Cityspace unveils Smart Point
New, modular range of interactive terminals delivers real-time travel information and journey planning at the point of need
London, 14 July 2008 – Cityspace today announces the launch of Smart Point, its new modular range of interactive touch screen terminals, delivering the widest choice of passenger information services at the point of departure or at interchanges.
Already attracting interest from a number of local authorities and Train Operating Companies, Merseyrail recently ordered several units to support its need for information, Permit to Travel and security at five unstaffed stations in the Wirral, due to go live by the autumn.
The Smart Point presents the definitive, low-cost solution to delivering customised services, ticketing and security to rail and bus passengers where they’re needed most.
Service and design options include:
Interactive touch screen services, including online journey planning, timetables, local area maps, print outs and local digital travel content and DDA compliant
Broadcast services via the latest TV-style screens displaying real-time bus and rail departures, disruptions, local news, events and public announcements. Single or two-sided
Ticketing – full self-service smart ticketing capability and cashless Permit to Travel
Help Point option provides Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) for routing to a travel call centre or emergency services
CCTV can easily be added for security or surveillance
Illuminated branding panel, giving 24/7 visibility and promotion of operator or authority brand and service information
Map and timetable panel, for carrying changeable printed signage, route or local area maps
“The Smart Point is testament to our passion for improving the passenger waiting experience”, said Guy Wolfenden, Director of Transport, Cityspace.
With 12 years of experience in designing interactive touch screen public services, we believe the Smart Point presents the ultimate travel service model for the transport industry. State-of-the-art technology delivers multiple functions into a single structure providing a simple, low-cost, highly valued public service at the point of need – it simply doesn’t get better than that!”
The modular design accommodates selected services within a single structure, configurable to add and change offerings without incurring prohibitive costs. Various levels of support are available from installation and basic monitoring, to cleaning, inspections, parts and technical maintenance.
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For further information, please contact:
Sophia Henri
Cityspace PR
Tel: +44 (0)20 7313 8428
Email:
www.cityspace.com About Cityspace
Since 1996 Cityspace has been delivering digital information to users in public spaces through screens and touch screen terminals. Today the Company is focused on delivering information services to the travelling public for many of the largest and most innovative authorities and operators in transport.Cityspace is an information broadcast specialist that transforms transport data into traveller information for bus, rail and air passengers to make it easy to use public transport. The information is delivered at the point of need through a range of interactive terminals, broadcast screens and now to mobile phones and the web. Across the UK 90 clients benefit from Cityspace’s expertise in content design and development, data and network management and ‘smart’ street furniture design, installation and management.
Visit www.cityspace.com for more information.
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