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Page 0 Passenger Rail ‘Next Generation’ Reservation System October 6, 2009
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Page 1 Overview National Railroad Passenger Corporation (NRPC) ‘at a Glance’ Travel / Rail Industry ‘Transformations’ ‘New Era’ at Amtrak Summary…….Arrow at the Crossroads Amtrak’s Next Generation Reservation System (RES-NG) Collaboration Initiatives Contact information
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Page 2 Amtrak was created by Congress in 1970 serve as the ‘National Provider’ (USA) of intercity passenger rail Rail network serves 527 destinations in 46 states and 3 Canadian provinces, has 21,000 miles of routes, with over 20,000 employees Equipment: ─1457 Amfleet, Superliner, Viewliner and other railroad passenger cars ─341 diesel and electric locomotives ─80 Auto Train vehicle carriers ─20 Acela Train sets FY08: 28.7 million passengers, $2.45 Billion Total Revenue ($1.7B in tickets) Internet Sales (Amtrak.com) represent nearly 50% of ticket sales Services booked: Seats, Sleepers, Auto Transport National Railroad Passenger Corporation (NRPC)
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Page 3 The “Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008” (PRIIA) defined a national policy for intercity rail: “…provide efficient and effective intercity passenger rail mobility consisting of high- quality service that is ‘trip-time competitive’ with other intercity travel options.” Amtrak’s focus for implementing corporate objectives: 1.Safety: Operate the safest passenger railroad in America 2.Green: Increase efficiency, reduce emissions, and make better use of resources 3.Health: Improve the condition, durability and wholesomeness of every aspect of the company 4.Customer Service: Improve the quality and attractiveness of our service for passengers 5.Financial Performance: Improve our financial performance 6.National Needs: Be there to help with disaster relief and mobilization efforts, and help advance national policies and plans National Railroad Passenger Corporation (NRPC)
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Page 4 Where is Passenger Rail Headed?
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Page 5 Trends in the Travel Industry: ─Internet Distribution ─Multi-Dimensional Sales ─Mobile platforms ─Self Service Trends in Rail: ─Multiple ‘New Rail Reservation System’ Initiatives Europe, Asia, North America ─De-Regulation of Rail in Europe ─Increased Ridership ─Future Growth/Congestion ─High Speed Rail ─Mobile Platforms for Train Ops ─‘Green’ Factors Industry Transformation
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Page 6 ‘New Era’ at Amtrak Dramatic Increase in Amtrak Investment ─PRIIA - 5 year total funding authorization - $8.7 Billion ($5.3B Capital, IT ~$562 mil) ─ARRA (Federal Stimulus) Capital Investment $1.3 Billion (IT ~$22 mil) ─$10+ Billion over 5 years IT Organizational Transformation ─CIO reports directly to CEO (previously reported to the CFO) ─Creation of Group Information Officers (GIOs), alignment of IT assets with Business Marketing and Product Management (M&PM) – External Customer facing applications Train Operations (Transportation Ops, Mechanical, Engineering) Enterprise Systems (Finance, HR, etc.) ─Established Enterprise Architecture Planning (EAP) Organization ─Established Program Management Office (PMO) ─Aligning IT with ‘Service Management’ perspective and ‘Best Practices’ E.g. ITIL v3, SOA, etc.
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Page 7 Key IT Transformation Programs (5 Years) Strategic Asset Management Program (SAM) ─Complete replacement of Amtrak Financial systems and integration of Human Resources (HR) and Train Operations systems (~$370 million) Next Generation Reservation Program (RES-NG) ─Deliver updated Reservation System including eTicketing (~$127 million) Amtrak Information Modernization Program (AIM) ─Enterprise Data Warehouse, Master Data Management, Identity Management, Application Integration, and Train Communications Enterprise (TCE) (~$97 million) IT Infrastructure Improvement Program (ITII) ─Data Center Relocation, Voice and Data Network re-architecture, and upgraded Desktop Support.
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Page 8 Summary……Arrow at the Crossroads ‘Perfect Storm’ …… in progress ─Reservation Platform (Arrow) in need of refresh and extension Network failures are increasing – critical components and technologies used are significantly out of date and discontinued Need for extended functionality/capacity growing dramatically -eCommerce (eTicketing, mobile computing, Internet Sales, B2B, etc.) -State partnerships -Increased ridership, routes Current integration environment is proving inadequate Critical skills are difficult to find and getting even more difficult ─Support coming from industry, government, internal, etc. ─Funding available and growing Amtrak Objectives ─Transform ‘Passenger Rail and Travel/Transportation Industry’ with RES-NG ─Actively leverage Industry ‘collaboration’ to achieve standardization where possible Open Travel Alliance (Rail, Reservations) Industry Content Pack (ICP) development – Rail, Reservation System Focus
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Page 9 Reservation Ecosystem Next Generation (RES-NG ) 5 year Capital Investment to ‘refresh’ and ‘refactor’ ARROW into RES-NG Refresh infrastructure to return to a ‘State of Good Repair’ (SOGR) ─Replace SNA with IP Connectivity ─Migrate reservation system ‘core’ from ‘TPF 4.1’ to ‘z/TPF’ ─Amtrak Data Center migrating to multiple new ‘High Availability’ Data Centers Implement/Extend Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) / Web Services Refactor applications/environment from Uni-Processor => Tightly Coupled Modernize / Decouple Arrow applications to provide agility in supporting rapidly changing business environment Upgrade support processes/systems, align with best practices ─Development/Test Environments, toolkits ─Software Configuration Management, Release Management Processes/toolkits ─Incident/Problem/Service Management Processes and toolkits
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Page 10 Address the Aging Infrastructure (‘State of Good Repair’) Improve systems availability, reliability, capacity, extensibility, maintainability, and general ‘agility’ Modernize and Decouple Arrow Applications Improve the Management of Information Build upon a Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) Integrate, Support and Collaborate with other Major Initiatives Implement Future-State Architecture
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Page 11 Functional Decomposition (ARROW) Today
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Page 12 Functional Decomposition (RES-NG) Future
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Page 13 Targeted End State Architecture Draft Version 9-29-09
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Page 14 RES-NG program: FY10 thru FY14 RES-NG Cost Estimates by Year FY10FY11FY12FY13FY14 Total State of Good Repair and Infrastructure$6.6M$4.0M$2.0M$1.0M$1.4M$15.0M Modernize and Decouple Arrow Applications$5.4M$10.0M$12.0M $5.0M$44.4M Program Contingency$0.0M$3.0M $4.0M$5.0M$15.0M TOTAL$12.0M$17.0M $11.4M$74.4M Inter-dependent Strategic Initiatives: eTicketing Railres/STARS NG SAM Enterprise Data Warehouse Transportation Roadmap Initiative Train Communications Enterprise IT Infrastructure Initiative Enterprise CRM/ECM
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Page 15 The Track Ahead……. Challenges ─Effectively integrating Multiple ‘sub-projects’ (115+) into RES-NG Program ─Effectively integrating RES-NG Program into other Enterprise Initiatives ─Retooling systems development skills and environments while refactoring Reservation System Applications Next Steps: ─Complete Program Planning ─Acquire skilled staffing for effort (planning, development, test, integration) ─Engage Actively with OTA, ICP Development
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Page 16 Contact Information Stephen Mankus – Senior Director: Applications Mankuss@amtrak.com 202-906-4493 Dee Waddell – Group Information Officer (GIO) Waddeld@amtrak.com 202-906-4555
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