The Hove-based company will provide tickets for a range of rail franchises that include First Great Western, First Capital Connect, and First Scot Rail, which serve more than 285m passengers each year.

Through the contract, Ticketmedia is producing around 15m of the reservation cards per annum. As part of the agreement, the Sussex company also provides the advertising on the reverse of each reservation card.

Ticketmedia, which also supplies bus, rail, tram, air and tube tickets, sells the advertising space on the reverse of its card and ticket, a service that allows it to offer transport companies a rebate on the cost of printing their ticket rolls or cards.

The company runs Mark Andy flexo presses that, according to managing director Jeremy Burbidge  is achieving speeds of up to 280m a minute on current jobs.

"We are doing the job well and at the right price. We're now hoping to grow the business throughout this year," he added.