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Ticket Validation

Synonyms / Other Terms Used

Ticket Validator, Ticket Stamper, Ticket-canceling Machine, Ticket-dating Machine, Automatic Check-In, Insert Ticket, Validate Ticket

Category

Public Facilities, Travel, Transport Facilities, Services

Message / Function

To indicate the location of a ticket validation facility

 

Source Description
ISO 7001 Public Information Symbol PI PF 011 Ticket Validation ISO 7001 Hand in outline, holding ticket being inserted into machine
ÖNORM A 3011 Public Information Symbol No 80: Ticket Validator / Ticket Cancelling Machine ÖNORM A 3011 Hand holding ticket being inserted into machine
Hora page 158: CNIS Pictogram Automatic Check-in CNIS Hand holding ticket being inserted into machine
Tern Pictogram TS0740: Ticket validation Tern Hand holding ticket being inserted into machine
Abdullah & Hübner page 110: DB Pictogram Ticket Cancelling Machine DB Hand holding ticket being inserted into machine
UIC 413 Pictogram Ticket-dating Machine UIC 413 Hand holding ticket being inserted into machine
DB 1994 Pictogram Ticket Cancelling Machine DB 1994 Hand holding ticket being inserted into machine
Pictogram Obliteration (SNCF 1994) SNCF 1994 Hand holding ticket being inserted into machine
Pictogram Ticket Cancelling (FS 1994) FS 1994 Hand holding ticket being inserted into machine
BSI 8501 Public Information Symbol No 7045: Ticket Validation BS 8501:2002 Hand holding ticket being inserted into machine
Hora page 124, Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA): Pictogram Insert Ticket MTA Hand holding ticket being inserted into machine
Abdullah & Hübner page 118: BVG Pictogram Ticket Cancelling Machine BVG Slot with ticket, below triangle pointing upwards
Otl Aicher Pictogram No 103: Validate Ticket Aicher OAP Slot with ticket, arrow pointing upwards below

Discussion

The selection above shows that there are only two main concepts concerning the image content: mostly a hand holding a ticket being inserted into a slot, and on the other hand a slot with a ticket plus something like an arrow below, pointing upwards.

In our research we discovered that there is only very limited test data available for the referent Ticket Validation:

Data from two Comprehension Tests conducted in Austria indicates correct understanding of symbol No 80 of ÖNORM A 3011 part 4 among 77.3 % of young respondents (Brugger, 1982) and 62 % in a second sample including senior citizens (Brugger, 1983). While some context information was provided in the first test, this information was missing in the second. With context infomation 98 % of the answers were related to tickets, but without any context information 23 % of the responses were 'Mail Box' and another 9 % associated the variant tested with 'Ticket Machine'. Regarding real life applications one can expect acceptable comprehensi­bility for this pictogram.

With about 85 % correct responses among Chinese respondents an almost identical symbol of the Chinese standard GB/T 10001.1-2012, Public Information Graphical Symbols, labeled CNIS in the table above, performed well enough to recommend this concept (An & Chan, 2017).

Recommendations

TicketValidation

Based on test results available and regarding design aspects we recommend the use of a pictogram like Public Information Symbol No 80 of ÖNORM A 3011 part 4 to indicate the location of ticket validation facility.

Tests of pictograms of referent Ticket Validation

An, D. & Chan, E.H.W. (2017): Investigating the Comprehension of Public Symbols for Wayfinding in Transit Hubs in China. In: Rau, PL. (eds) Cross-Cultural Design. CCD 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 10281. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57931-3_24

Brugger, Ch. (1982): Ergänzungen zur Studie über die Verbesserung der Beschilderung im Aussteigebereich von Schlepp- und Sesselliften. Report to the Austrian Standards Institute (ON) dated October 1982, Vienna.

Brugger, Ch. (1983): Abschlußbericht über den Erkennungstest. Report to the Austrian Standards Institute (ON) dated May 1983, Vienna.

See also

Tickets, Mail, Mail Box
Bus, Funicular, Railway, Subway, Tram
Cable Car / Gondola Lift, Chairlift, Surface Lift

 

Updated 2024-11-28 by Ch.Brugger