FareXChange Profile - Examples

Zonal Passes - Metrobus

onal Pass fares - Metrorider

This example, based on the published fare sheet for Metrobus's Metrorider & Metrovoyager zonal passes for the Crawley Sussex area, encodes a Zonal pass.

Contents :

  1. Fare Sheet.
  2. Features.
  3. Route.
  4. XML example.
  5. Summary.

See also Metrobus multi-trip carnet

FARESHEET:

    Metrorider
Image (c) Copyright First Group 2018

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FEATURES:

> Metrorider Zonal pass - A day or season zone pass:

  • Available for 3 nested subzones win an overall Metrovoyager zone.
    • Crawley, Horsham, Redhill & Reigate, also Metrovoyager zone.
  • Available for different duration periods.
    • 1 hour, evening, 1, 2, & 3 day, 1 week, 1 month, 13 weeks, 1 year.
  • Available for different types of user:
    • Adult, child, senior, student.
  • Group tickets available for families, groups and couples ("duo").
  • Different prices for three different types of media:
    • Paper ticket.
    • Mobile App.
    • Smartcard.
  • Online, travel shop and on-board purchase.
    • Distribution channels depend on media type and pass duration.
    • Only certain combinations of zone. duration, media and group ticket allowed.
  • Prices vary by zone, duration, user type or group, and media.
  • Validity period for use.

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ZONES:

Zone Map for Metrovoyager and Metrorider

The area is broken up into three subzones.

  • The Metrorider product applies to any given nested subzone.
  • The Metrovoyager product applies to the overall containing zone.
  • Prices are given per zone.
    • .
  • There are slight differences as to the offerings in each zone (e.g. whether evening pass, stiudent pass, etc., is available,).

Metrorider zones


Zone Network Components in NeTEx - for Metrovoyager and Metrorider

Each zone is a FARE ZONE

  • NaPTAN stops can be assigned to one or more FARE ZONEs.
  • A FARE ZONE may have a surrounding polygon of co-ordinates.

Zone elements

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XML example:

xmlXML document for Metrorider Pass Example

Network NETWORK - Metrorider stops, zones

Declared in separate "Metrorider Network" FARE FRAMEs.

  • Available for 3 nested subzones within within Metrovoyager zone.
    • Crawley, Horsham, Redhill & Reigate zones within the  Metrovoyager zone.
    • FARE ZONEs are defined for each zone . Each zone references NaPTAN stop identifiers of the stops in it .

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    Network TARIFF - Metrorider zonal

    Declared in a "Metrobus Pass Product" FARE FRAME.

    • There are TIME INTERVALS for each of the available duration periods.
      • 1 hour, evening, 1, 2, & 3 day, 1 week, 1 month, 13 weeks, 1 year.
    • There are two TARIFFs
      • Metrorider applies to nested subzones.
      • Metrovoyager applies to overall zone.
    • Each TARIFF  has FARE STRUCTURE ELEMENTs for each of the tariff features: These reference USAGE PARAMETERs and NETWORK ELEMENTs
      1. Eligibility: Permitted USER PROFILEs;
        • Adult.
        • Child.
        • Student.
      2. Groups: GROUP TICKET:
        • Family.
        • Duo.
      3. Access:  FARE ZONEs.

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    TripPRODUCTS - Metrorider Period Pass

    Declared in a "Metrobus Pass Product" FARE FRAME alongside the TARIFF.

    • A PREASSIGNED FARE PRODUCT is defined for the zonal pass.
    • It has a VALIDABLE ELEMENT that references the FARE STRUCTURE ELEMENTs above as valid choices.

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    SP SALES OFFERS - Metrorider passes for different media

    Declared in a "Metrobus Pass Product" FARE FRAME alongside the FARE PRODUCT. .

    • There are three types of TYPE OF TRAVEL DOCUMENT is 'paper ticket'.
      • Paper ticket.
      • Mobile App.
      • Smartcard.
    • There are twelve separate SALES OFFER PACKAGES for each combination of FARE ZONE and TYPE OF TRAVEL DOCUMENT (4 x 3 ). as each has slight differences as to what is offered by way of durations,  group tickets, etc.
    • Each SALES OFFER PACKAGE has a set of GENERIC PARAMETER ASSIGNMENTS specifying:
      • Which FARE ZONE applies.
      • Which TIME INTERVALs are available
    • The SALES OFFER PACKAGES for each type of media are very similar: to describe these properties without repetition, three GROUP OF SALES OFFER PACKAGEs are specified to hold the respective common properties,
    • Each GROUP OF SALES OFFER PACKAGEs specifies:
      • A SALES OFFER PACKAGE ELEMENT indicating the PREASSIGNED FARE PRODUCT - a Metrorider zone pass.
        • and a TYPE OF TRAVEL DOCUMENT; one of the three values.
      • A BRAND - Metrobus.
      • DISTRIBUTION ASSIGNMENTs specifying the available DELIVERY CHANNELs, with specific PAYMENT METHODs.
        • on-board, with cash or contactless card.
        • at stop, with cash or card.

    The twelve SALES OFFER PACKAGES are summarised thus:



    		ZONES - SALES OFFER PACKAGEs
    FARE PRODUCT GROUP OF SALE OFFER PACKAGES Crawley Horsham Redhill & Reigate Metrovoyager
    zonal pass printed ticket ?. ?. ?. ?.
    zonal pass mobile app ?. ?. ?. ?.
    zonal pass smartcard ?. ?. ?. ?.

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    Prices PRICES - Metrorider Zone and media prices for different types of user

    Declared in a separate "Metrobus Pass Prices" FARE FRAME.

