Dutch railways launches Reisplanner Xtra mobile app

Dutch national railway (Nederlandse Spoorwegen) along with two partners, Service2Media and Appear, have recently launched the so called Reisplanner Xtra, which is the first implementation of wireless context-aware services for Dutch train travelers.

Reisplanner Xtra is a travel planner app that uses current location information to offer customised services based on user context, previous journeys, and preferred or recently visited stations. As a result, the application can display various information regarding the station and local points of interest to those who opt-in to use it. Moreover, to make the railway service more comfortable for the end users, Reisplanner Xtra monitors possible changes to a planned journey and alerts users to these changes by SMS.

Commenting on the new service launch, the railway’s Corine van Drunen said: “The growing market penetration of smartphones opens up new possibilities for bringing a better service to our travelers. We believe Reisplanner Xtra will be the mobile channel of the future for Nederlandse Spoorwegen.”

[Via: CellularNews]