Hacon

Hacon, headquartered in Hanover, is a leading provider of software solutions for transport operators and passengers. Founded in 1984, the company develops innovative products to make mobility more sustainable, comfortable, and accessible. The focus is on Mobility as a Service solutions, travel information and ticketing, operator business products, as well as timetable construction and dispatching. Since 2017, Hacon has been part of Siemens Mobility, where it forms the business unit software together with eos.uptrade, Padam Mobility and Sqills.

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Participation:

ProTrain – Increased comfort and efficiency in regional rail transport through linked forecast data

At peak times, the capacities of local public transport are often overloaded. Overcrowded trains and buses lead to delays and dissatisfaction among passengers. These peaks in capacity utilisation are exacerbated by population [...]

SAFIRA – Safety and distance in public transport through passenger guidance

Local public transport was particularly affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Passenger numbers decreased sharply during the crisis. People's mobility has changed in terms of time and space since then. At the same time, public transport is a key factor in achieving climate [...]

NIKKI – User information with context-sensitive artificial intelligence

The megatrend of individualisation requires tailored information services in the area of public transport and multimodality. Inclusive mobility is individualised, needs-oriented, simple and accessible to all. Existing systems do too little in this respect, as personal context-sensitive [...]

Shift2Rail

Shift2Rail is the first European rail initiative to seek focused research and innovation (R&I) and market-driven solutions by accelerating the integration of new and advanced technologies into innovative rail product solutions. Shift2Rail promotes the competitiveness of the European rail industry and meets changing EU transport needs. R&I carried out under this Horizon 2020 initiative develops [...]

Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking (EU-Rail)

Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking (EU-Rail) is established by Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 of 19 November 2021. It is the new European partnership on rail research and innovation established under the Horizon Europe programme (2020-2027) and the universal successor of the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking. [...]

ODIN-MP – Comprehensive provision of on-demand mobility in mobility platforms

In public transport, in addition to buses and trains that run according to a fixed timetable and route (scheduled services), there are also means of transport that run on demand from travellers. This on-demand transport is also referred to as on-demand transport, call bus, call-collect [...]

HUB CHAIN – Revolutionary mobility for rural and suburban areas

The HUB CHAIN project has set itself the goal of linking on-demand buses and buses in regular-interval services. This gives people in rural and suburban areas the opportunity to travel to nearby centres with a guaranteed change of bus.