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Sign upJanuary 6, 2018
VBL - Public transportation company
Lucerne
Public transport in Lucerne (VBL), Switzerland, has used the Retrofit for Electronic Infrastructure Solution to upgrade its ticket vending machines (stationary at stops and on buses): instead of buying new ticket vending machines, VBL chose to renew only the necessary internal electronic components that were at the end of their useful life. Reverse-engineering work and new software were incorporated: around 260 fixed vending machines and 200 mobile devices were upgraded without the need to replace the entire infrastructure, resulting in significant savings, both in terms of costs and embodied energy.
The lifespan of the dispensers has been extended by a minimum of 10 years, ensuring significantly increased durability and reliability. Furthermore, the majority of the internal electronic components have been carefully preserved, maintaining their original functionality and reducing the need for extensive replacements or upgrades.
A retrofit is a modernization of a system, which consists in replacing or adding some of its components while keeping others. The main advantage of a retrofit is the saving of resources. Instead of purchasing a new system as a whole, it is possible to integrate new functions, e.g. via new software or targeted components, while retaining the majority of the hardware components. Supercomputing Systems AG (SCS) has long observed the waste of resources in industry. In 2009, a first project was implemented by SCS to counter a partial obsolescence with a retrofit and thus modernize an IT solution without having to acquire a new global solution. Instead of buying new ticket machines for public transport in the canton of Zug, SCS made a retrofit. This pioneering project paved the way for many other projects (dynamic passenger information displays, parking guidance systems, relay interlocking systems) in which an SCS department has now specialized.
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