EuTravel · Project

One Platform to Plan, Book and Manage Multimodal Trips Across Europe

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Imagine you want to travel from Berlin to a Greek island using a train, a flight, and a ferry — but you have to book each leg separately, on different websites, with no idea if your connections actually work together. EuTravel built a shared digital layer that lets all these transport providers talk to each other, so a traveller can plan, book, and manage a door-to-door trip in one place. They tested it in real-life Living Labs with actual transport companies across 10 European countries. Think of it like what Google Maps does for directions, but extended all the way through to booking and passenger rights across every mode of transport.

By the numbers

consortium partners across Europe

countries represented in the consortium

industry partners involved

78%

industry participation ratio

total project deliverables produced

SMEs in the consortium

The business problem

What needed solving

Travellers across Europe still cannot plan, book, and manage a door-to-door multimodal journey in one place. Each transport mode — rail, air, ferry, bus — operates its own booking system with no standard way to connect them. This means lost revenue for transport providers, frustrated passengers, and a fragmented market that blocks the emergence of true pan-European mobility services.

The solution

What was built

EuTravel delivered an open interoperability layer (the Optimodality Framework) that connects existing travel reservation systems across transport modes, plus a set of value-added service tools for semantic data annotation and interlinking. These were tested in a Living Lab with real multimodal travel scenarios, supported by a Technology Knowledge Base cataloguing leading ITS solutions across Europe. In total, the project produced 13 deliverables.

Audience

Who needs this

Online travel agencies wanting to add multimodal bookingPublic transport authorities integrating regional operatorsMobility-as-a-Service startups expanding beyond urban transportAirport and railway operators improving passenger connectionsTravel tech companies building disruption management tools

Business applications

Who can put this to work

Travel Technology

mid-size

Target: Online travel agencies and booking platforms

If you are a travel booking platform struggling to offer seamless multimodal journeys — this project developed an open interoperability layer that connects existing reservation systems across rail, air, ferry, and bus. It was tested in a Living Lab with real transport scenarios, and the consortium of 14 industry partners validated the integration approach. This could let you offer true door-to-door booking without rebuilding your backend.

Public Transport Authorities

enterprise

Target: Regional or national transport operators and authorities

If you are a transport authority trying to integrate different operators into a single passenger experience — EuTravel created an open ecosystem with tools that tap into existing mainstream IT travel reservation systems. The project demonstrated how to eliminate interoperability barriers between modes, tested across scenarios including disruptions like weather events and schedule changes. With 18 partners across 10 countries, the approach was validated at European scale.

Mobility-as-a-Service Providers

SME

Target: MaaS startups and urban mobility companies

If you are a MaaS provider looking to expand beyond urban transport into intercity and cross-border journeys — this project delivered value-added services that allow ecosystem participants to semantically annotate and interlink their data and services, making them searchable and interoperable. The Technology Knowledge Base catalogued leading-edge ITS developments across Europe. This could accelerate your expansion into multimodal, cross-border offerings.

Frequently asked

Quick answers

What would it cost to implement EuTravel's interoperability tools?

The project's EU contribution is not available in the dataset, so specific development costs cannot be quoted. However, the tools were designed as an open infrastructure that plugs into existing IT travel reservation systems, which suggests lower integration costs than building from scratch. Contact the coordinator for licensing or partnership terms.

Can this work at the scale of a national or pan-European transport network?

The consortium spanned 10 countries with 18 partners, and the Living Lab tested real-life multimodal travel scenarios across multiple transport modes. The architecture was explicitly designed to be open and scalable, connecting existing mainstream reservation systems rather than replacing them.

What is the IP situation — can we license or use this technology?

EuTravel was funded as a Research and Innovation Action (RIA), which typically means results are owned by the consortium partners. INLECOM SYSTEMS LTD coordinated the project. You would need to negotiate access or licensing terms directly with the relevant consortium members.

How does this handle disruptions — cancelled flights, missed connections?

The project explicitly modelled disruption scenarios including changes to travel plans due to weather and natural disasters. The Living Lab tested both happy-day scenarios and disruption recovery, with measurement strategies based on set KPIs and monitoring mechanisms.

Is this compatible with our existing booking and reservation systems?

Yes — this was a core design principle. The project specifically built tools that tap into existing mainstream IT travel reservation systems and sources of data. The Value Added Services deliverable created tools for semantic annotation and interlinking of existing data and services.

What happened after the project ended in 2017?

The project closed in October 2017. Based on available project data, the outputs included 13 deliverables and a Technology Knowledge Base and Observatory. The coordinator INLECOM SYSTEMS LTD may have continued development commercially. Contact them for current status.

Consortium

Who built it

This is a heavily industry-driven project with 14 out of 18 partners coming from the private sector — a 78% industry ratio that is unusually high for EU research projects. The consortium includes 6 SMEs, suggesting a mix of agile tech companies alongside larger transport players. With only 1 university and 1 research organization, the focus was clearly on building practical, market-oriented solutions rather than academic research. The coordinator, INLECOM SYSTEMS LTD, is a UK-based SME, and the 10-country spread across Western and Southern Europe gives the results strong pan-European relevance for any company operating cross-border transport services.

INLECOM SYSTEMS LTDCoordinator · UK
AMADEUS IT GROUP SAparticipant · ES
TRENITALIA SPAparticipant · IT
EBOS TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDparticipant · CY
NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH "DEMOKRITOS"participant · EL
Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunyaparticipant · ES
UNIVERSITAET INNSBRUCKparticipant · AT
VLTN BVparticipant · BE
BMT GROUP LTDparticipant · UK
MATICMIND SPAparticipant · IT
CLMS (UK) LIMITEDparticipant · UK

How to reach the team

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