![Some tweets
• Ahh #firstcapitalconnect - trains appear on the
KingsX board but it doesn't mean the train
exists - silly me [@JerryMarwood]
• @FirstCC We all know Ally is a robot.
Automated answers heh heh [@penaltyfare]
• @FirstCC I used to get the 909 from
letchworth and it always arrived at 912 so FCC
cleverly made that train the 912 but then
arrived at 914 [@tumsguide]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/odifriday-openraildata-130202044619-phpapp02/85/Od-ifriday-openraildata-7-320.jpg)
Od ifriday openraildata
- 1. How can open data revolutionise your rail travel? Jonathan Raper CEO, Placr
- 2. Outline Revolutionalising your rail travel means answering these questions first… • Who controls the railways? • How is the industry structured? • Who pays for the railways? Then we can drill down on the issues that matter… • How do we monitor punctuality? • How do we get the cheapest fare? • What are the cool new apps/services?
- 3. Your tax Who controls the railways? Your fares Courtesy: Network Rail
- 4. How is the industry structured?
- 5. How are the railways funded? • “Network Rail… operates, maintains, renews and develops the infrastructure to deliver the outputs that governments.. wish to buy” ORR • High Level Output Spec is what government buys • “Delivering a Sustainable Railway 2007” specifies service levels etc that will be funded CP4 09-14 • Periodic Review 08 by ORR matched task & funds – Next PR this year for CP5 • NR also borrows for capital investment
- 6. The governance problem for railways • DfT only buys services at a high level • Almost all ToCs are monopolies on each line • ORR tolerates self-regulation by ATOC • Passenger Focus have influence but no power • The industry is fragmented and complex • Very little information escapes the industry • Passengers are nihilistic about system
- 7. Some tweets • Ahh #firstcapitalconnect - trains appear on the KingsX board but it doesn't mean the train exists - silly me [@JerryMarwood] • @FirstCC We all know Ally is a robot. Automated answers heh heh [@penaltyfare] • @FirstCC I used to get the 909 from letchworth and it always arrived at 912 so FCC cleverly made that train the 912 but then arrived at 914 [@tumsguide]
- 8. Role of National Rail Enquiries • NRE are a service of ATOC • Set up to provide phone service at privatisation • Funded by TOCs, who are part-funded by taxes • Developed organically to run a web/API service • Until 2012 a monopoly supplier of all rail data • Network Rail movement data now #opendata • NRE still exclusively collect operating data from TOCS that enhances its feeds • NRE license rail data @ £1.50/app
- 9. Role of NRE in passenger info • What passengers want – Train times for free on web and good value apps – Fares info to get the cheapest ticket(s) for journey – Integrated transport options • What NRE say their aims are (with some simplification) – “to increase ticket sales – to grow our registered customer base – to continue our dominance as the #1 web site in travel – Improving speed, accuracy &availability of information – keep the cost of information to ToCs down”
- 10. What’s the solution? • Information. Lots of it. From open sources. • Arm the consumer… and open up the industry: – Timetables to analyse service patterns – Real time data to monitor delays – Fares data to identify savings eg fare splitting – Integration with other transport data eg bus • Developers can help with this… can’t they? • Placr created http://transportapi.com/ for this
- 11. NR train movement feeds • 003-moves{"event_type": "ARRIVAL”,"gbtt_timestamp”: "1358780700000","original_loc_stanox":” ","planned_timestamp":"1358780700000","timetable_variation":"0","original_loc_timestamp":"", "current_train_id":"","delay_monitoring_point":"false","next_report_run_time":"1","reporting_st anox":"00000","actual_timestamp":"1358780700000","correction_ind":"false","event_source":"A UTOMATIC","train_file_address":null,"platform":"","division_code":"60","train_terminated":"false ","train_id":"072G54MP21","offroute_ind":"false","variation_status":"ONTIME","train_service_co de":"13569815","toc_id":"60","loc_stanox":"07132","auto_expected":"true","direction_ind":"UP", "route":"0","planned_event_type":"ARRIVAL","next_report_stanox":"07136","line_ind":""} | 2013- 01-21 15:04:09 | 2013-01-21 15:04:09 • 002-cancellations 25739787 | 0002 | 561d0540-ee1e-012f-9605-00163e000001 | 632O31MY21 | {"train_file_address":null,"train_service_code":"22710001","orig_loc_stanox":"","toc_id":"26","de p_timestamp":"1358796120000","division_code":"26","loc_stanox":"63201","canx_timestamp":"1 358849100000","canx_reason_code":"YI","train_id":"632O31MY21","orig_loc_timestamp":"","can x_type":"AT ORIGIN"} | 2013-01-22 10:06:05 | 2013-01-22 10:06:05 • 001-activations 1679921 | 0001 | C | | 2013-12-06 | 321A42MO21 | 2013-01-21 | 2013-01-21 11:05:15 | | 2013-01-21 14:15:00 | 22108001 | 65 | 00000 | MANUAL | P50657 | NORMAL |O | 32000 | 1A42M | 2012-12-10 | 1415 | 38260220-ee20-012f-9605-00163e000001 | MANCHESTER PICCADILLY | LONDON EUSTON | VT | 2013-01-21 11:05:19 | 2013-01-21 11:05:19 • Requires high-speed consumption of stream and cross- referencing with reference sources
- 12. TransportAPI architecture Raw Raw data data Maps Feeds Real-time Cache Data Joins tables Geolocate Cloud servers Lookups App Keys API Stop/station Displays data Content App Processing `` logic Updating
- 14. What do we want now? • Initial data releases have enabled us to start up services eg feeds for CityMapper >>> • Level playing field for businesses • Liberalised data market • Open data driven innovation • Open fare data expected soon
- 15. Level playing field • Access to the rest of industry data streams: – Short term cancellations etc Tyrell – Rolling stock formation etc Gemini – Cycle policies • Full details better enable us to launch informative apps about your travel
- 16. Liberalised market • Open up commercial interface to new approaches to the market – “Liverpool-London by train on a Friday night. Fare splitting. Double the journey time at a third of the price. Not an option on Nat Rail Enqs @Madprof • Enable innovators to find the best deals and reliable services for your journey, and then fulfill their order without onerous T&Cs
- 17. Open data innovation • Need to enable new insights, build confidence e.g. OpenTrainTimes map visualisation • New ways to view performance measures
- 18. Prototype open train times
- 19. FixMyTransport
- 20. New metrics from apps • Apps will create independent streams of data about the railway – Typical performance cf expected performance • Placr already been asked by press to give independent view of performance e.g. http://tube-radar.com/
- 21. Apps as probes • Smartphones can use apps as probes for – Train progress – Acceleration/deceleratio n via phone sensors • Can check publicity claims
- 22. Train lateness map transportapi.com
- 23. Fares • Fares are about to be released as open data by Rail Settlement plan • Will become possible to mine the data • New role of information facilitators to fare portals
- 24. In summary • Open data can drive – Accountability – Reductions in cost – Disruptive market influences • Placr hope to play a key role with – New apps/services – Easy data distribution – New value-added feeds