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.
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 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.
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