Clearing IPSI. tariff transition points offsetting. Multilateral. Claims clearing. external tariff regions. Transactions. Settlement.

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1 Check-Out Check-In Product retailer EFS Trip chain Settlement Multilateral Clearing eticket Business transactions Transactions Background system AFE IPSI external tariff regions tariff transition points offsetting Tariff chain Participant accounts Product clearing Claims clearing Bilateral Clearing A quick introduction to central clearing in public transport

2 WHAT IS ABOUT? When people travel on public transport, they often have to buy different tickets from different transport compa- receive from overall ticket sales. What is important: it nies. In the future though, they should be able to buy all is not about dividing up revenue later on, which usual- the tickets they need during a trip from a single product ly takes place within the transport authorities. Firstly, retailer. This means for example: If a customer travels clearing ensures that transport companies can settle up from Cologne to Frankfurt, using both long-distance transport and services that are provided in external transport regions local transport in each city, he 581 WHAT IS? In the public transport sector, clearing consists of three components. The first is product clearing, which determines the products and prices of each trip or trip chain. This information can be provided to public transport timetable (PTT) systems, even if no tickets are sold.??? This is also where fares for automatic fare calculation (AFC) are calculated. All transport companies and trans- among themselves. port associations who invoice their customers for fares only has to pay the transport provider he has a customer account with. In order for all transport companies involved in public transport to receive the money they are ICE after a journey, e.g. via a check-in/check-out system, require a valid system for calculating the right fare or whole fare chains. This brings us to claims clearing, where relevant claims are determined, commissions are calculated and, finally, owed for the journey transacted, they need a single system that is familiar with all of their fares and knows the amount that each provider should GOAL where claims are balanced among the different providers. Once the balancing process has been concluded, it becomes clear how much money needs to be 02 03

3 Input 1 transferred. This is part of the last clearing component settlement i. e. where payments are settled and the respective sums of money are transferred. Enquiries from public transport timetable systems and automatic fare calculation A B = PRODUCT Determination of products and prices for trips and trip chains Service of a multitenant product management system. Output for PTT Provision of fare data CLAIMS Determines each provider's claims from transactions Takes into account commissions related to business processes Balances claims among all participants A quick reminder: AFC = automatic fare calculation ET = electronic ticket CCP = customer contract partner VUC = value unit calculation PTTS = public transport timetable systems Loading and reimbursement of VUC, sale and retraction of single tickets, IPSI Input 2 SETTLEMENT Money transaction Settlement of all claims 04 05

4 WHO NEEDS? PTO1 In particular, any transport company and transport association that would like to provide their passengers with continuous journeys from start to finish. In addition to this, central clearing should also be open to all companies that provide public transport services within the scope of these transactions. The trip PTO2 chain can also include trips outside your transport region. It does not matter if customers plan their journey using an app on their smartphones, buy their tickets in a web shop or use their (((eticket Deutschland chip cards. Clearing takes place regardless of how the ticket is accessed. All that matters is that customers have a contract partner with whom they plan and pay for their journeys. Moreover, product clearing is an interesting solution for providers of mobility platforms. Generally speaking, this is a Germany-wide fare server that provides the appro- priate product information in addition to public transport timetable information. This means that the customer does not just receive a travel time comparison for different means of transport, but also information about price differences of the different travel options available on public transport. PTO

5 HOW DOES WORK? FINANCIAL SERVICE PROVIDER Clearing, with its three components, is the next building block in (((eticket Deutschland s background systems. The central clearing system communicates with all of the connected background systems of (((eticket Deutschland participants. associations involved claim their share of these transactions from the customer s contract partner, which has received the fare from its customer. This is where claims clearing kicks in, in order to settle these claims. Calculations are made about how the ear- PTO1 Background system CENTRAL Product clearing calculates the right fares and prices for the customer s trip chain. It is also available to connected participants for automatic fare calculation. nings will be distributed between the transport companies/associations involved, both allocating and settling multilateral commission rates. PTO2 Background system Secure network A B = PRODUCT (fare server) CLAIMS SETTLEMENT One challenge of calculating fares is determining valid fare chains. For example, depending on the trip chain, a single trip on the S-Bahn (commuter rail) can take place in two different transport zones. If the customer All credits and debits are balanced between the participants accounts. In terms of organisation, there are two kinds of balancing. decides to purchase a ticket, the product enquiry and PTO3 Background system other public transport timetable systems fare calculation become a business transaction. Journeys that have already been purchased using automatic fare calculation are already transactions with subsequent fare calculation. The transport companies/ 1. Multilateral balancing, also referred to as net clearing. Net clearing takes into account all incomings and services and calculates the correct total for each participant. This is then transferred or collected in a 08 09

6 HOW DO I PARTICIPATE IN? single transaction. process comes the settlement. This is where the dis- Central clearing is currently in development. If you throughout Germany. 2. The bilateral or gross clearing method. This is where tribution of payment orders and the transfer of money already participate in (((eticket Deutschland, you In doing so, you will be providing your customers with each participant clears individual credits and debits with between participants accounts take place. This method will have access to central clearing as an expansion of user-friendly access to public transport services in ex- everybody else involved. This can then lead to a number depends on the type of claims clearing (multi- or (((eticket Deutschland s background systems from ternal regions using your own distribution channel. Your of transactions per participant. At the end of the clearing bilateral). If you have not yet adopted a system for electronic fare customers will remain your customers, even if they are management, you will require an eticket system based travelling in another region. on the open standard of VDV Core Application in order We will be providing you with information about the to use central clearing. project s current progress on our website If you would like to provide your passengers with the BUS FARE PRODUCT A PTA 1 S-BAHN BUS S-BAHN ICE METRO FARE PRODUCT B PTA 2 FARE PRODUCT A Long distance transport FARE PRODUCT C PTA 2 opportunity to buy etickets using their smartphones in external transport regions in the future, you will also have to connect your given or planed mobile ticket system to IPSI. In summary, central clearing along with IPSi and the accompanying project DELFI+ closes a technical gap. Via Smartphone, time table data, tariff data and + + = ticket sales are now combined in one digital service 10 11

7 VDV eticket service ia a partner and service provider for all transport providers and transport authorities that use (((eticket Deutschland. It is responsible for the VDV Core Application, which has been introduced as the German standard for electronic fare management. Alongside operating the central background systems and carrying out security management, VDV eticket Service provides specialist seminars and consulting on all (((eticket Deutschland topics. As a directing company, VDV eticket Service is supporting the VDV smartphone strategy with the introduction of IPSI. In addition to this, it is coordinating the standardisation and technical preparations being made for NFC in the German public transport network. VDV eticket Service GmbH & Co. KG Im Mediapark 8 a D Köln Tel: Fax: info@eticket-deutschland.de