Sqills, the Dutch provider of the premier inventory, ticketing and reservation 
platform for the rail and bus industry, will implement its SaaS platform (S3 
Passenger) for rail services in Great Britain. This marks one of the major 
innovation projects in the rail industry in Britain offering railway passengers 
more options and flexibility with a modernized inventory platform.

All train operators in the United Kingdom are member of the Rail Delivery Group 
(RDG). The goal of RDG is to deliver a better railway for passengers and Great 
Britain. The implementation of the S3 Passenger platform will cover all seat 
reservation related functions for all rail services across the country.

The 18-month implementation project to replace the existing national 
reservation system (NRS) supports ongoing work by RDG and its members to 
improve rail services for customers.

Pan-European booking functionality

Long-distance rail is emerging as an increasingly efficient and popular mode of 
transportation. A critical factor inhibiting the mainstream adoption of 
long-distance rail is that operators are not using similar reservation 
standards. 

By allowing a carrier to connect multiple inventory systems of partner 
carriers, S3 Passenger enables the seamless distribution of inventory that is 
not held in the carrier's own inventory system. 

By next year, 21 train operators in Great Britain will use S3 Passenger and are 
technically able to connect their own (and each other's) inventories with other 
S3 Passenger operators such as Irish Rail, Eurostar, Thalys/IZY, Ouibus, Ouigo 
and future S3 Passenger users.

This technically enables seamless ticketing for consumers, is an important 
prerequisite to enable door-to-door travel across Europe and offers consumers 
easier access to long-distance international train travel with improved 
usability, services and available destinations. Inevitably, these developments 
will contribute to a greener environment.  

About Sqills

S3 Passenger is the industry-leading SaaS based inventory, ticketing and 
reservation suite on the market. Thousands out-of-the-box features allow rail 
and bus users to benefit from proven technology, short time to market and 
powerful self-service features.

In 2018 S3 Passenger by Sqills processed over 4 billion journey searches and 
31.5 million passenger segments. Sqills delivers sales and distribution 
software solutions for customers like Irish Rail, SNCF/OUIGO, Thalys/IZY, and 
many others - see Sqills.com for more information.

Source: Sqills