TAP TSI definition of the subsystem

This TSI covers: (a) the functional subsystem ‘Telematics applications for passenger services’; (b) the part of the maintenance subsystem relating to the telematics applications for passenger services (i.e. methods of use, management, updating and maintenance of databases, software and data communication protocols, etc.). It includes the provision of information on the following aspects: (a) systems providing passengers with information before and during the journey; (b) reservation and payment systems; (c) luggage management; (d) issuing of tickets via ticket offices or ticket selling machines or telephone or Internet, or any other widely available information technology, and on board trains; (e) management of connections between trains and with other modes of transport.