Information Exchange for Connection Dispatching

Travellers in public transport today expect current, precise and individual information. Existing systems have different approaches to provide this information. Most of them use proprietary exchange formats as existing standardized interfaces do not fulfil all needs. The German standardization project IP-KOM-OeV develops an interface that fulfils focuses on a service which allows to inform the traveller about his connections but also to inform the transportation companies about the travellers’ planned connections. The latter can have a direct impact on the operations when the connection demands are taken into consideration for the connection dispatching. We will present the results of the standardization project regarding the connection service and show how this service can be used by transportation companies to improve connection dispatching.