Capacity Booking
Benefits for Single Wagonload customers and railways
The Xrail Capacity Booking (XCB) initiative enables a more seamless, reliable and transparent international Wagonload, benefitting the customers as well as the Xrail Alliance partners before, during and after the transport.
Seamless trip plans / capacity
- International trip plans available from start to end, up to the customer siding
- Transport capacities secured over multiple RU networks via one integrated booking
ETA / ETA update
- Specific ETA provided for each booking based on network status & booking situation of the involved RUs
- Potential ETA update / rebooking automatically provided if major delays occur
International Track & Trace
- Realtime Track & Trace available, enriched with wagon status data
Network control / forecast
- Early transparency on incoming partner flows into the domestic RU capacity booking system
- Possibility to react to (operational) changes by partners at early stage
Performance improvement
- Transparent international KPIs for proper performance measurement
- BI tool analysis supporting RU improvements and issue solving / best practice with the partners
International Troubleshooting
- End-to-end international SWL deviation information via standardized tools and defined processes