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Resources

 

This is a section of the websited dedicated to providing links to other websites containing infomation about PERTIS machines and to provide some free content to people.

General PERTIS Related

Resource

Link

PERTIS Weekly

PERTIS weekly is a web-distributed magazine published weekly solely dedicated to information regarding PERTIS Machines. However no issues have been published since August 2016.

 

PERTIS Weekly

LONDON TRANSPORT 3001

London Transport 3001 is a transport information website which, as the name suggests, contains various information about various London Transport topics. They have a page about Permit to Travel Machines.

 

LONDON TRANSPORT 3001

(PERTIS Page)

 

LONDON TRANSPORT 3001 (Old)

(PERTIS Page)

The Transport Ticket Society

The transport ticket society have lots of lists regarding locations of various UK railway ticketing systems including PERTIS machines, However the PERTIS list has not been updated since 2003.

 

The Transport Ticket Society

(PERTIS Page)

Thames News

Thames news was a London focused news program which no longer broadcasts. They have uploaded some archive videos to YouTube which show Permit to Travel machines.

 

Main Report

B Roll

NetworkSouthCentral

The user 'NetworkSouthCentral' on YouTube has uploaded an instructional video on how to use a Permit to Travel machine.

 

How to use a Permit to Travel machine

Johnny Knight

Johnny Knight has uploaded a video on YouTube showing him using the Permit to Travel machine at Selling, showcasing the non-acceptance of new coinage.

 

Selling permit to travel machine

456013matt

Don't give up the day job! Unless you are an engineer for metric group, PERTIS Machines are not going to get you far in life. This semi-humorous video uploaded by 456013matt showcases a Permit to Travel machine being used at Shepherds Well railway station.

 

British Rail 'PERTIS' machine

Parking Network

Parking network is a news reporter of events within the parking industry. They have an article showing details about an order of Metric Elites for use as Permit to Travel machines on the South West Trains network

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Parking Network

Jim Ware

Jim Ware posted a photograph on Twitter showing stored/dumped PERTIS machines at East Corydon station.

 

Jim Ware (Twitter)

Dormice inside a Permit to Travel Machine

In 2010, At Little Kimble station, dormice made home inside a Permit to Travel machine. Various newspapers reported the story.

The Daily Mail

Metro

Chiltern Twitter

Geoff Marshall

Geoff Marshall is a video producer who has produced many videos for LTM and Londonist. He has his own YouTube channel where he features the least used railway station within particular counties, and sometimes these happen to feature a PERTIS machine.

 

Longcross

Beaulieu Road

Faygate

Little Kimble

ATOC

The Association of Train Operating Companies have various guidelines which TOCs have to stick to. They have a page with specimen PERTIS tickets.

PerTIS Specimen
   

Metric Group Related

Resource

Link

Auto-Slot Specification

By metric group, resourced via web archive/way back machine.

 

Autoslot Sepecification

Metric Group Corporate/Sales Videos

Videos about Metric Group produced by them and/or their partners.

 

METRIC Group

Parking Machines from the Metric Group Ltd.

METRIC Elite LS Parking Terminal - Product Video

Metric Aura Sales Infomation/Manual

Sourced from vairous publicly acessible websites.

 

Guide 1

Guide 2

Manual

Metric Group new £1 coin Validator Upgrades

Documents by metric group about upgrading coin validators to accept the new £1 coin.

 

Validator Guide

MPL Systems

MPL Systems made a maintenance management piece of software for metric group. They made a corporate-type video about it.

 

Metric Group Unlocks Productivity

Ina Part

Ina Part is a company who maintain and sell parts for many different types of parking pay & display machines. They have some videos demonstrating their upgrades to autoslots.

 

New Validator Upgrade

Vault Security Test

If you have any, or know of any other websites which contain information about PERTIS Machines or Metric Group, Please email Benjamin@pert.is with the link. Note that discussion website (forums) will not be linked as a resource.

 

Public Domain Photographs

 

In order to support the general promotion of awareness of the wonderful PERTIS Machines, I have released the following images as public domain for free usage. All listed photos are taken by me (Benjamin R) unless otherwise stated.

 

Public Domain means you can use them for anything. However from a moral stand point - Please don't take the micky and sell the images off as your own.

 

All positive promotion of Permit to Travel Machines and any links back to this website would be much appreciated.

 

Note: Click text below image to download full quality image.

 

 

PERTIS Machine at Bescot Stadium PERTIS at Sutton Common
PERTIS at Southease PERTIS at Winsford
PERTIS at Whitstable PERTIS at Faygate
PERTIS at Longcross PERTIS at Spondon

Please note that due to EMT removing all PERTIS machines and valdisum which has occured, the fornt pannel has been eddited on after the photo was taken.

PERTIS Ticket Hall Green PERTIS Ticket Barrow upon Soar

 

 

 

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