Tower Transit selects Omnibus cloud for Channel Islands

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Tower Transit, which operates bus services in the Channel Islands under the LibertyBus (Jersey) and buses.gg (Guernsey) brands, is migrating its Omnibus scheduling software to the cloud, which it says will enhance collaboration, remove local infrastructure costs and reduce the demand on the group’s IT team. The company says the move, which includes timetabling, mapping, vehicle scheduling, crew scheduling, rostering, timetable publicity and data sharing, will also allow it to scale seamlessly to meet future growth needs.

Operations Director at Tower Transit Vincent Dalzell, which is part of Australian Kelsian Group, said: “With the expansion of our scheduling team, who work from different locations, we needed a solution that allowed for greater collaboration to enable geographically dispersed teams to collaborate on tasks simultaneously. There was also a need to decommission the desktop Omnibus software to support our cloud business strategy. Omnibus is a trusted partner, and we have every confidence that together our efficiency through streamlined work processes will deliver an optimised network and ultimately an improved customer experience.”

Omnibus founder Peter Crichton added: “Omnibus is delighted, and uniquely placed, to support Tower Transit through our 30+ years’ expertise, deep understanding of passenger transport and ability to develop innovative technology. Our cloud scheduling solution will enable Tower Transit to work smarter from one central platform that improves accuracy, flexibility and efficiency.”

Tower Transit operates a range of vehicles under the LibertyBus brand in Jersey (above), and buses.gg brand (below) in Guernsey.
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