TAF-TAP TSI Steering Committee Agenda item..: Presentation of the activities of the sector TAP TSI Brussels, TAP/TAF SteCo 24 June 2016 1
INDEX The Rail Sector complexity EU Approaches for a new framework *TAP TSI framework, obligations & road map *TAP TSI Retail IT Architecture: economic/benefit assessment Achievements since TAP TSI implementation RU/third party co-operation Ongoing/projected initiatives building on the TAP TSI implementation concepts * (the presentation will focus on the retail side of TAP) TAP/TAF SteCo 24 June 2016 2
Rail sector complexity: environment Rail System environment: The rail system is tremendously complex, not only compared to air Market liberalisation: Different degree of market liberalisation and attractiveness for new entrants National standards&it systems: Rail standards typically defined on a national/regional level with stand-alone IT systems (eg: signalling,control, ticketing) National laws: Different national legislative frameworks, proprietary systems, processes and products This process has evolved over decades, and convergence has been extremely difficult to realise TAP/TAF SteCo 24 June 2016 3
Rail sector complexity: facts & figures 188,000 km of railway lines* 55,000 stations 12,8 Bn pax p.a.* 2.0 Bn pax p.a. on DB 350M pax km p.a.** 10 M pax / day SNCF in 2013 1.2M people directly employed* 10.4 M pax on Eurostar in 2014 Typically >90% of pax travel domestically Typically >80% of sales through direct channels 150M timetable requests-month on bahn.de 500M pax on Trenitalia in 2014 *CER members **EU + Switzerland Source: CER Annual Report 2011/2012, company press releases, A.D. Little; official financial reports TAP/TAF SteCo 24 June 2016 4
Multiple EU approaches to facilitate establishment of new framework What is the TAP TSI regulation about? Extending data exchange between actors (RU s, Public Authorities, 3 rd parties..) to the benefit of competition & therefore to customers 1) Rail Passengers Rights Regulation TAP/TAF SteCo 24 June 2016 5
TAP TSI framework LEGAL BASIS The Telematics Applications for Passengers (TAP TSI) is based on: Directive 2008/57/EC on the interoperability of a single European area ; PRR Reg EC/1371/2007 WHAT The TAP TSI builds on the common legacy of the UIC members for interoperability in cross-border business; The TAP TSI opens that legacy for non-uic members (RUs who are not members of representative bodies, ticket vendors, authorities), thus providing for the first time a minimum set of specifications for anyone who wants to become part of the game HOW TAP TSI prescribes protocols for the data exchange of timetables, tariffs and fares, reservations, fulfilment Information to passengers in station and vehicle area train running information, which can be used by the European rail sector (railways, infrastructure managers, ticket vendors etc.) TAP/TAF SteCo 24 June 2016 6
TAP TSI obligations for the railways 1) Make available timetable raw data - with whoever wishes to have them; - conditions can apply, but must be transparent, fair, non discriminatory. 2) Make available tariff and fares, subject to commercial agreement 3) Make use of the retail IT architecture - once common services are available; - once IT systems undergo a renewal or major upgrade. 4) Be subject, via industry associations, to a new governance structure in charge of procuring & maintaining the common services TAP/TAF SteCo 24 June 2016 7
TAP TSI achievements have been realized through a constructive collaboration, in a multi-stakeholder project 1) Detailed IT specifications, governance & masterplan 2) Development of data exchange system 3) Deployment of data exchange system TAP Phase 1 (Concepts) TAP Phase 2 Transition TAP Phase 2 (Development) TAP Phase 3 (Deployment) May2011 May 2012 Dec. 2013 Mid-2015 TAP/TAF SteCo 24 June 2016 8
TAP TSI Retail IT Architecture: positive economic impacts The architecture comprises common components that are useful for those actors to either meet their obligations and/ or to exercise their rights: 1) it allows incumbent RUs to be easily and cost-effectively TAP TSI compliant & helps new RUs to join with minimum complexity; 2) It fulfils the requirement of TAP TSI to include third parties in this data interchange ecosystem. Limited financial commitment/ high benefits Source: TAP TSI project team, validated by ERA Economic Survey Group TAP/TAF SteCo 24 June 2016 9
TAP TSI Retail IT Architecture: benefit assessment The TAP TSI retail IT architecture allows: flexible IT architecture that can accommodate new technologies as they evolve; efficient exchange of rail data at a good cost-benefit ratio; to have benefits for common elements (like common architecture, reference files, common interface etc.) and by limiting the use of national specifications; TV s to benefit from reduced costs of complexity, since the architecture provides a first instance of standardised data access in a common data format as input (eg. for their Intermodal journey planning); RU s to benefit from TV s worldwide distribution capabilities if solutions are cost-effective, with regards to wider selling possibilities. TAP/TAF SteCo 24 June 2016 10
TAP TSI : achievements since 2011 The collaboration in TAP TSI of Railways and third parties has helped the rail sector to: take into account outside-in perspectives; look positively at updating and transforming its legacy towards an ever-faster changing set of customer requirements/technological possibilities/business opportunities; go beyond the regulatory requirements. The close collaboration and alignment with TAF TSI has helped ensure consistency in RU/IM communication approaches between passenger and freight RUs and IMs Evolution of rail retailing Constructive collaboration within and beyond the rail sector Solid basis for future innovation in the market place TAP TSI encouraged the rail sector to open up. From there, voluntary industry activities notably FSM have emerged. TAP TSI served as a facilitator for businesses to step further in the rail sector digitalisation TAP/TAF SteCo 24 June 2016 11
RU/third party co-operation has exploded since 2011 Benefits for customers: more choices & possibilities Some examples of co-operation RU/3 rd parties TAP/TAF SteCo 24 June 2016 12
Relevant ongoing/projected initiatives building on collaboration & innovation concepts Shift2Rail Enable customer-centric, smart mobility cross and within smart cities Interoperability framework, travel shopping, ticketing, etc. Full Service Model Specification of an open IT framework for rail distribution Coverage of end-to-end customer experience TAP TSI Smart Ticketing Alliance Cooperate to make transp ticketing simpler & easier for pax across Europe Establish a trust scheme for mutual acceptance of tickets All Ways Travelling Develop & validate a European pax transport information & booking interface across modes TAP/TAF SteCo 24 June 2016 13
BACK UP (SUPPORTING EVIDENCE) TAP/TAF SteCo 24 June 2016 14
The experience outside RAIL: the evolution of e-ticketing in the AIRLINE industry TAP/TAF SteCo 24 June 2016 15
The railways have invested significantly in TAP TSI since 2011 Xx hundred person days: N of meetings: TAP team ERA X,y MEUR Project Team and sending railways plus ticket vendors committed to staying on a voluntary basis (though it has not been funded since end 2014) TAP/TAF SteCo 24 June 2016 16