
Sqills
Highly Innovative Passenger Management Software for Rail


Sqills’ S3 Passenger is the leading ‘commercial off-the-shelf’ (COTS) rail and bus inventory, reservation, and ticketing system, already in use at/by industry leading operators. S3P is a fully scalable, modular web-based platform that handles millions of journey searches per day.
Sqills has been active in the railway software business since 2002. Our extensive experience on fare, booking and revenue management engines forms the foundation of S3 Passenger.
No more bespoke inventory, reservation, and ticketing systems
The days of bespoke software solutions as a competitive differentiator in the transport sector are over. Operators’ needs across the world are quite similar, which means that using a commercial off the shelf system offers huge functional and cost benefits.
A poll conducted during the World Rail Festival November 2018 in Amsterdam revealed that no operator believes in developing their own in-house system anymore!
The fast-growing community of S3 Passenger users have selected S3 Passenger for its powerful out-of-the-box functionalities, Agile development approach and time-to-market.
A complete real-time passenger bookings system
S3 Passenger replaces dated legacy components by offering a single, real-time system with three focus areas:
- To provide end users with easy and efficient self-service capabilities to make and change bookings
- To provide operators powerful, flexible and cutting-edge technology to replace their outdated reservation systems and battle for market share and customer preference
- User Story Marketplace, to leverage operator experience and industry input in the S3 Passenger innovation roadmap, maintaining the best in class product suite status with thousands out-of-the-box features and new releases each quarter.
Gerry Culligan, Iarnród Éireann Irish Rail commercial director, said: “Our existing ticketing systems had several dated legacy components which affect the customer experience. We were determined to bring these aspects of the business, such as ticketing and CRM tools, up to modern standards and look forward to working with Sqills and their partners to achieve that.”
Eurostar CIO Laurent Bellan said: “As Eurostar grows beyond ten million transported passengers per year and we expand our reach further into Europe, having a flexible reservation system is critical. With its combination of agility, stability and responsiveness as well its willingness to work closely with our in-house development team, Sqills has proved to be the perfect partner.”
Adaptable passenger management software with ready-to-go features
Putting the customer at the heart of your business is the key to success, and S3 Passenger offers operators a platform to drive customer centricity. The software is flexible enough to adapt to the needs of your customer and established enough to have thousands of in-demand features that are ready to go. With a world-class Net Promoter Score® of 78, S3 Passenger has established itself in the field of customer success.
More than 95% coverage of your requirements, out of the box
S3 Passenger powers your digital transformation. In the requests for proposal (RFPs) we have responded to until now, S3 Passenger covers more than 95% of the listed requirements, right out of the box. The system can be up and running in six months, enabling you to manage your network services, cabin layout, inventory control, prices and conditions, revenue management, sales channel differentiation, ticket fulfilment, payment, after-sales, cancellations and rebooking, user management and much more. The remaining 5% of the listed requirements are covered by roadmap developments, bespoke development using S3 Passenger APIs and business process redesign by the user.
IZY (Thalys) project leader Frederic Miel said: “IZY had to be launched in a very short timeframe. We needed a sales and distribution system that we could rely on to be implemented within months. Sqills offered S3 Passenger and were able to implement the sales and distribution suite in time and proved to be a knowledgeable partner in this project.”
Constant product evolution through the Sqills User Story Marketplace Sqills constantly innovates and evolves S3 Passenger, applying the latest technologies, and delivering hundreds of new features every year with a new release every three months. S3P innovates with sales, distribution, and revenue management strategies in mind.
The S3 Passenger customer community actively uses the User Story Marketplace to influence the product roadmap, thus playing an active role in the evolution of S3P. Sqills works Agile across multi-disciplinary DevOps teams to offer ongoing product development and meet and exceed the functional demand of operators.
Key takeaways
The key S3 Passenger benefits for operators include:
- Configuration over customization, thousands of out-of-the-box features
- Shorter and optimised time to market
- A true customer-centric approach
- Powerful end-user self-services
- Customers influence the continuous product evolution
- Lower costs for the implementation project, running phase and quarterly upgrades
- Proven technology, reduced implementation risks
- Fully automated and scalable SAAS solution (AWS platform)
Join our fast-growing community of industry-leading operators
Sqills manages business-critical applications for all our customers, including IZY (Thalys), OUIBUS and OUIGO (SNCF), Junior & Co (SNCF), Eurostar, and Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail).
Contact us to learn more about the powerful S3 Passenger inventory, reservation and ticketing system. We provide web-demos and are happy to introduce you to our customers to learn first hand about their experiences.


