i-TRACS (Internet-Based Train and Railway Applications Collaboration System)

i-TRACS项目将为铁路行业建立一个新的、创新的三层示范系统，其中战略数据集将被纳入一个开放访问和可互操作的平台，在该平台上将创建一些“应用程序”，以改善列车运营公司和货运运营公司的运营和客户服务。该项目将展示数字“生态系统”的概念，其中价值将由应用程序开发人员社区使用一系列数据源创造，并托管在一个具有弹性和成本效益的平台上。最初的用例将用于集装箱货运、客运和运输服务分析，该项目将在利物浦与Freightliner有限公司和Merseyrail有限公司合作进行。数据层将包括来自货运公司的GPS数据和来自航运公司的集装箱托运数据、来自Network Rail的实时列车位置数据以及来自INRIX的非呼叫移动数据形式的乘客位置数据。可互操作的信息平台将由英国电信基于其信息脊柱技术提供，该项目将在利物浦创新园区的AIMES ISO 27001数据中心园区托管。包括Containerport有限公司、Glow新媒体有限公司和Placr有限公司在内的联盟合作伙伴将开发应用程序，以优化跨模型集装箱运营，为乘客提供改进的端到端旅程信息，并为铁路运营公司创建新的分析服务

The i-TRACS project will build a new and innovative 3 tier demonstrator for the rail industry in which strategic data sets will be ingested into an open access and interoperable platform upon which a number of "apps" will be created to improve both the operations and customer service for Train Operating Companies and Freight Operating Companies. The project will demonstrate the concept of a digital "ecosystem" in which value will be created by a community of apps developers using a range of data sources and hosted on a resilient and cost effective platform. The initial use cases will be in container freight transport, passenger transport and transport service analytics and the project will be carried out in Liverpool in collaboration with Freightliner Ltd and with Merseyrail Ltd. The data layer will include GPS data from hauliers and container consignment data from shipping lines, real-time train location data from Network Rail and passenger location data in the form of off-call mobile data from INRIX. The interoperable information platform will be provided by BT based upon their Information Spine technology and the project will be hosted at the AIMES ISO 27001 data centre campus at Liverpool Innovation Park. Applications will be developed by the consortium partners who include Containerport Ltd, Glow New Media Ltd and Placr Ltd, to optimise inter-model container operations, to provide improved end-to-end journey information to passengers and to create new analytics services for Rail Operating Companies