Real time train data with HaCon live mapping

SNCF Maps, developed by HaCon for French national railway company SNCF, shows real-time data for all French trains and their connections, linking over one million operational train messages with about 5,000 timetable data sets of rail passenger traffic.
December 19, 2014 Read time: 1 min
HaCon SNCF Maps

6559 SNCF Maps, developed by 5550 HaCon for French national railway company SNCF, shows real-time data for all French trains and their connections, linking over one million operational train messages with about 5,000 timetable data sets of rail passenger traffic.

For the first time in the history of HAFAS Live Maps, HaCon calculates train movements by combining GPS and positioning data received from track stations which makes the map even more precise. The new HAFAS client interface HCI guarantees real-time display of the train positions.

A specially designed editor enables SNCF to adapt the software to their needs, for example to show only certain trains or maps.

The customised editor also permits SNCF to configure and integrate the map view with various different web applications.

Location Based Systems

Related Content

  • May 19, 2021
    SNCF uses ITS to make crossings safer
    There are too many deaths where road and rail intersect: Virginie Taillandier, smart level crossing project manager at French rail group SNCF, outlines how ITS communications can help
    Read More
  • July 28, 2015
    HaCon and Bytemark team up on North American mass transit
    New York-based ticketing specialist Bytemark is to partner with HaCon, the European transportation IT and data management solutions provider in a deal which is intended to deliver fully integrated, market-specific solutions for real-time journey planning and mobile ticketing to North America. HaCon’s timetable information system, HAFAS, helps millions of passengers stay up-to-date on their connections each day. Combining different means of public and private transport, HAFAS-based journey planners handle
    Read More
  • January 31, 2012
    Wireless traffic data in real time
    The effect of moving objects on the electromagnetic landscape set up by cellular telephony networks can be detected and interpreted to give real-time traffic data across large geographical areas at low cost. Here, we revisit the Celldar concept. Global economic downturn has pushed public-sector agencies, transport administrations among them, to push even harder for cost efficiencies. Unfortunately, when it comes to transport safety and efficiency the public sector often has to work up to a cost rather than
    Read More
  • May 22, 2012
    New York pioneers online mobile real-time bus tracking
    An unusual technology collaboration. David Crawford investigates Early in January 2012, the New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) rolled out the first borough-wide implementation of its pioneering Bus Time online mobile real-time tracking service. The system allow commuters to track each bus on every route in real-time on the internet, via smartphones and by text messaging to a mobile phone. The MTA chose Staten Island for its first live launch due to it being the only one of the five Ne
    Read More

Highlighted Content