ETC Plat­form: Ve­hi­cle Cloud

Seam­less­ly in­te­grate ve­hi­cles

A mid­dle­ware con­nects on­board sys­tems, con­trol sta­tions, pas­sen­ger in­for­ma­tion, and work­shops with less risk and ef­fort.

Overview

In­te­grate ve­hi­cles in weeks rather than months

New vehicles, leased vehicles, or short-term fleet additions need to be available faster than ever before today. However, quick operational startup often fails not because of the vehicle itself, but due to integration into control centers, passenger information, information systems, and operational processes.

The Vehicle Cloud of the ETC Platform significantly reduces this effort. Timetable data, real-time information, passenger information, and operational processes are provided via a standardized integration layer. This allows vehicles to be integrated into existing operator environments in the shortest possible time, regardless of manufacturer or existing system architecture.

Es­pe­cial­ly for leased and shared fleet ve­hi­cles, this ap­proach al­lows for a sig­nif­i­cant­ly faster op­er­a­tional start­up. Vehicles are not individually integrated first but can build on an already established communication and data base.

Put vehicles into service instead of launching integration projects.

Brief pro­file

Seam­less­ly in­te­grate and op­er­ate ve­hi­cles

In­te­gra­tion

Plug-and-play mid­dle­ware for any fleet

The vehicle connection of the ETC Platform connects vehicles, control centers, and operational applications via a unified communication layer. Different onboard systems, vehicle types, and manufacturers can be seamlessly integrated into existing operational processes.

By supporting open standards such as VDV, railML®, UIC, GTFS, SIRI, and NeTEx and many more, data can be efficiently exchanged between vehicles, operational control systems, passenger information, and other applications. Existing investments are retained, while new vehicles, modernizations, as well as leasing and replacement vehicles can be integrated quickly and easily.

This reduces integration effort, shortens project durations, and creates the foundation for a flexible, manufacturer-independent fleet strategy.

Scal­ing

Proven in large fleets

The ve­hi­cle con­nec­tion of the ETC Plat­form is in use with lead­ing man­u­fac­tur­ers like Al­stom, Siemens, Stadler, and CAF ve­hi­cles. It sup­ports both own ve­hi­cle fleets and shared, rental, and leas­ing ve­hi­cles, en­abling uni­form op­er­a­tion across dif­fer­ent ve­hi­cle types.

Tech­ni­cal ba­sis

The in­te­gra­tion lay­er for your fleet

Mod­ules, stan­dards, and in­ter­faces that re­li­ably con­nect ve­hi­cles, con­trol cen­ters, and ap­pli­ca­tions.

  • Vehicle middleware

    Stan­dard­ized in­te­gra­tion lay­er (for­mer­ly Dat­Net ROI)

  • Onboard computer interfaces

    ETC Ve­hi­cle In­ter­face or gener­ic via SOAP/REST

  • Location

    Real-time GPS track­ing, in­te­gra­tion of all oth­er sources

  • Diagnosis

    Real-time sta­tus mon­i­tor­ing and di­ag­nos­tic mes­sages

  • Workshop connection

    All com­mon ECM tools like BOOM, ZEDAS, Care­Of­fice, COSware, SAP-PM

  • Onboard passenger information

    In­te­gra­tion of all hard­ware and me­dia on ve­hi­cles (e.g., TFT, ELA, TTS, WiFi por­tal)

  • Legacy vehicles

    Au­tonomous TFT dis­plays with­out com­plete re­fit

  • Personnel integration

    Dat­Net Mo­bile (Elec­tron­ic log­book, dam­age re­port, dig­i­tal dri­ver's cab)

  • Data supply

    Man­age­ment and gen­er­a­tion of all ba­sic data plus com­fort­able dis­tri­b­u­tion to the ve­hi­cles

  • Target-actual comparison

    Based on all avail­able sources (GPS, odome­ter, mo­bile de­vices, log­i­cal lo­ca­tion)

  • Connection assurance

    In­te­gra­tion of con­trol cen­ter process­es and vi­su­al­iza­tion for pas­sen­gers

  • Seat reservation

    Con­nec­tion of op­er­a­tor process­es to the hard­ware in the ve­hi­cles

  • Sensor technology

    Pro­vi­sion of all di­ag­nos­tic data (e.g., lev­els, er­ror mes­sages, con­sump­tion)

  • Supported standards

    All in­dus­try stan­dards, incl. TAP TSI, VDV 453/454, railM­L®, UIC 407, GTFS, SIRI SX, NE­TEX

From prac­tice

Suc­cess Sto­ries

Ve­hi­cle Man­u­fac­tur­ers & Mid­dle­ware – Al­stom

In­te­gra­tion plat­form for the Cora­dia-Max fleet

Uni­fied on-board mid­dle­ware that con­nects sub­sys­tems and pro­vides stan­dard­ized data and in­ter­faces for op­er­a­tors and ex­ter­nal sys­tems, en­abling mul­ti-op­er­a­tor roll­outs across re­gions and coun­tries.

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Ve­hi­cle man­u­fac­tur­er – Siemens Mo­bil­i­ty

Sta­ble pas­sen­ger in­for­ma­tion dur­ing fleet tran­si­tions

As part of the Mireo re­place­ment fleet project on the MEX13 line in Baden-Würt­tem­berg, the ETC Plat­form serves as the cen­tral pas­sen­ger in­for­ma­tion sys­tem for the en­tire fleet.

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Leas­ing & Rental Ve­hi­cles – Smart Train Lease

Plug & Play for rental ve­hi­cle fleets

Smart Train Lease uses the ETC Plat­form to con­nect its rental ve­hi­cles to new RBL/ITCS sys­tems via plug and play in days in­stead of months, with­out re­cur­ring en­gi­neer­ing ef­fort dur­ing op­er­a­tor changes.

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Ve­hi­cle man­u­fac­tur­ers & ve­hi­cle mid­dle­ware – Stadler

Plug-and-Play In­te­gra­tion for 300+ FLIRT trains

Stan­dard­ized, reusable on­board mid­dle­ware pro­vides data and in­ter­faces in a uni­form for­mat so that FLIRT ve­hi­cles can be used flex­i­bly with chang­ing op­er­a­tors.

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Overview

More func­tions of the ETC Plat­form

For pub­lic trans­port au­thor­i­ties

Qual­i­ty man­age­ment

Trans­paren­cy about qual­i­ty and need for ac­tion in on­go­ing op­er­a­tions.

Dis­cov­er func­tion

For rail­way com­pa­nies

Op­er­a­tion, con­trol, and plan­ning sys­tem

Cen­tral dis­po­si­tion and real-time mon­i­tor­ing of the en­tire fleet.

Dis­cov­er func­tion

For metro, tram, and bus op­er­a­tors

Pas­sen­ger in­for­ma­tion

Real-time in­for­ma­tion across all chan­nels from one source.

Dis­cov­er func­tion

For all ac­tors

Re­port­ing & An­a­lyt­ics

Eval­u­a­tions and re­ports di­rect­ly from on­go­ing op­er­a­tions.

Dis­cov­er func­tion

For all ac­tors

Add-On func­tions

Ex­pand­able func­tions for spe­cif­ic re­quire­ments.

Dis­cov­er func­tion

FAQ

Through autonomous TFT displays and standardized interfaces, the ETC Platform brings real-time passenger information even to older vehicles without complete vehicle conversion.

Destan Sokoloff - Sales

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