Card Payments & ePOS that keep working on the move

Card machines, ePOS and seat ordering for trains, ferries, coaches and taxis. Grand Central runs its onboard sales on eMenu.

Passenger tapping a contactless card on an eMenu smart card machine on a train table

Travel retail loses money in the gaps

  • The card machine drops signal between stations and the sale walks away.

  • Counter and seat orders sit in separate systems.

  • A device fails mid route and nobody on board can fix it.

  • A passenger has no cash and the driver loses the fare.

  • Monthly rental eats into margins on quiet weeks.

Passengers queueing at a train buffet counter served by one crew member

The setup for rail, ferry and coach operators

eMenu smart card machine with built in receipt printer on a train table

Smart card machines

Stripe S700 terminals taking contactless, chip and PIN, Apple Pay and Google Pay. Every unit is labelled and managed remotely across the fleet.

Onboard crew member using eMenu ePOS on a tablet with a smart card machine at a train buffet counter

eMenu ePOS on a tablet

A browser based till that talks to the card machine through the cloud. Runs on 4G or a staff hotspot, so there is no fixed network to install.

Passenger scanning a seat QR code to order and pay from their phone on a train

Seat ordering

QR codes at each seat. Passengers order and pay on their phone and the order lands on the same ePOS as counter sales.

Operations manager reviewing fleet sales on an eMenu dashboard

One back office

Menus, prices, availability and reporting for every train in one place.

Arriva Trains

12 trains

running eMenu card payments, ePOS and seat ordering

1 system

for counter sales, seat orders and stock on every service

30+ crew

using eMenu at the same time, backed by 24/7 human support

“They’ve been a great company to work with, really receptive to any ideas we’ve got. The online ordering enables the crew to manage the flow of work, rather than feeling pressured by a queue of people.”

Customer Experience Manager, Grand Central

Take every fare by card

A smart card machine that fits in the cab and costs nothing to get started.

  • £0 upfront and £0 monthly terminal fee

  • Card rates from 0.1%, subject to eligibility

  • Free 4G and a built in receipt printer

  • Contactless, Apple Pay and Google Pay

  • Offline payments when signal drops

  • 24/7 human support

For fleets: manage every driver’s card machine from one place.

Passenger tapping a contactless card on an eMenu smart card machine in a taxi

Live in 3 steps

  1. We map your operation. Vehicles, drivers, menus and pricing.

  2. We ship and configure. Card machines labelled per vehicle or driver, tablets set up, QR codes linked to your menu where you serve food and drink.

  3. You take payments. Sales and reporting across your whole fleet from one dashboard, with 24/7 human support behind it.

eMenu smart card machines being labelled and configured before delivery

Built for service that never stands still

✓ Works on 4G or a hotspot, with no fixed network needed

✓ Fleet wide control of every card machine from one place

✓ Counter and seat orders in one system for onboard catering

✓ 24/7 human support

✓ Lifetime hardware warranty where applicable

Passenger paying by contactless card on an eMenu smart card machine in a ferry cafe

Straightforward commercials

  • ePOS Pro from £39 per month with no upfront installation cost

  • Card machines with £0 upfront and £0 monthly terminal fee

  • Card rates from 0.1%, subject to eligibility, quoted against your current processing

Coach passenger paying by contactless card on an eMenu smart card machine with a printed receipt

Questions operators ask

Running a fleet on rails, water, road or a taxi rank?

Tell us how you take payments today and we will show you what it costs you.

Onboard catering crew member holding an eMenu smart card machine at a train buffet counter