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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Wiremind Announces Launch of PAXONE OSDM Sandbox Environment
PARIS, June 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Wiremind, a leading provider of innovative solutions for the transportation and ticketing industry, today announced the launch of its PAXONE OSDM Sandbox, an open environment for testing and validating OSDM-based ticketing and distribution management solutions. This launch positions Wiremind as the fourth major provider to offer an OSDM Sandbox, joining other providers in supporting industry-wide adoption of open, standardized data management. The Open Sales and Distribution Model (OSDM) is an open standard that streamlines the distribution and management of transportation tickets, simplifying data exchanges between operators, vendors, and partners. By embracing OSDM, the industry benefits from enhanced interoperability, reduced integration complexity, and increased automation in fare management and ticketing processes. Why Can You Do with the PAXONE OSDM Sandbox? The PAXONE OSDM Sandbox provides developers and industry players a dedicated environment to: Test and Evaluate: Explore the capabilities and behavior of the OSDM standard before deciding on full implementation Experiment and Debug: Identify and resolve potential issues within your OSDM implementations without disrupting your production environment. Contribute to Development: Actively participate in shaping the OSDM standard by verifying behaviors, testing scenarios, and validating integrations. This flexible developer environment supports transportation providers and their partners to validate their implementations, reducing risks and minimizing costs before moving to production. "Transportation and ticketing companies regularly face challenges around integration, security, and efficiency when adopting new data standards," said Bertrand Minary, UIC Passenger Director and Vittorio Carta, Manager Transport Policy Europe, Deutsche Bahn AG. "Wiremind's PAXONE OSDM Sandbox significantly lowers the barrier to entry, making it easier than ever to adopt OSDM standards confidently." "The launch of our new testing platform marks a big step forward for PAXONE, helping us make it easier for distributors to integrate with our solution. We're excited to provide businesses with an accessible, secure, and powerful platform to test and validate their solutions, ultimately helping them achieve seamless implementation," says Rémi Habfast, Managing Director of PAXONE. The PAXONE OSDM Sandbox is now available for testing. Try it out here - Photo - - Contact: press@ View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Wiremind
Yahoo
28-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Europe wants seamless international train travel. Deutsche Bahn says it's getting there
This autumn, Deutsche Bahn (DB), Germany's national railway company, will begin rolling out a new digital infrastructure that it says will streamline international rail bookings. The move is part of a long-awaited push to simplify travel across Europe's patchwork of national railway networks. '[You will] be able to book an international journey just as easily as a domestic one,' Michael Peterson, DB's board member for long-distance transport, told German press agency DPA. 'This brings us closer to a major goal,' he continued: seamless cross-border rail travel across Europe, powered by a unified digital system and regulations backed by the EU. Starting this autumn, DB will adopt a new data-sharing standard known as OSDM (Open Sales and Distribution Model). This EU-endorsed interface is intended to give European rail operators instant access to each other's ticketing systems. Using the OSDM as a framework, DB says it aims to offer integrated ticketing for virtually all major European railways by the end of 2026, including local transport, through its website and DB Navigator app. Rail expert Jon Worth is quick to point out that this will not be a single ticket, but rather 'a better way to stitch together tickets from different railways,' however. DB will initially integrate with Austria and Switzerland's national operators – the ÖBB and SBB, respectively – with other operators to follow in the coming months. Currently, booking international train tickets through DB's platform can be confusing, limited and, in many cases, expensive. While passengers can already buy some cross-border tickets running through Germany, many popular routes still require piecing together fares from different companies or making sense of multiple national rail sites. No single rail provider can cover a journey from Berlin to Barcelona, for example. Aside from convenience, the new system could begin to address a gap in passenger rights. Currently, travellers using separate tickets for different legs of a cross-border trip risk losing protection if a delay causes a missed connection. Addressing this issue – and ensuring full passenger rights throughout the journey, including rebooking and reimbursement – is such a priority that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has made it a cornerstone of her second term. 'Cross-border train travel is still too difficult for many citizens,' she wrote in 2024. 'People should be able to use open booking systems to purchase trans-European journeys with several providers, without losing their right to reimbursement or compensatory travel.' Related Taking the train can be almost twice as fast as flying for some journeys in France Journey through the rainforest in luxury on Malaysia's last remaining sleeper train But such protection isn't yet guaranteed. Worth says that the OSDM doesn't compel rail operators to sell unified tickets. It also doesn't ensure consistent enforcement of passenger rights. 'What DB is doing is welcome for Germany, in particular, but it is insufficient,' he explains. 'To get genuine portals on which you can book any train anywhere in Europe, we need more than a technical standard – which is what DB is implementing, essentially – but [rather] binding rules for data sharing, commissions for ticket re-sale and better passenger rights if something goes wrong in a multi-operator rail journey.' The initiative comes amid increasing pressure from Brussels. EU Transport Commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas has said he plans to propose legislation to create unified platforms and make full passenger rights mandatory. That's causing some concern for DB – 'already one of the best' rail operators in Europe, according to Worth. Related The European tube: Inside the project to launch a continent-wide rail system New Madrid-Lisbon high-speed train to cut journey time from 10 hours to three Peterson warned that a digital standard other than the OSDM could undermine years of investment. 'That costs money, that costs time,' he said. Despite the lingering challenges, DB is optimistic. The company recently launched a direct high-speed ICE route between Berlin and Paris and plans further expansions. In 2024, DB also saw a 22 per cent increase in cross-border ticket sales compared to pre-pandemic levels – its best year yet. Now, with better tools, more collaboration and upcoming legislation, Europe's railways could finally begin to catch up with the expectations of climate-conscious travellers – and deliver on the promise of a truly connected continent.
