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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
July 28, 2015 Read time: 1 min
New York-based ticketing specialist 7877 Bytemark is to partner with 5550 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 over 90 million requests per day, providing multimodal transport chains in more than 25 countries.

Partnering with transit agencies around the world, Bytemark has successfully developed apps for New York City, Austin, Boston and Toronto and brings world-class information systems and easy-to-use mobile payment technology to commuters and other passengers.

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