Occupancy forecasts exist to inform our passengers about the occupancy rate of each train. We offer two main types of occupancy forecasts: class-specific and coach-specific occupancy forecasts.
Class-specific.
The class-specific occupancy forecast shows how busy individual trains in 1st and 2nd class are statistically likely to be. The data are based on the previous year and are supplemented by regular customer surveys and current (group) reservations.
Coach-specific.
The coach-specific occupancy forecast shows how busy individual coaches are. The data are continuously compared with recently measured passenger frequencies. Additional factors such as holidays and public holidays at the origin and destination and the weather are taken into account.
It is possible that the forecast for the whole train is inconsistent with the coach-specific forecast at a given time. This is because of different forecast methods. We are working on harmonising these two forecasts to make them more consistent in the future.