Cubic and Partners Innovate Gateless Technologies to Speed Passenger Management at Train Station Fare Gates
September 14 2016 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
Cubic Innovation Centre in London leads project
design and development for future fare gates
Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS), a business unit of Cubic
Corporation (NYSE:CUB), along with a diverse team of industry and
academic partners, today announced a working collaboration to
develop a prototype that integrates future ticketing technologies
to support a doubled rate of passenger throughput at fare gates in
train stations. According to travel projections, the number of
journeys for passenger rail is likely to double over the next 30
years.
Cubic’s submitted proposal, titled “FasTrak Gateless Gateline,”
to the Railway Standards and Safety Board’s (RSSB) “Future
Ticketing Detection” competition is currently being developed at
the Cubic Innovation Centre in London. Cubic is among three
entrants selected earlier this year by the RSSB to receive funding
from the British government to develop a prototype of the proposed
solution.
Cubic is working in partnership with Go Ahead Group, M�vement
Strategies, Maynard Group and Bristol Robotics Laboratory to
develop a concept demonstrator based on advanced ticket detection
technologies that can be integrated into a single gateless system.
This detection method – which eliminates the physical barrier of
the gate – has the potential to double passenger throughput.
“Improving customer experience is a key challenge in the Rail
Technical Strategy, and this competition, part-funded by RSSB,
enables the industry to come together to find innovative solutions
to address this,” said Neil Webster, Innovation Programme director,
RSSB. “Advanced ticket detection technologies have a major part to
play in how stations are run in the future.”
FasTrak uses a variety of advanced technologies to seamlessly
detect passenger tickets, allowing them to walk normally through
fare gates without compromising the operator’s revenue protection.
FasTrak will also ensure revenues are collected for their services
through an enhanced and secure technology platform providing a
simpler means of identifying and apprehending fare evaders.
“Based on our heritage of building and maintaining the hardware,
systems and infrastructure for revenue collection, Cubic recognized
the need to embrace a wide range of new technologies – some proven,
some emerging – that together will transform the traveler
experience,” said Roger Crow, executive vice president and managing
director, Cubic Transportation Systems Europe. “This project is
another example of Cubic’s partner collaborations to find
innovative solutions and deliver benefits for travelers and
operators alike.”
RSSB created the “Future Ticket Detection” competition to
explore new ideas for managing crowds in train stations, monitoring
crowd density and directing crowd flow, with the goals of improving
passenger safety and security, and protecting revenues for
operators.
About Cubic Corporation
Cubic Corporation designs, integrates and operates systems,
products and services focused in the transportation, defense
training and secure communications markets. Cubic Transportation
Systems is a leading integrator of payment and information
technology and services to create intelligent travel solutions for
transportation authorities and operators. Cubic Global Defense is a
leading provider of live, virtual, constructive and game-based
training solutions, special operations and intelligence for the
U.S. and allied forces. Cubic Mission Solutions provides networked
Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence,
Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) capabilities for defense,
intelligence, security and commercial missions. For more
information about Cubic, please visit the company's website
at www.cubic.com or on Twitter @CubicCorp.
About RSSB
Through research, analysis, and insight RSSB supports our
members and stakeholders to deliver a safer, more efficient and
sustainable rail system. Our vision is to be a centre of
excellence, valued by its members and stakeholders as an essential
contributor to their success. Our independent evidence based
approach is built on strong technical capability, and the enabling
of collaborative industry engagement for the benefit of the whole
rail system.
Website: www.rssb.co.ukTwitter: @RSSB_rail
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