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D5 Annex WP 7: ETIS DATABASE METHODOLOGY AND DATABASE USER
MANUAL – PASSENGER TRANSPORT SUPPLY
The testing phase has been performed for following countries: Germany, France, Italy and
Poland. The methodology for the testing phase relating to passenger rail tariffs is illustrated by
Figure 6.1.
Figure 6.1
Methodology for the ETIS testing phase
Supply
segments
X
Demand
segments
Application of
attained
regression
functions
ETIS testing phase
for passenger rail tariffs
Sample relations for testing phase
Modelled
tariffs
Real
tariffs
Sample relations for
attaining the regression
functions
Tariffs
Regression
functions per
cross­segment
Distances
(timetables, Internet)
TEN­STAC
impedence
matrix
(distance)
Comparison
Querys
Querys
Internet websites of European railway companies
6.3 ETIS testing phase – Passenger travel times rail
The goal is to produce an ASCII matrix of the minimum travel times and the corresponding type
of train and number of train changes for these connections between NUTS2 centroids in the 27
countries using HAFAS, which corresponds to indicator 2.6.1. By combining this matrix with
geocoding information about the train stations, a user can produce contour plots of travel times,
travel times on links, or other useful spatial graphics. The 3 train stations nearest the centroids
will first be identified. The shortest travel times and other information about the connections
between these train stations will then be extracted from HAFAS. IVT does not yet have the
HAFAS server to calculate the travel times between the main stations in each NUTS2 zone. In
the short term however, the travel times between at least 400 NUTS2 centers can be calculated
for the testing phase, based on the existing IVT rail model. The NUTS2 centroids will first be
added to this model and the nearest 3 stations located, as would be done with the HAFAS
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