Software that gets you going – Solutions that get you ahead You are successful. Continuous growth and that will get you moving, then you’d better get satisfied customers are top priority at HaCon. to know us. We would be happy to provide After all, your success is what we are striving you with more detailed information. for. We focus on problem solving and imple- mentation. Customers You are looking for innovation and relia- • Railway (train operating companies, bility. Just two of the good things you’ll find network operators, industrial railways), e. g. when you come to us: continuous improvement Deutsche Bahn, Österreichische Bundesbah- nen (ÖBB), Schweizerische Bundesbahnen Photo: DB AG/Lothar Mantel and creativity are our keys to success. And fresh (SBB), Trenitalia, Irish Rail, Nederlandse new ideas drive our entrepreneurial develop- Spoorwegen, Network Rail, Reseau Ferré de France, etc. ment. In addition to high-quality products, • Integrated public transport systems, e. g. however, what it’s all about for us is being a Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund, Verkehrsver- bund Berlin-Brandenburg, Verkehrsverbund- long-term, reliable partner for our customers. gesellschaft Saar, Weser-Ems Bus, Nahver- Short response times and reliable delivery right kehrsservice Sachsen-Anhalt, Stockholm Transport, South-eastern Pennsylvania on schedule are things we take very seriously. Transportation Authority (SEPTA) etc. • Public institutions (Ministries, organisa- tions), e.g. the European Commission You need competence and flexibility. We • Transport and logistics companies, will surprise you with innovative solutions. But freight forwarders not with frequently changing contact persons. (detailed list of references: www.hacon.de) Instead, we focus on continuity in our business relationships, rely on the experience of our em- Partners ployees and on competent, long-term customer care. We carefully tailor our standard software • DB Systel GmbH • Intranetz GmbH to meet each customer’s individual needs. As a • IVU AG result, you profit from continuous improvement, • Kadfire Ltd, Great Britain • KombiConsult GmbH while you don’t have to do without individuality • K+P Transport Consultants Contact: at the same time. • PTV AG HaCon Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH Phone: +49 511 33699-0 • SMA und Partner AG, Switzerland • Travel InfoSystems Ltd, Great Britain Lister Straße 15 Fax: +49 511 33699-99 It’s your move. If you expect convincing solu- • TSF Tele Sistemi Ferroviari S.p.A., Italy D-30163 Hannover E-Mail: [email protected] tions that will get you ahead and want software Germany www.hacon.de HAFAS Train Planning System TPS Overview of our products: TPS gets your timetable construction and You want to be independent. TPS can be HAFAS Mobile timetable information en route management going. The program combines in- integrated as a module into an already existing "I get the best ideas when I imagine frastructure, timetable and train path manage- environment. Additionally, it is completely HAFAS Internet that I am my own customer." online-information on the ment as well as all interaction. Thus, network independent of third-party software wherever Internet and Intranet operators and railway companies optimise their possible. This means that the rights of third Charles Lazarus (*1923) HAFAS Windows work and business processes in no time flat. parties, which would entail additional licensing systems for staff - HAFAS Off- fees, for example, are not an issue here. The line and HAFAS Specials The entire network is always taken into con- only exception: for the database, we decided in HAFAS Print sideration during all types of planning, while favour of using the unparalleled technology of automatic creation of print © products the local planning priorities are also carefully Oracle . observed. Right from the beginning, the HaCon HAFAS Print2Web individual print products via the Train Planning System was developed to allow Consulting Internet Photo: DB AG/Michael Wartmann the integration of any and all customer-specific functions. Every project is a new challenge. The more complex the task, the more crucial it is to know You stay on track. With TPS you can deter- what it all really comes down to. mine all the validation rules and how they work for train data and timetables, whereby an indi- You make an impact with innovative HaCon – Your Reliable Partner Products and Services vidual central configuration keeps everything solutions. HaCon will advise and support you under control on different levels of use. TPS is in the implementation of your projects in the capable as well of simultaneous planning of fields of railway operation, network manage- trains by different users. ment, public transport, freight transportation and logistics as well as software development. TPS eliminates the need for restrictions in the HAFAS timetable periods. Continuous, ongoing plan- You feel confident. Our consultants have ning makes long-term and short-term planning extensive experience and can often offer a Timetable Information System possible in just one closed database. We call it fresh new approach to solving any problems. the "permanent capacity plan". And it enables Civil engineers and geographers, business legal Expectations are there to be exceeded. That is consulting services, is one of the leading compa- HAFAS is your perfect connection to your at the touch of a button – individually, efficiently you to plan reliably for the future and more experts and IT specialists provide you with a something that we firmly believe in. After all, nies for planning, dispatching and information customers. For Deutsche Bahn alone, this soft- and easily. efficiently than ever before. well-rounded view of the challenge at hand. there is nothing more satisfying than having a systems in the traffic and transport industry. ware calculates approximately 30 million connec- satisfied customer. And there are no lengths The constantly growing, interdisciplinary HaCon tions a day, and it takes only a matter of seconds. HAFAS functions as a door-to-door information we wouldn’t go to in order to achieve this goal. team, made up of software developers, compu- The market-leading timetable information system system that is able to indicate any delays in real- Traffic, transport and logistics are the core topics ter specialists, engineers and traffic experts, gets makes handling public transportation easier and time – regardless of the type of public transporta- that HaCon has concentrated on since it was everything moving with innovative solutions and more convenient in more than 20 countries around tion used: on a bus, train, tram, ferry and even on a first formed in 1984. Today, the system supplier first-class service for their customers on a daily the world – for passengers and employees of public plane. Travel planning with HAFAS also links public from Hannover, with its software solutions and basis. transportation companies alike. HAFAS is used in transportation with private transport via car, on TPS Train Planning System Consulting many different ways: from supplying timetable foot or by bicycle. Detailed maps provide for exact information, pure and simple, to mobile phone routing, regardless of whether a specific address or Overview of TPS, the system for timetable con- Overview of our services: ticketing and right on up to the support of ticket point of interest is the destination. HAFAS integra- struction and network capacity management: • Management of international projects • Multi-user-system • Funding projects sales over the internet. tes real-time data for the modes of transport, such • Adequate performance, especially in large • Analysis and optimisation of processes as delays, train cancellations or alternative routings, railway networks, complete national railway • Development of transport and operational network may be taken into account for all concepts One HAFAS for all applications. The HAFAS in a single central system. planning activities • Conception of future scenarios algorithm provides the basis for a variety of diffe- • State-of-the-art handling • Consulting of policy makers • Flexibility and customisation rent output media – internet information, CD-ROM Independent of areas of application and output • Risk management versions, different portable applications, online medium, there’s one thing that is certain: without • References: DSB (Danish national railway), DSB S-tog (suburban railway company, as well as offline. HAFAS is able to automatically HAFAS, the world of public transportation would Denmark), Banedanmark (railway infrastruc- generate printed timetables, such as posters in the not be the same: It would be much less convenient, ture company, Denmark), Trafikstyrelsen (regulating authority, Denmark), Network train station, information posted at bus and tram more confusing and definitely more difficult to plan. Rail (railway infrastructure manager, Great stops, pocket-format timetables and travel informa- And not only for passenger traffic but to an increa- Britain), Réseau Ferré de France RFF (French railway infrastructure manager) tion on the train, as high-quality printed products sing extent for freight traffic as well. HAFAS Train Planning System TPS Overview of our products: TPS gets your timetable construction and You want to be independent. TPS can be HAFAS Mobile timetable information en route management going. The program combines in- integrated as a module into an already existing "I get the best ideas when I imagine frastructure, timetable and train path