RailNetEurope - Borderless train scheduling

Company Info

RailNetEurope is a non-profit association whose aim is to enable fast and easy access to the European rail network. It works towards increasing the efficiency and quality of international rail traffic, and acts as a mediator between railway undertakers, infrastructure managers and end clients.

The solution

G+D Netcetera developed a solution that facilitates railway timetabling and scheduling across Europe’s borders involving multiple stakeholders and authorities. The centralized Path Coordination System (PCS) helps 650 users across 30 European countries to coordinate rail transport scheduling. It takes into account the diversity and social, cultural and regulatory differences of the countries it serves.

PCS builds on a collaboration started in 2002, when G+D Netcetera delivered the initial Pathfinder solution. It refines the shared scheduling platform by introducing the Empty Envelope Concept. The model addresses overlapping, missing or doubled timetables, and helps partners better reconcile stations, times and time zones, operating days and other parameters. It ensures calendar consistency by avoiding overlapping days and creating more harmonisation at country borders.

"With G+D Netcetera's strong technology experience and domain expertise, we have been able to deliver on our mandate of facilitating easy access to rail networks in Europe. G+D Netcetera's solution, the new Path Coordination System and the Pathfinder that preceded it, make planning more efficient and coordination easier in a rail system that includes multiple partners spanning countries and regulatory regimes."

Máté Bak

Head of PCS at RNE

Features and benefits

Facilitating easy access

Enables seamless entry to rail networks across Europe.

Universal view for 650 users

Provides a single, shared interface in 30 countries to deliver a better customer experience.

Flexibility and efficiency

Supports effective planning of routes, infrastructure, and timetables.

Operational reconciliation

Aligns stations, times, different time zones, and operating days for consistency.

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