What is eTCD? eTCD, electronic Ticket Control Database, is a centralised, real-time passenger ticket management system developed by UIC with the support of Hit Rail B.V., for use by railway companies around the world.…
eTCD, electronic Ticket Control Database, is a centralised, real-time passenger ticket management system developed by UIC with the support of Hit Rail B.V., for use by railway companies around the world. The service is defined by UIC IRS 90918-4, the common specification for the exchange of control information on railway tickets between ticket issuers and passenger carriers.
eTCD is the OMMT Sync component, part of the Open Multimodal Toolkit.
The service helps railway companies to control non-reservation barcode ticket information onboard trains for all rail travel. Information is exchanged in real-time between ticket issuers and passenger carriers.
This means:
Thanks to eTCD, ticket security and fraud prevention is increased with real-time exchange of information on:
In addition, the eTCD service also communicates information on the extension of validity, delay confirmation, declaration of non-used tickets, class upgrades and downgrades as well as ticket gate checks.
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