page_title: Ascom B8050 Quickfare
section_title: Introduction of the B8050
hierarchical_section_title: Ascom B8050 Quickfare / Introduction of the B8050
caption_attribution_description: Ascom B8050 "Quickfare" self-service ticket issuing machine at Wareham, Dorset.
context_page_description: Ascom B8050, usually known by the name QuickFare, is an early example of a passenger-operated railway ticket issuing system, consisting of a series of broadly identical machines installed at British railway stations from 1989 onwards. The machines allow passengers to buy the most popular types of ticket themselves, without having to go to a booking office, and are therefore useful at unstaffed, partly staffed or busy stations. All QuickFare machines have now been replaced by more modern technology.
context_section_description: After the B8050 was developed, it was chosen by the Network SouthEast sector of British Rail as the standard self-service ticket issuing system.  There were 2 variants of the B8050 machine which had either 40 or 92 destination buttons. It was decided that a large number of machines should be provided, with almost every station having at least one and major commuter and terminal stations having many.  The following stations, for example, had at least eight separate machines at some point - in some cases, for many years:
  Existing B100 machines at NSE stations were replaced on a rolling basis between 1990 and 1994.  In some cases, usually for a short time only, both types of machine would be in place simultaneously at a given station.
caption: A "QuickFare" machine at Wareham in Dorset.  This is the version with a more limited range of destinations, selected from the 40 green buttons in the centre.
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