Creating perfect timetables for mass transit systems
Controlguide AIRO MT for demand-responsive transport. Providing train services exactly where and when they're needed makes cities greener, passenger journeys seamless and train operation more efficient. Our innovative demand-responsive transport solution for mass transit systems offers you a new and optimized approach to preparing timetables and scheduling trains based on actual passenger demand.
Controlguide AIRO MT for demand-responsive transport. Providing train services exactly where and when they're needed makes cities greener, passenger journeys seamless and train operation more efficient. Our innovative demand-responsive transport solution for mass transit systems offers you a new and optimized approach to preparing timetables and scheduling trains based on actual passenger demand.
Discover the benefits of demand-responsive transport:
Innovative decision support for optimized train schedules
Adapt your train service to the actual demand
Our innovative DRT solution analyzes various data sources including train schedule information requests, ticket bookings, and even event bookings and weather forecasts to predict the passenger demand and changes in demand as precisely as possible. The solution uses these predictions to calculate a new timetable for each day to accommodate the predicted passenger demand.
Taking into account your specific value propositions (KPIs) like wait time, occupancy, and punctuality and the constraints of the network including crossover time, buffer time, and available trains and drivers, Controlguide AIRO MT determines an optimized train timetable one day in advance that's then executed by your Control Guide system.
Predict actual demand and manage occupancy in trains
- Accurate demand prediction for the day using artificial intelligence and self-learning algorithms based on IoT data
- Calculation of the optimal train schedule for the predicted demand
- Correct physical timetable that matches the calculated train schedule
Efficiently adapt train service to the current situation
- Reduced train kilometers thanks to schedule adjustment to actual demand
- Short-term adaptation to demand fluctuations one day in advance with Controlguide AIRO MT
- Save maintenance and energy costs when there are fewer passengers traveling without reducing service
React to peak demand with improved train service
- Predicts total number of passengers in trains at a specific time of the day or during special events
- Short-term reaction to demand increase one day in advance with Controlguide AIRO MT
- Prevents passenger accumulation by using resources in the most efficient way
Offer a safer journey experience for passengers
Complying with social distancing guidelines and making it easier to keep a safe distance at stations, platforms, and on trains is a challenge for mass transit operators. With Controlguide AIRO MT, you can optimize your resources based on the actual passenger demand while providing safe travel for all. The total number of passengers allowed can be compared with the capacity of trains, flexibly adjusted, and controlled by optimizing the timetable accordingly.
Learn more about how you can mitigate risks while operating efficiently, economically, and sustainably:
An innovative timetable solution with smart features
Easy to use
- Direct upload of the optimized timetable into several operational control systems
- Further simplification of the proven Falko timetable design and validation software thanks to DRT automation
Open to all systems
- Works with existing mass transit railway projects as well as greenfield projects
- For timetabling, any operator control guide system (OCS) with an interface to the timetable tool can be used
- For timetable optimization, we recommend using an OCS from the same source
Scalable for different needs
- Calculation of optimal train schedule based on calculated demand and operator KPIs
- Calculation of timetable based on optimal train schedule
- Offline time scheduling one day in advance
- Online visualization of current travel status compared with predicted passenger demand
Made with IT security
- Developed by ISO27001-certified business sites
- Seamless integration into state-of-the-art DMZ infrastructures
- Firewall-friendly due to predefined interconnections and therefore easier to implement in category II networks in compliance with EN50159
Keep your mass transit operation completely under control – with System Performance Dashboard for mass transit systems
The DRT Dashboard for Controlguide AIRO MT provides mass transit operators with specific parameters when a change in passenger demand requires adjustment to the train schedule. But you can easily keep an eye on far more: Our System Performance Dashboard for mass transit visualizes all types of data collected from stations and signaling systems – including DRT. Discover how you can monitor your connected rail infrastructure and KPIs for more accurate decision-making:
