We are currently assisting a major European transport group in progressing the development
of Rail Franchise bids, recently working closely with Accenture in providing the
technology and Smartcard elements of the bid for the Intercity West Coast Franchise
currently operated by Virgin.
Other work includes the business case development and planning of a multi-million
pound Rail Smartcard scheme in the South East.
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Over 1.3 billion passenger journeys were made on the UK Rail network during 2010.
As the proportion of journeys paid for by season tickets is now close to 50%, it
is not only essential that rail operators improve the way that the tickets are retailed
and also that they capitalise upon the smart technology-led opportunity to establish
meaningful and helpful contact with each of their customers. The current rail franchise
tendering exercises incorporate requirements for bidders to improve their retailing
capability to include web integrated Smartcard (or similar) technology which will
be available for use across different modes of transport. De Lande has already
assisted in this process by leading London Midland’s ground-breaking Smartcard project
during 2009-10 and running the Test Programme for its further rollout in 2011/12.
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De Lande is currently providing web design and consultancy services to Executive
Management in the Financial Services Sector.
De Lande I.S. Consulting Ltd. was established to provide IT-related managerial and
strategic consultancy services to executive management within the transport industry.
Over the past 7 years a range of major programme management contracts have been completed
for FTSE 100 Transport corporates. Consultancy has also been provided to the Department
for Transport and we have Senior Associate status with other consultancies including
Thales Group, Detica and First Class Partnerships.