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Title: ORCATS Q&A. Post by: grahame on March 05, 2021, 21:01:24 From Railway Technpology (https://www.railway-technology.com/features/qa-is-the-orcats-ticket-system-holding-british-railways-back) a really useful Question & Answers (Q&A) on ORCATS. Future mirror archive will be ((here)) (http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/railway_technology_orcats_article.pdf)
Quote Operational research computerised allocation of tickets and services (ORCATS) is a centralised legacy computer system used on passenger railways in Britain. The system can be used for real-time reservations and revenue sharing on tickets between train operating companies. However, the system has been facing setbacks – primarily due its age – such as not being able to account for online booking or identify split ticketing issues. This has created a significant loss in revenue for operators around Britain. James Bain, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Worldline, explains the current shortfalls of ORCATS, as well as some possible new management technology that could replace it. Edit:VickiS - Clarifying Acronyms This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |