitted routes, time restrictions and validity information—presented more clearly, in larger print, without jargon and with as little abbreviation as possible.

[11] In early March 2014, ATOC released a document to its members illustrating examples of the new data layout which would soon be launched on a trial basis.

[note 1] The first seven stations to undertake the trial were Bingley, Burley Park, Glossop, Hebden Bridge, Irlam, Pannal and Prudhoe,[6] all of which were upgraded between 20 and 24 March.