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Init wins biggest order in group history

In one of the largest telematics projects for public transport ever deployed in Germany, Init, a provider of ITS and electronic fare management for public transport, will be the general contractor in a project for a joint tendering group led by Rheinbahn Düsseldorf. For this project, Init will set up a Tetra trunked system and install a new intermodal transport control system (ITCS) for the group over the next four years.
July 24, 2012 Read time: 2 mins
RSSIn one of the largest telematics projects for public transport ever deployed in Germany, 511 INIT, a provider of ITS and electronic fare management for public transport, will be the general contractor in a project for a joint tendering group led by 5843 Rheinbahn Düsseldorf. For this project, Init will set up a Tetra trunked system and install a new intermodal transport control system (ITCS) for the group over the next four years.

In addition to Rheinbahn Düsseldorf, three additional transport companies (Duisburger Verkehrsgesellschaft, Essener Verkehrs-AG and Mülheimer Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH) which are represented by VIA Verkehrsgesellschaft, form part of the tendering group. These transport companies carry approximately 1.3 million passengers daily in the Rhine-Ruhr region.

The Karlsruhe based supplier of ITS technology will provide the control centres of the four transport companies as well as over 1,000 buses and trams with the necessary hardware and software (on-board computer, ITCS, dynamic passenger information). When completed the Tetra trunked system will enable some 2,000 radio subscribers to communicate with each other.

The exact contract value will be calculated on the basis of the specification and numbers of vehicles to be equipped and options executed by the client but it expected to exceed US$42 million.

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