Transport Direct enables travellers in Great Britain to plan their journeys more successfully. It provides a comprehensive online portal - effectively a one-stop shop - that will include access to a journey planner for all forms of transport (air, car, train, tram, tube, taxi, bus, coach, ferry and any mix of these), maps, real-time information (such as train delays) and facilitated ticket purchase.

The project was outsourced to Atos which assembled a consortium whose membership combined commercial and technical know-how with an understanding of the transport industry. Atos was also responsible for the overall project management including the design, build and managed operation of the portal.

"The Atos consortium was selected on the strength of its record and experience in e-business, in dealing with government and in transport. Their proposed solution met the functionalities and timescales required and demonstrated the flexibility needed to deal with emerging technologies and channels of communication."

Nick Illsley, Chief Executive, Transport Direct

Challenges

• To produce a journey planning portal allowing users to combine various modes of transport
• Limited social exclusion
• To limit risk in areas of limited knowledge
• To produce credible journey planning data

Solutions

• Multi-tiered, scalable hardware installed
• Direct interfaces with over 20 data providers
• Integration of products from various external experts
• Deployment possible in any language and on a variety of devices

 Benefits

• Worlds first multi-modal journey planning portal
• Various organizations and local authorities seeking links to the portal
• International interest being shown

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