Fare Information and Ticketing

Price Information

To provide customers with detailed information respective to the computed connections on fares and tariffs, rates are ideally presented together with timetable information individually tailored to the user request.

The HAFAS Tariff Module
Despite of all differences regarding tariff models and tariffs rules of the transport associations, the data can be managed in a similar way and also the pricing is in general based upon a similar pattern. The HAFAS tariff data model factors that in. By mapping the raw data on the HAFAS tariff data model, the program code can be reused to a large extent.

The HAFAS tariff module enbables HAFAS to calculate and present fares together with the timetable information. The module can be customised and integrated into HAFAS. The tariff module core was created to reflect different tariff modules as uniform and standardised as possible. The module consists of a data model and various algorithms that are combined for the calculation. To implement a new tariff module, normally just a calculation algorithm has to be added, as well as special cases and special rules.

HaCon has already implemented various tariff modules. Basis for implementation is a generic module collective core that covers the following points:

• Possibility to link the module to the timetable information
• Ability to request independently via XML interfaces
• Integrated routing combined with HAFAS (also without real content search)
• Consideration of zone models (zones, tariff groupings), distance models (tariff kilometres) and mixed forms
• High Performance
• Simple data supply
• Storage of different rates in a server and link possibility of different rates

Ticketing

In addition to pricing information on HAFAS, we offer interfaces to ticketing systems to process ticket sales. Tickets can also be stored on mobile devices.