The sales service provider Transdev Vertrieb has been commissioned by the two agilis companies — agilis Eisenbahngesellschaft mbH & Co. KG and agilis Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG — to handle sales operations. AMCON is providing the central sales back-end system through which future sales will be conducted across all sales channels.
AMCON (June 15, 2022) Agilis is a railway company based in Regensburg. On behalf of the Free State of Bavaria, the two agilis companies operate approximately ten percent of Bavarian regional rail passenger transport in the Regensburg/Donautal (RDO) and Regionalverkehr Oberfranken (RVOF) networks.
On behalf of Transdev Vertrieb GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Transdev GmbH, the Lower Saxony-based software manufacturer AMCON is delivering an industry solution with the AMCON.SYSTEM. Starting from the end of 2022 (RDO) and the end of 2023 (RVOF), Transdev Vertrieb will handle all sales processes for agilis using this system.
A comprehensive solution for all sales channels
The contract includes the delivery and commissioning of a central sales back-end system along with associated sales components, such as a webshop, five staffed sales offices/customer centers, and 155 conductor terminals. In addition, 134 new stationary ticket vending machines from the company Scheidt & Bachmann will be integrated into the system.
The centerpiece of the new sales solution is the modular AMCON.SYSTEM — AMCON’s central sales back-end system. All processes come together in this system. In the future, the AMCON.SYSTEM will manage tariff data for the DTV, BW, RVV, DING, VGN, and VGI fare systems, administer subscriptions, evaluate and settle sales data from connected sales devices and applications, and generate revenue reports relevant to the transport associations.
Regular ticket sales will be conducted through the newly acquired Scheidt & Bachmann vending machines, the AMCON webshop, and the staffed sales offices/customer centers. The cash registers will be equipped with the sales application AMCON.POS, which integrates seamlessly with the back-end system and enables cashless sales as well as the issuance of tickets and eTickets. The Scheidt & Bachmann machines will receive tariff data from the AMCON.SYSTEM in HUSST format and send their revenue data back to the AMCON back-end system based on this standard.
On the conductor terminals, the mobile control and sales solution AMCON.MOBILE will be used, allowing the verification of static authorizations and electronic chip cards, such as eTickets compliant with VDV-KA. Recording and issuing of increased transport charges (EBE) and cashless ticket sales are also part of the standard functionality of the commissioned solution.
The new sales solutions will be put into operation starting from the timetable changes at the end of 2022 (RDO) and the end of 2023 (RVOF).