Real-time information is an advance on schedule-only information, which recognises the fact that public transport services do not always operate exactly according to the published timetable. However, most transit operators now also use integrated passenger information systems that provide either schedule-based information through a journey planner application or schedule-based information in combination with real-time information. Static information has traditionally been made available in printed form though route network maps and timetable booklets at transit stations. Real-time information, derived from automatic vehicle location systems and changes continuously as a result of real-world events, which is typically used during the course of a journey (primarily how close the service is running to time and when it is due at a stop, as well as incidents that affect service operations, platform changes, etc.).
Among the information provided by such systems, a distinction can be drawn between: It is also known as a customer information system or an operational information system. Central Train Indicator at Hilversum railway station announcing the Intercity towards Deventer probably because of a disruption, it today ends at Amersfoort.Ī passenger information system, or passenger information display system, is an automated system for supplying users of public transport with information about the nature and the state of a public transport service through visual, voice or other media.
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