Introduction of e-ticketing in the Metropolitan Region of Barcelona, RMB

Main Concepts

Meeting of e-ticketing WG, 21st January 2008

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Table of contents

2 Reason and opportunity of the project

3 Scope of the project

4 Planning

5 What’s on

1 The context of the contactless technology

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1. The context of the contactless technology (i)

• A majority of public transport networks are replacing their

magnetic ticketing generation system by a contactless one,

through the use of RFID or NFC technology to establish a

communication between the card and the validation device.

• In the Metropolitan Region of Barcelona, RMB, there has been

carried out some pilot experiences and this technology has

been specified to be a means of payment, coexisting alongside

the magnetic card, in the project of construction of the Line L9

of the Metro.

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1. The context of the contactless technology (ii)

• It’s already well known that e-ticketing offers a large number of

benefits compared to traditional ways of payment.

• Nevertheless:

• There’s no effective solution for the single ticket

• The security of public transport systems against fraud relies

on many components, of which the card is just one, which

means that the System as a whole must be highly resistant to

tampering such as, for instance, reverse engineering attacks,

fault/glitch attacks, or power analysis attacks

• All systems and management processes, marketing and use of the

variety of tickets, as well as revenue and clearing mechanisms are to

be modified in a lenghty transit that normally includes some interlude

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2. Reason and opportunity of the project

• Limitation of the actual magnetic system

• Obsolescence of existing equipment

•By 2010 most of devices reach life cycle

• Sociopolitical context

• 2012 is the year-objective for the implementation of an integration fare

system in the whole territory of Catalonia.

• Efficiency and sustainability of the public transport system

• Image

• Other (integration of citizen services, introduction of EMV, ..)

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3. Scope of the project

• Specific solution for the public transport network

• Migration or updating of the technology ONLY, not the actual fare

system

• Technology fully owned and produced by ATM, not conditioned by

other non-transport entities.

• Complete adaptation of the Metropolitan Region of Barcelona, in

phases

• Interoperability (all standards at all levels)

To maintain and to promote the success of the Integrated fare System

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4. Phases of the project (i)

Planning

Common Project Development

(DPC)

Specific projects

Introduction of e-ticket

Phase 1

introduction to Crown 1

Phase 2

Gradual adaptation to the

rest of crowns

•The main goal is to have a

common application that defines

the data to be contained in the

card and all devices, alongside

with all the processes that interact

with or modify them (creation,

personalization, sale, recharging,

inspection, backoffice processes)

associated to a high security

scheme of the system.

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4. Phases of the project (ii)

Planning

Common Project Development

(DPC)

Specific projects

Introduction of e-ticket

Phase 1Introduction to Crown 1

Phase 2 Gradual adaptation to the rest of crowns

• Responsibility of ATM to design and maintain.

• Development of the image of the new system.

• Functional analysis of the system.• Selection of technologies.• Development of the transport

application.• Specification of new data collection

and exchange protocols.• Common specification of

equipment and devices.• Validating tests of the software

application and• All elements at all levels must

comply to all defined standards (mechanical, electronical, operational, data elements, data structures,..)

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4. Phases of the project (iii)

CROWNS End of Phase 1Sept 2010

End of Phase 2Feb 2012

 1 Commercialization and

use of integrated tickets in crown 1

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Commercialization and use of integrated

tickets in all crowns.

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4. Phases of the project (iv)

OPERATORS Sept 2010 Feb 2012

  FGC Up to 2 validating devices per foyer

in crown 1.

FGC and RENFE adapt the rest of their

network  TMB Metro

  RENFE Rodalies

 Tramvia Metropolità

Validating devices in vehicles and

stations

 TMB buses (Barcelona)

All buses are adapted

 Other buses (Crown 1)

All EMT concessions

adapted

 

Interurban buses and other urban buses (Crowns 2 to 6).

Adaptation done operator by operator, beginning with those who enter crown 1.

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5. What’s on

• Establishment of the frame of funding of the project.

• Consolidate the organisation needed to carry out the project.

• Kick off the development of the common project is due the end of January 2008.