Merseytravel

The Solution

A website built in MODX with bespoke modules.

We designed and built the website in three months over the festive period. We worked swiftly and collaborated efficiently with their internal teams to action feedback and meet the vital deadlines set.

We created the site in MODX which allowed us to use the standard content management features but also build bespoke modules to facilitate timetable and travel alert management.

With over 270 bus timetables alone - the visual representation was of paramount importance for this content on the website. Not only did the interface need to be crisp and clear to represent the latest updates but more importantly the data fed in needed to be as accurate and up to date as possible. Commuters can now check this website and see timely updates quickly and easily.

We created an import process that takes data directly from Liverpool City Region as well as NapTAN to build a database of all bus routes from bus and coach providers within the Mersey travel region. From this data we can build maps and timetables for any time of day throughout the year on demand. This also allows us to connect the travel alerts to the bus information to allow information to cross over from various sections of the website. This allows the timetables to then be ordered and grouped where appropriate (in some cases there are routes and sub routes within a route).

There are also data feeds received from the Mersey Tunnels traffic systems to display up to date traffic delays on the tunnels, so if there are any delays they will be immediately available to the end user.