RET N.V. (Rotterdamse Elektrische Tram) is the dynamic public transport company of the Rotterdam region. Almost 190 million passengers board and disembark from RET buses, trams and metro trains each year. RET operates a public transport network in and around Rotterdam that covers 58 bus routes, 9 tram lines and 5 metro lines served by around 550 vehicles. The Municipality of Rotterdam and the Metropoolregio Rotterdam Den Haag (MRDH) are the only shareholders. Via the Metropoolregio Rotterdam Den Haag (MRDH) there is a link towards the neighboring public transport network of HTM, the public transport operator of Den Haag, which also uses an Intermodal Transport Control System (ITCS) from INIT.
The collaboration between RET and INIT goes back to the year 2009. It started with the deployment of MOBILE-ITCS and COPILOTpc, the IT- and communication platform for buses and trams. In 2017 RET won the new bus concession with the ambitious goal to operate zero emission (ZE) public transport in the Rotterdam area by 2030 latest. In December 2019 RET will start operating services with 55 electric buses and new charging infrastructure in the depots and several charging points in the service network (opportunity charging). At the same time, 40 diesel and 103 diesel-electrical buses will be taken into service.
For all these new buses, RET has selected INIT as the supplier of the integrated on-board computer and ticket printer along with MOBILEvario, INITs fare management and clearing system. EVENDpc2 (seen on the photo) is the latest generation of the PC-based on-board computer and ticket printer and convinced RET with its superior concept. It offers the advantage of easy integration, not only into the existing INIT ITCS but the whole system environment, while providing both full ITCS and ticketing functionality.
Project and Account Manager
INIT GmbH
Germany
This article was published in our customer magazine INITiative, issue 1/2019. If you want to receive the magazine regularly per e-mail, we kindly ask you to subscribe.