Railways’ way to the Digital Future Railways@Crossover Presented by Kai BRANDSTACK (ERA) 6.12.2011 Helping European Railways Transition to the Digital.

Railways’ way to the Digital FutureRailways@Crossover

Presented by Kai BRANDSTACK

(ERA)

6.12.2011Helping European Railways Transition to the Digital Future through

Cooperation N° 1

The “jargon” used in this PPT


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Abbreviation Title

EC European Commission

ERA European Railway Agency

IM Infrastructure Manager

PRM Passengers with Reduced Mobility

RISC Railway Interoperability and Safety Committee

RU Railway Undertaking

TAP TSI Telematics Applications for Passengers – Technical Specification for Interoperability

TD Technical Document of the European Railway Agency

TAF TSI Telematics Applications for Freight – Technical Specification for Interoperability

Content of this presentation


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• Generic Information about the

European Railway Agency (ERA)

• European Railway Legislation / Standards

• What is interoperability in railways –

especially in the context of IT

The European Railway Agency


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• Established in 2004 (EC Regulation 881/2004 ).• Staff: 160 (2011)• ERA is a EU body:

European Parliament

Court of Justice

Court of Auditors

Economic and Social Committee Committee of the Regions

Council of Ministers(Council of the EU) European Commission

European Investment Bank European Central BankAgencies

European Council (summit)

ERA

ERA Work Programme

Establishment PlanBudget

Directives Interoperability / Safety /

Other regulations (PRR)Agency Regulation

Annual work programme

Commission

Administrative Board•1 Member / Member State

•4 Commission Members

•6 Reps. Of Sector organizations (no voting rights)

Budgetary authority


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• Main tasks of ERA:o address recommendations for European Rail Legislation

(with economic evaluation and justification) to the European Commission concerning Safety, ERTMS, Cross-acceptance and Interoperability

o issue opinions to the European Commission (or to National safety authorities) concerning rail National safety rules, Interoperability of the trans-European rail network and Monitoring the work of notified bodies

o maintenance of some public rail related databases

Legislation


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How does the Agency work?

Sector organisations

acting at

European level*:UNIFE, CER, EIM, UITP, UIP, UIRR, ERFA, ETF, ALE,

EPTTOLA

National Safety Authorities’

experts

* List established by Article 21 Committee on 22 February 2005, amended on 04.12.2009

experts

Commission

Social Partners

Passengers / customers

Decision

Opinion of RISC

(Railway Interoperability + Safety Committee)Working Party

Working Party

Working Party

…………….

recommendations

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Future through Cooperation Lille 2007-01-18



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Premises:

Offices in ValenciennesEuropean Railway Agency

120, rue Marc Lefrancq

BP 20932

F – 59307 Valenciennes CEDEX

International meeting facilities in Lille

European Railway Agency

Espace International Lille

299, Boulevard de Leeds

F – 59777 EURALILLE(just opposite of the station Lille Europe)

Continuation of this presentation


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• Generic Information about the European Railway Agency (ERA)

• European Railway Legislation / Standards

• What is interoperability in railways – especially in the contexts of IT

European Rail Legislation


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The EU approach:

Creating a common European railway area

The cornerstones of the EU approach to improve the performance of rail transport are:•Open access in rail transport to favor competition and create incentives for product innovation and service quality•Fostering the interoperability of the national networks (and hence international services) through technical harmonisation•Develop a common rail safety approach to facilitate market access while maintaining a reasonably high level of safety•Develop the trans-European Network for rail



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Above interoperability recommendations of the ERA are presented to and voted by the “Railway Interoperability and Safety Committee” (RISC) which is chaired by the Commission and attended by 27 EU Member states (+ Norway [+ Switzerland]) and by ERA.

The recommendations will be – after positive vote by the “Railway Interoperability and Safety Committee” – at the end of the day European law and published in the Official Journal of the European Union: they will be binding law, addressed to appropriate bodies (such as Member States, RUs, IMs, Ticket Vendors etc.)

The “Telematics Applications for Passengers - Technical Specification for Interoperability” (TAP TSI) are published on 12.05.2011 in the official journal of the EU. That means that the TAP TSI is an European Law.The Telematics Applications for Freight – Technical Specification for Interoperability (TAF TSI) is published on the 18.01.2006 in the official journal of the EU. That means that the TAF TSI is an European Law.Recommendation on RINF has been adopted on the 15th of September 2011. It is the European Law.

European Rail Legislation continues mainly with passenger traffic


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The drafting of the TAP TSI is required by the European legal documents:

•Directive 2008/57/EC on the interoperability of trans-European conventional rail system (Annex II)

•European Rail Passengers’ Rights Regulation EC/1371/2007 (Art 10 and Annex II).

