Railways’ way to the Digital Future Presented by Kai BRANDSTACK (ERA) Helping European Railways Transition to the Digital Future through Cooperation N° 1

The “jargon” used in this PPT Helping European Railways Transition to the Digital Future through Cooperation N° 2 AbbreviationTitle ECEuropean Commission ERAEuropean Railway Agency IMInfrastructure Manager PRMPassengers with Reduced Mobility RISCRailway Interoperability and Safety Committee RURailway Undertaking TAP TSITelematics Applications for Passengers – Technical Specification for Interoperability TDTechnical Document of the European Railway Agency TAF TSITelematics Applications for Freight – Technical Specification for Interoperability

Content of this presentation Helping European Railways Transition to the Digital Future through Cooperation N° 3 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 Helping European Railways Transition to the Digital Future through Cooperation N° 4 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) Council of Ministers (Council of the EU) European Commission European Investment Bank European Central Bank Agencies European Council (summit) ERA

ERA Work Programme Establishment Plan Budget 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 Helping European Railways Transition to the Digital Future through Cooperation 5

The European Railway Agency Helping European Railways Transition to the Digital Future through Cooperation N° 6 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 Helping European Railways Transition to the Digital Future through Cooperation 7

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 experts Commission Social Partners Passengers / customers Decision Opinion of RISC (Railway Interoperability + Safety Committee) Working Party ……………. recommendations Helping European Railways Transition to the Digital Future through Cooperation Lille

The European Railway Agency Helping European Railways Transition to the Digital Future through Cooperation N° 9 Premises: Offices in Valenciennes European Railway Agency 120, rue Marc Lefrancq BP F – Valenciennes CEDEX International meeting facilities in Lille European Railway Agency Espace International Lille 299, Boulevard de Leeds F – EURALILLE (just opposite of the station Lille Europe)

Continuation of this presentation Helping European Railways Transition to the Digital Future through Cooperation N° 10 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 Helping European Railways Transition to the Digital Future through Cooperation N° 11 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

European Rail Legislation Helping European Railways Transition to the Digital Future through Cooperation N° 12 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 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 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 It is the European Law. The “Telematics Applications for Passengers - Technical Specification for Interoperability” (TAP TSI) are published on 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 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 It is the European Law.

European Rail Legislation continues mainly with passenger traffic Helping European Railways Transition to the Digital Future through Cooperation N° 13 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 Both recommended to better understand TAP TSI Both recommended to better understand TAP TSI

European Rail Legislation Helping European Railways Transition to the Digital Future through Cooperation N° 14 European Rail Passengers’ Rights Regulation EC/1371/ Art 10:

European Rail Legislation Helping European Railways Transition to the Digital Future through Cooperation N° 15 European Rail Passengers’ Rights Regulation EC/1371/ Annex II :

European Rail Legislation Helping European Railways Transition to the Digital Future through Cooperation N° 16 European Rail Passengers’ Rights Regulation EC/1371/ Annex II (cont.) :

European Rail Legislation Helping European Railways Transition to the Digital Future through Cooperation N° 17 Directive 2008/57/EC on the interoperability of trans-European conventional rail system (Annex II Telematics applications):

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Interoperability ? Helping European Railways Transition to the Digital Future through Cooperation 19

Purpose of TAP TSI Helping European Railways Transition to the Digital Future through Cooperation N° 20 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 Helping European Railways Transition to the Digital Future through Cooperation N° 21 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 at ERA’s website at

Technical Documents of TAP TSI Helping European Railways Transition to the Digital Future through Cooperation N° 22 Relationship between the ERA TAP Technical Documents:

TAP TSI - timetable data Helping European Railways Transition to the Digital Future through Cooperation N° 23 Purpose: - Exchange of timetable data Other RU’s RU Public bodies and 3 rd parties

TAP TSI - timetable data Helping European Railways Transition to the Digital Future through Cooperation N° 24 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 Helping European Railways Transition to the Digital Future through Cooperation N° 25 Purpose: -Exchange of tariff data * * For international and foreign sales Other RU’s RU Authorized public bodies 3 rd parties

TAP TSI - tariff data Helping European Railways Transition to the Digital Future through Cooperation N° 26 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 Helping European Railways Transition to the Digital Future through Cooperation N° 27 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 or ticket vendor Responding RU Request Reply

TAP TSI - availability/reservations Helping European Railways Transition to the Digital Future through Cooperation N° 28 Purpose: -New request: assistance request for PRM Requesting RU Request Reply Responding RU or station manager

TAP TSI - availability/reservations Helping European Railways Transition to the Digital Future through Cooperation N° 29 Conditions: - Based on commercial agreements between RU’s and/or ticket vendors How: -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 Helping European Railways Transition to the Digital Future through Cooperation N° 30 - 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 Helping European Railways Transition to the Digital Future through Cooperation N° 31 - 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 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

Helping European Railways Transition to the Digital Future through Cooperation N° 32 Questions ?

Helping European Railways Transition to the Digital Future through Cooperation N° 33 Thank you for your kind attention: Head of Operation Sector