System for optimized line network use in local public transport and method therefor

A system for line network use of a plurality of transport vehicles in a line network of local public transport, which defines several lines, each with a plurality of nodes, a travel section between successive nodes, and a route configured to be composed as needed from arbitrary individual travel sections, wherein at nodes at least two lines meet, each line of the at least two lines has a starting stop and a termination stop from which at least one line originates or at least one line arrives, and each line has at least one intermediate stop and each node is a stop as well, the system comprising:

• a first computing unit installed in an operations control center, wherein the first computing unit of the operations control center has central control and monitoring software installed;
• at least one first display disposed on an inside or an outside of at least one of the plurality of transport vehicles, the first display configured to be updated by the central control and monitoring software of the first computing unit in real time after a stop at each junction, wherein the at least one first display displays passenger information updated in real time by the central control and monitoring software of the first computing unit by data received from:
• a ticket vending machine disposed in the at least one of the plurality of transport vehicles,
• at least one network client that determines an occupancy level of the at least one of the plurality of transport vehicles, and
• at least one mobile terminal device of a passenger of the at least one of the plurality of transport vehicles;
• at least one second display disposed at least at one junction of the line network, and/or at least at one stop of the line network, the at least one second display configured to display:
• a current position of the at least one of the plurality of transport vehicles in the line network,
• an arrival time of the at least one of the plurality of transport vehicles at a respective stop, and,
• a route defined by updated nodes;
• and,
• a ticket client comprising at least one of a mobile APP, an online portal, or a ticket vending machine, the ticket client configured for ordering or reserving a ticket, the ticket client transmitting recorded data of purchased or ordered tickets to the first computing unit of the operations control center, wherein the ticket client is continuously communicatively, bidirectionally connected with the first computing unit of the operations control center;
• wherein, the at least one network client comprises a plurality of clients, the plurality of clients including at least one of a node, a stop, at least one of the plurality of transport vehicles, or the line network of the local public transport system, the at least one network client includes a second computing unit communicatively and bidirectionally connected to the first computing unit of the operations control center;
• wherein the first computing unit of the operations control center is configured to calculate in real time on the basis of data received from the at least one ticket client and data received from the at least one network client, at least one optimal route for dispatching the at least one of the plurality of transport vehicles in the line network, and a distribution of passengers corresponding to the at least one optimal route in the line network;
• and,
• wherein, the at least one first display of the at least one of the plurality of transport vehicles is updated continuously in real time by data received from the central control and monitoring software of the first computing unit of the operations control center to display passenger information and the route information of the at least one of the plurality of transport vehicles in the line network;
• wherein, the one second display disposed at the at least one junction, and/or at the at least one stop of the line network is updated continuously in real time by data received from the first computing unit of the operations control center to display information pertaining to the route of the at least one of the plurality of transport vehicles as defined by the updated nodes, a current position of the at least one of the plurality of transport vehicles along the route, and the arrival time of the at least one transport vehicle at the at least one junction or stop, and
• wherein the at least one transport vehicle in the line network is equipped with a GPS device to determine a position of the at least one transport vehicle in the line network, the second computing unit of the at least one network client updating a plurality of second displays based on the GPS data.