The public transport reference data model includes entity definitions for different types of points and links as the building elements of the topological network. Stop points, timing points and route points, for instance, reflect the different roles one point may have in the network definition.
BS EN 12896-1 presents version 6.0 of the European Standard EN 12896, known as “Transmodel”. Transmodel 6.0 is a reference standard which provides a conceptual data model for use by organizations with an interest in information systems for the public transport industry.
BS EN 12896-1 provides you with a framework for defining and agreeing with data models and covers the whole area of public transport operations. BS EN 12896-1 is applied to any framework for information systems within the public transport industry.
BS EN 12896-1 on public transport Transmodel 6.0 is useful for:
Public transport services rely on information systems to ensure reliable, efficient operation and widely accessible, accurate passenger information. These systems are used for a range of specific purposes such as setting schedules and timetables, managing vehicle fleets, issuing tickets and receipts, providing real-time information on service running, and so on.
BS EN 12896-1 helps you to improve a number of features of public transport information and service management. In particular, the standard will facilitate interoperability between information processing systems of the transport operators and agencies by using similar definitions, structures and meanings for their data for the systems being part of one solution.
By implementing BS EN 12896-1, it will be possible for operators, authorities and software suppliers to work together much more easily towards integrated systems. BS EN 12896-1 helps you to ensure that future systems’ developments can be accommodated with the minimum of difficulty.
EN 12896-1:2016