Euronews
28-05-2025
- Business
- Euronews
Easier cross-border train travel? Deutsche Bahn says it's coming
This autumn, Deutsche Bahn (DB), Germany's national railway company, will begin rolling out a new digital infrastructure that it says will streamline international rail bookings. The move is part of a long-awaited push to simplify travel across Europe's patchwork of national railway networks. '[You will] be able to book an international journey just as easily as a domestic one,' Michael Peterson, DB's board member for long-distance transport, told German press agency DPA. 'This brings us closer to a major goal,' he continued: seamless cross-border rail travel across Europe, powered by a unified digital system and regulations backed by the EU. Starting this autumn, DB will adopt a new data-sharing standard known as OSDM (Open Sales and Distribution Model). This EU-endorsed interface is intended to give European rail operators instant access to each other's ticketing systems. Using the OSDM as a framework, DB says it aims to offer integrated ticketing for virtually all major European railways by the end of 2026, including local transport, through its website and DB Navigator app. Rail expert Jon Worth is quick to point out that this will not be a single ticket, but rather 'a better way to stitch together tickets from different railways,' however. Hey hoSeems the German media is having another "ooooh the railways are finally sorting their booking systems" round of articles todaySee Tagesschau and N-TV This is NOT ALL THAT IS SEEMS 🚨Quick #CrossBorderRail🧵[image or embed] DB will initially integrate with Austria and Switzerland's national operators – the ÖBB and SBB, respectively – with other operators to follow in the coming months. Currently, booking international train tickets through DB's platform can be confusing, limited and, in many cases, expensive. While passengers can already buy some cross-border tickets running through Germany, many popular routes still require piecing together fares from different companies or making sense of multiple national rail sites. No single rail provider can cover a journey from Berlin to Barcelona, for example. Aside from convenience, the new system could begin to address a gap in passenger rights. Currently, travellers using separate tickets for different legs of a cross-border trip risk losing protection if a delay causes a missed connection. Addressing this issue – and ensuring full passenger rights throughout the journey, including rebooking and reimbursement – is such a priority that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has made it a cornerstone of her second term. 'Cross-border train travel is still too difficult for many citizens,' she wrote in 2024. 'People should be able to use open booking systems to purchase trans-European journeys with several providers, without losing their right to reimbursement or compensatory travel.' But such protection isn't yet guaranteed. Worth says that the OSDM doesn't compel rail operators to sell unified tickets. It also doesn't ensure consistent enforcement of passenger rights. 'What DB is doing is welcome for Germany, in particular, but it is insufficient,' he explains. 'To get genuine portals on which you can book any train anywhere in Europe, we need more than a technical standard – which is what DB is implementing, essentially – but [rather] binding rules for data sharing, commissions for ticket re-sale and better passenger rights if something goes wrong in a multi-operator rail journey.' The initiative comes amid increasing pressure from Brussels. EU Transport Commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas has said he plans to propose legislation to create unified platforms and make full passenger rights mandatory. That's causing some concern for DB – 'already one of the best' rail operators in Europe, according to Worth. Peterson warned that a digital standard other than the OSDM could undermine years of investment. 'That costs money, that costs time,' he said. Despite the lingering challenges, DB is optimistic. The company recently launched a direct high-speed ICE route between Berlin and Paris and plans further expansions. In 2024, DB also saw a 22 per cent increase in cross-border ticket sales compared to pre-pandemic levels – its best year yet. Now, with better tools, more collaboration and upcoming legislation, Europe's railways could finally begin to catch up with the expectations of climate-conscious travellers – and deliver on the promise of a truly connected continent.
