Enhancing UK NaPTAN and Other Standards for Accessibility & the London 2012 Olympics

This page brings together a number of working papers on enhancing related UK transport information standards to support accessibility and connection times. Related updates to NaPTAN, TransXChange and JourneyWeb are being considered and early release specifications are cited. These enhancements have both a long term strategic value for improving UK journey planning services, and a tactical value to support the London 2012 Olympics.The National Public Transport Access Node (NaPTAN) database is a UK nationwide system for uniquely identifying all the points of access to public transport in the UK. It is a core component of the UK national transport information infrastructure and is used by a number of other UK standards and information systems. Every UK station, coach terminus, airport, ferry terminal, bus stop, etc., is allocated at least one identifier. The NaPTAN schema is a UK national de facto standard sponsored by the UK Department of Transport and supports both the public registration of bus timetables by the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA), and the data collection for the Transport Direct Portal. NaPTAN includes on a related standard - the National Public Transport Gazetteer. It is also used by RTIG.  The NaPTAN database is maintained centrally under contract to the Department of Transport by Landmark.See the full set of resources here:http://www.dft.gov.uk/naptan/papers/index.htm