WIPPAT

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WIP-PAT

• Best Practice Visit Highlights
• Paul Grayston
• 5 August 2004

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Visit Locations

• 5 and 6 July 2004
• Gothenburg, Sweden
• Tampere, Finland
• Helsinki, Finland
• 21 and 22 July 2004
• Densitron Ferrograph Factory, Newcastle, UK
• Newcastle, UK
• Chorley, Lancashire, UK
• Manchester Airport, UK

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Gothenburg

• 549 Buses
• 18 Regional Train lines
• 204 Trams
• 26 Ferries
• Fully integrated system
• Widespread real-time information systems provided
  by GoTiC Project

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Gothenburg

• Good Fixed information everywhere

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Gothenburg

• Real Time information at most stops

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Gothenburg

• At Interchange points colour coded displays

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Gothenburg

• Rail and Bus station link together seamlessly

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Gothenburg

• Not everything is right though

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Tampere

• 300 buses
• Tram/Train plans
• PARAS system for communications between smartcard
  system, traffic signals and PT vehicles
• You never use enough time on specifications
• System designed to operate at -40C

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Tampere

• Outdoor signs for a group of stops

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Tampere

• Customer profiling from Smartcard system
• Web and mobile services part of the system

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Helsinki - Tikkurilla

• Outdoor real time departure sign