    • There are two main FARE TABLE, one for Metrorider and one for Metrovoyager.
    • Each FARE TABLE contains separate nested sub-tables for each TYPE OF TRAVEL DOCUMENT.
      • Paper ticket.
      • Mobile App.
      • Smartcard.
    • For each nested FARE TABLE for each TYPE OF TRAVEL DOCUMENT, there is a sub-table for each category of USER PROFILE or GROUP TICKET that is allowed.
      • Adult.
      • Child.
      • Senior.
      • Student.
        • family.
      • duo.
    • For each nested sub-table has a column of permitted TIME INTERVAL for the combination.
    • Each nested table contains a CELL for each TIME INTERVAL pair with a TIME INTERVAL PRICE in it for the specific combination of parameters thus.

      PREASSIGNED FARE PRODUCT

       x 

      TYPE OF TRAVEL DOCUMENT

       x 

      USER PROFILE or GROUP TICKET

       x 

      TIME INTERVAL.

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    operator COMMON OPERATOR COMPONENTS for Metrobus

    Declared in a separate separate "Metrobus Common Operator " FARE FRAME and RESOURCE FRAMEs.

    • A RESOURCE FRAME containing the common operator definitions for Metrobus including:
      • OPERATOR Metrobus, with contact details . Identified by NOC code
      • BRAND - Metrobus (NOC code  - METR)
      • DATA SOURCE originating data
      • RESPONSIBILITY SET indicating ORGANISATIONs responsible for managing data.

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    transactions SAMPLE TRANSACTIONS for single trip ticket purchases

    Declared in a separate separate SALES TRANSACTION FRAME.   In practice sales transactions, which are generated by sales of products, are exchanged separately. Examples are included here only to help understand the use of NeTEx.

    • A SALES TRANSACTION FRAME containing examples of the data elements referenced to make various types of purchase:
      • FARE CONTRACT indicating the user.
      • SALES TRANSACTION for each purchase.
      • TRAVEL SPECIFICATION indicating the scope of each purchase.
    • Sample transactions:
      1. On-board purchase of a 1 day adult Metrorider pass for the Crawley zone; paper ticket.
      2. At stop purchase of a 3 day child Metrovoyager pass, on a mobile app.
      3. Travel shop purchase of an annual student Metrorider pass for the Horsham zone; on a smartcard

    Specific examples of parameters representing ticket purchases

    Description Reference
    Element Value

    1.

    On-board purchase of a 1 day adult Metrorider pass for the Crawley zone; paper ticket.

    SalesOfferPackage:

    mb:Pass@Metrorider-SOP@p-ticket@Crawley

    TypeOfTravelDocument:

    mb:cash-ticket

    PreassignedFareProduct:

    mb:Pass@Metrorider

    ValidableElement:

    mb:Pass@Metrorider@travel

    TypeOfFareProduct:

    fxc:standard_product@pass@day

    Operator:

    noc:METR

    UserProfile:

    mb:adult

    FareZone:

    mb:metrorider@Crawley

    TimeInterval:

    mb:Tariff@Metrorider@1day

    StartOfValidity:

    2017-07-08T01:07:00

    TimeIntervalPrice:

    mb:metrorider@smartcard@student@1year

    Amount:

    4.90

    PaymentMethod:

    cash

    DistributionChannelmb:

    mb:on_board

    2.

    At stop purchase of a 3 day child Metrovoyager pass on a mobile app.

    SalesOfferPackage:

    mb:Pass@Metrovoyager-SOP@m-ticket

    TypeOfTravelDocument:

    mb:m-ticket

    PreassignedFareProduct:

    mb:Pass@Metrovoyager

    ValidableElement:

    mb:Pass@Metrovoyager@travel

    TypeOfFareProduct:

    fxc:standard_product@pass@period

    Operator:

    		 noc:METR

    UserProfile:

    mb:child

    FareZone:

    mb:metrovoyager

    TimeInterval:

    mb:Tariff@Metrorider@3day

    StartOfValidity:

    2017-07-08T01:07:00

    TimeIntervalPrice:

    mb:metrovoyager@m-ticket@child@3day

    Amount:

    10.10

    PaymentMethod:

    creditCard

    DistributionChannel:

    mb:online

    3.

    Travel shop purchase of an annual student Metrorider pass for the Horsham zone; on a smartcard

    SalesOfferPackage:

    mb:Pass@MetroriderPass@Metrorider-SOP@smartcard@Horsham

    TypeOfTravelDocument:

    mb:the-key

    PreassignedFareProduct:

    mb:Pass@Metrorider

    ValidableElement:

    mb:Pass@Metrorider@travel

    TypeOfFareProduct:

    fxc:standard_product@pass@period

    Operator:

    noc:METR

    UserProfile:

    mb:student

    FareZone:

    mb:metrorider@Horsham

    TimeInterval:

    mb:Tariff@Metrorider@1year

    StartOfValidity:

    2017-09-01T01:07:00

    TimeIntervalPrice:

    mb:metrorider@smartcard@student@1year

    Amount:

    390.00

    PaymentMethod:

    creditCard

    DistributionChannel:

    mb:travel_shop

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    commonCOMMON FAREXCHANGE COMPONENTS

    Declared within a separate "FareXChange Common Resource" COMPOSITE FRAME. Declares UK Profile TYPEs of FRAME, NaPTAN and other CODESPACES and a number of recommended code values (e.g. for user types) for the UK. These are the same for all UK Profile Fares. We include it here so data values can be validated automatically against the given values, but external references to the values could also be used.

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    SUMMARY

    The offering can be summarised visually, using icons to indicate the selected components (where mulyiple icons in the same nested box indcates a choice of parameters  as follows:

    Product elements in NeTEx

    Summary


     

    Paper pass elements

    m-ticket

    Mobile app pass elements

    m-ticket

    Smartcard pass elements

    smartcard

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