Above documents are publicly available at the EU web site

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm.

Both recommended

to better understand

TAP TSI



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European Rail Passengers’ Rights Regulation EC/1371/2007 - - Art 10:



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European Rail Passengers’ Rights Regulation EC/1371/2007 - - Annex II :



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European Rail Passengers’ Rights Regulation EC/1371/2007 - - Annex II (cont.) :



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Directive 2008/57/EC on the interoperability of trans-European conventional rail system (Annex II - 2.5. Telematics applications):

Continuation of this presentation


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• Generic Information about the European Railway Agency (ERA)

• European Rail Legislation

• What is interoperability in railways –

especially in the context of IT

Interoperability ?


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Purpose of TAP TSI


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The Technical Specification for Interoperability on “Telematics Applications for Passengers” (TAP TSI) drafted by ERA prescribes protocols for the data exchange of

•timetables, •tariffs, •reservations, fulfillment•Information to passengers in station and vehicle area•train running information,•etc

which must be respected from 2011 by the European rail sector (railways, infrastructure managers, ticket vendors etc) according to the European Rail Passengers’ Rights Regulation EC/1371/2007 and to the Interoperability Directive EC/2008/57.

Technical Documents of TAP TSI


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Some UIC-leaflets have been transferred to ERA Technical Documents in TAP TSI B.1, B.2, B.3, B.4, B.5, B.6, B.7, B.8, B.9 and B.10.

ERA Technical Document B.30 is derived from the TAF TSI (Telematics Applications for Freight) RU/IM train movement messages.

These ERA Technical Documents (and underpinning ERA TAP Passenger Codelist) are annexes of the TAP TSI, thus, legally binding message interfaces for timetables, tariffs, reservations, fulfilment, and train running information.

All Technical Documents were published on 12.05.2011 at ERA’s website at

http://www.era.europa.eu/Document-Register/Pages/TAP-TSI.aspx .

Technical Documents of TAP TSI


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Relationship between the ERA TAP Technical Documents:

TAP TSI - timetable data


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Purpose:- Exchange of timetable data

Other RU’sRU

Public bodies and 3rd parties

TAP TSI - timetable data


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Conditions:-Annual timetables must be published at least two months in advance-Timetable changes must be published at least 7 days in advance

How:-technical document B.4

See:-Connection to path request from RU to IM-Publishing of Network Statement by IM

TAP TSI - tariff data


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Purpose:-Exchange of tariff data *

* For international and foreign sales

Other RU’s

RU

Authorized public bodies

3rd parties

TAP TSI - tariff data


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Conditions:-RU’s shall provide their tariff data to other RU’s, third parties according to distribution agreements between them-tariffs must be published to authorized public bodies

How:- distance based fares based (technical document B.1)- yield-managed fares (technical document B.2)- reduction cards, supplements and special offers (technical document B.3)

TAP TSI - availability/reservations


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Purpose:-Exchange of availability/reservation messages data between RU’s and ticket vendor-Reservation of seats, berths, storage place for bicycles and cars

Requesting RU orticket vendor

Responding RU

Request

Reply



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Purpose:-New request: assistance request for PRM

Requesting RU

Request

ReplyResponding RU orstation manager



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Conditions:- Based on commercial agreements between RU’s and/or ticket vendorsHow:-reservation of seats, berths and storage places for cars and bicycles (technical document B.5)-Reservation of PRM assistance (technical document B.10)-On bilateral agreement usage of proprietary standards possible

TAP TSI - Expectations


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- Standardised interfaces- the interfaces between the different subsystems are standardized and available for the public- can be used by other modes of transport

- Better data quality- the data quality is a requirement for the data delivery (e.g. For Timetable data, tariff data)-Timeliness of data is also a requirement

- Change management process (performed by ERA):- Each change of the interfaces described in the technical documents must be validated by a change management process- economic evaluation of each change

Further steps of TAP TSI


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- Implementation strategy (2011):- the rail sector organisations (e.g. RU, IM, ticket vendors) are drafting the master plan (incl. detailed IT specifications and governance) for the implementation of TAP TSI until May 2012-The master plan include:

-Implementation activities-Migration plan-Detailed milestones/deliverables-Risk assessment of crucial phases-Assessment of total life cycle costs

-The master plan shall be delivered to ERA which will assess it and make a recommendation to DG MOVE- DG MOVE – based on ERA’s recommendation – shall take the necessary measures to amend the current TSI


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Questions ?


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Thank you for your kind attention:[email protected]

Head of Operation Sector

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