Tech company Omnibus, in partnership with PTI Cymru, has streamlined the processing and management of timetable and mapping data for all bus services in Wales.
Working in partnership with SilverRail and Spindogs, Omnibus was brought in to facilitate the integration of the various data sources to make the resulting Traveline Cymru passenger information user-friendly, consistent and up to date.
The aim of the project was, according to Graham Walter, Managing Director for Traveline Cymru: “to develop a more flexible and agile means of providing valuable travel information to our passengers and one that is tailored to our needs.”
He continued: “It was important for the solution to be flexible, provide value for money and an excellent level of support. The solution we have provides all of that and also keeps us ahead of future developments.”
The new website and journey planner bring together accurate data on around 5,800 timetables, covering 1,370 bus services on a network of over 26,000 bus stops. It incorporates data on around 80 bus, coach and rail operators and 22 Local Authorities, covering the whole of Wales.
As a result of the development work carried out by Omnibus, the new system also allows Traveline Cymru to link every service to the appropriate fare tables as supplied by all of the operators, allowing the journey planner to offer fare options for each suggested journey.
Omnibus also created an automated process that takes a snapshot of the complete data set and creates all the data exports from it. This ensures that the data is consistent and provides a full backup of every exported data set.
