REAL TIME PASSENGER INFORMATION AND MAINTAINING OF CONNECTIONS ACROSS VARIOUS OPERATORS

Service plays an increasingly important role in public transport. It is not technically difficult to integrate various radio communication systems, methods for determining a vehicle's location and computer-aided centralised control systems which different operators may employ. The data flow concept is of special importance: it ensures that all important data on location and delays are compiled at one place. A local control centre then has the task of implementing a programme of action which was previously agreed among the interested parties. Concepts developed for four important interchange points in the Rhein-Main area of Germany will be put into practice in 1998/99. Connections will then be guaranteed not only between services of the same operator but also among urban buses, regional buses and trains. For the covering abstract see IRRD E102946.