NeTEx

NeTEx is a CEN Technical Standard for exchanging Public Transport schedules and related data. It is divided into three parts, each covering a functional subset of the CEN Transmodel for Public Transport Information.

Reference

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Data concepts

NeTEx contains a lot of concepts, grouped in 6 parts.

• Part 1 describes the Public Transport Network topology (CEN/TS 16614-1:2014);
• Part 2 describes Scheduled Timetables (CEN/TS 16614-2:2014);
• Part 3 covers Fare information (CEN/TS 16614-3:2015)
• Part 4 European Passenger Information Profile – EPIP (CEN/TS 16614-4:2017)
• Part 5 Alternative modes exchange format (CEN/TS 16614-5:2021)
• Part 6 European Passenger Information Accessibility Profile – EPIAP (under definition)

Modifications

• there are a lot of 'modifications'. Almost every country in the EU has it's own 'profile', how to use / fill the format.

CDS-M Details

Configurable fields

The fields in the JSON are described here, but only those that need explanation. The values in the building block, are fixed, unless they are between square brackets ([]).

name	required	value	description
version	*	[1.1 < version < 2.1]	The allowed version(s), comma separated. Replace this value by f.x. "1.2,2.0,2.1"
url	*	[url]	The URL where this file can be found
refreshRate		[refresh rate]	The refresh frequency. Specified in 8601 Duration (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601#Durations). f.x. "PT5M" for 5 minutes.

Dimensions

name	value	argumentation
privacy	A	It doesn't contain any personal information
implementationEffort	E	NeTEx is XML based and without help/guidance of experienced users rather impossible to implement.
reusability	A	Highly reusable, since the information is standardized and applicable in multiple domains.
domain	B	When applied in the domain city-transport operator, it would be an A, but this standard is made to exchange data in the mobility domain. Not a perfect fit.