Just the ticket: Lineker portrait encourages rail passengers to switch to mobile
Ten pieces of art were made out of 3,000 old tickets, representing the average number of paper tickets sold by East Midlands Trains every hour.
Portraits of Gary Lineker, Sir David Attenborough and Dame Vivienne Westwood have been created from thousands of used train tickets.
East Midlands Trains (EMT) commissioned the artwork to encourage passengers to switch from paper to mobile tickets.
Images of 10 famous faces were made out of 3,000 tickets, representing the average number of paper tickets sold by EMT every hour.
Sir Isaac Newton, Alan Carr and Robin Hood were among those selected.
The portraits were created by artist Ed Chapman and took 280 hours to complete.
EMT, part of Stagecoach, aims to roll out mobile ticketing across its network by the end of the year.
Passengers who buy tickets using the EMT app on a smart phone or tablet are given a barcode which they can scan at ticket barriers.
The firm’s managing director, Jake Kelly, said: “As well as bringing a smile to a few faces, we want to use these artworks to raise awareness about the benefits of using mobile tickets.
“The tickets used in the portraits represent just one hour’s worth of paper tickets sold across our network, with over 28 million tickets printed across the whole year.
“In addition to saving time and hassle at the station, there’s a clear environmental benefit to adopting digital tickets.”
He went on: “Working together, as part of our plan to change and improve, train companies are rolling out technology that means customers can use their mobile phones as tickets on seven out of 10 journeys by the end of this year.”
The 10 famous faces selected for the project were:
1. Sir David Attenborough
2. Sir Isaac Newton
3. Robin Hood
4. Sir Richard Attenborough
5. Gary Lineker
6. Jennifer Saunders
7. Sir John Hurt
8. Alan Carr
9. Dame Vivienne Westwood
10. Matt Smith
