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Computer system, used by railways in Great Britain

ORCATS (Operational Research Computerised Allocation of Tickets to Services) is a large centralised legacy computer system used on passenger railways in Great Britain. It is used for real time reservation and revenue sharing on interavailable tickets between train operating companies (TOCs). The system is used to divide ticket revenue when a ticket or journey involves trains operated by multiple TOCs. The system was owned by British Rail, and is now managed by the Rail Delivery Group.

History

Before nationalisation, a similar function was carried out by the Railway Clearing House.

References

Brignall, Miles (27 May 2006). "The train fares that are so unfair". The Guardian.
"Meerkats, Mere Cats Or Orcats?". Public Transport Experience. 20 October 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2018.

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Ticket office-based machines	INTIS APTIS Tribute Shere SMART Fujitsu STAR Cubic FasTIS
Passenger-operated machines	Ascom B8050 Quickfare Avantix B8070 Cubic QueueBuster Scheidt & Bachmann Ticket XPress Ascom EasyTicket Parkeon Astreo Parkeon Galexio PERTIS
Conductor-operated machines	PORTIS/SPORTIS Avantix Mobile Fujitsu Star Mobile Worldline Envoy Doris
Travel agency and online sales	Inclusive Tour Coupons AJENTS ELGAR Evolvi
Ticket types and formats	Edmondson railway ticket (defunct) APTIS ticket features (now deprecated) 2014 National Rail ticket features (current) Concessionary fares on the British railway network
Information and revenue allocation systems	National Location Code ORCATS Rail Settlement Plan Station groups
Revenue protection and law	Penalty fare Regulation of Railways Act 1889 Railways Act 1993 Transport Act 2000

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