S3 Passenger – Booking, Reservation and Ticketing Software for Rail and Public Transport

S3 Passenger – Modules for Rail and Public Transport
Railway Sales, Distribution and Revenue Management Suite
Sqills implemented S3 Passenger for OUIGO. S3 Passenger is the latest and best available sales, distribution and revenue management suite on the market.
S3 Passenger for Irish Rail
Irish Rail has launched their new online booking system S3 Passenger, which will give Irish rail customers more control, choice and flexibility than ever before, such as a wide variety of fares and the ability to manage their bookings online.
S3 Passenger for OUIBUS
S3 Passenger for IZY
Maximise Profits with Strategic Revenue Management
Train and Bus Operators Lowering their Distribution Costs
S3 Passenger: Booking, Reservation and Revenue Management Software
Sqills Now Powers Italian Bus Operator Itabus
Sqills, leading provider of inventory, reservation, and ticketing platform ‘S3 Passenger’, is proud to announce the Go-Live for the Italian bus company Itabus.
27 May 2021Europe’s First High-Speed Rail Operator SNCF Selects S3 Passenger as Their New Reservation System
SNCF Voyageurs, one of the world’s largest high-speed intercity rail operators, has selected S3 Passenger to replace SNCF’s current reservation system.
20 May 2021Swedish Rail Operator SJ to Strengthen its Digital Capabilities by Partnering with S3 Passenger
Sqills has been selected by Swedish rail operator SJ to deliver the leading S3 Passenger SaaS solution for inventory, reservation, and ticketing.
13 May 2021Commercial Seat Selection Features in S3 Passenger
A seat is a seat, but not when it comes to commercial seat selection. Traditionally, most train and bus operators followed a rather rigid and strictly dualistic pattern when it came to distinguishing between various commercial seat classes.
13 April 2021Sqills’ S3 Passenger First Inventory Management System to Implement the Online Part of Open Sales and Distribution Model Managed by UIC and the FSM-Initiative
Sqills’ inventory, reservation and ticketing SaaS platform S3 Passenger is the first IT platform with a working open sales and distribution model online implementation based on the recently completed specification designed by UIC railway carriers and ticket distributors.
8 April 2021Sqills Enters North America with S3 Passenger for VIA Rail
Sqills is proud to have been selected by VIA Rail Canada (VIA Rail) to deliver the proven S3 Passenger SaaS solution for inventory management, reservation and ticketing to offer passengers across Canada an improved customer-centric service.
22 October 2020First British Carriers Now Live on S3 Passenger
The Rail Delivery Group (RDG) now officially has the first 4 of its 18 TOCs (Train operating companies) running on S3 Passenger.
20 October 2020Social Distancing on Public Transport
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought new challenges for public transport, with the almost immediate and complete shutdown of the international public transport systems as the most striking short-term effect.
17 April 2020Eurostar Now Live on S3 Passenger
Eurostar, the international high-speed railway service that connects London with Paris, Brussels, and Amsterdam, is now running with S3 Passenger for seat reservation, ticket sales, and inventory management.
23 March 2020Sqills Opening Office in Paris
Sqills is opening an office in Paris to care for the increase of customers in the area.
12 November 2019Sqills and SNCF TER Enhance French Regional Rail Travel
Sqills and its partner Wiremind have been chosen to be partners of France's Société nationale des chemins de fer français (SNCF) transport express régional (TER) to deliver the proven S3 Passenger SaaS solution for reservation.
26 June 2019Sqills Collaborates with RDG to Enhance Rail Travel in the UK
Sqills has announced that it will implement its SaaS platform S3 Passenger for railway services in the UK.
31 May 2019Sqills Receives PCI-DSS Level One Certification
Sqills has been certified according to Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) level one from 14 May.
20 May 2019Sqills Inventory, Reservation and Ticketing Platform to be Used Across the UK
Sqills and Rail Delivery Group (RDG) have started a four-month discovery project to detail the implementation plan for deploying S3 Passenger for all RDG affiliated UK-based train operating companies (TOC).
28 March 2019European Court Report Highlights Requirement for Customer-Centric Railways
The European Court of Auditors (ECA) describes high-speed railways within the EU as 'an ineffective patchwork of national lines without proper coordination across borders' in their latest report.
11 December 2018Sqills Features as Leading IT Innovator in MKB Innovatie Top 100
The Kamer van Koophandel (the Dutch Chamber of Commerce) has announced the 13th edition of its listing of the top 100 most innovative small and medium-sized companies
4 December 2018Sqills Implements S3 Passenger Sales and Distribution Platform for Eurostar
Sqills has started implementing its sales and distribution suite S3 PASSENGER for EUROSTAR in cooperation with Eurostar’s IS team with a plan to go into production by early 2020.
23 March 2018Dutch IT Company Implements Yet Another S3 Passenger Sales and Distribution for French SNCF High-Speed Rail Operator OUIGO / IDTGV
7 June 2017OUIBUS Improves Their Time-to-Market by Means of S3 Passenger Competitive Pricing Functionality
30 May 2017Irish Rail Successfully Launches S3 Passenger Sales, Distribution and Revenue Management Software
8 May 2017Sqills Achieves ISO 27001:2013 Certification
18 November 2016Join Sqills at Passenger Rail Europe 2016
23 May 2016Dutch IT Company Implemented Rail and Bus Reservation Software Solutions in France and Belgium
5 April 2016Successful Implementation of the S3 Passenger Solution for Thalys
2 March 2016Join Sqills at the Rail Revenue World Congress 2015
9 October 2015Dutch IT Company Signs Contract for Bus Reservation Software in France
15 September 2015Sqills Strengthens No1 Position within the Rail and Bus Industry
10 August 2015Dutch IT Company Signs Multi-Million Contract for Rail Reservation Software in Ireland
18 December 2014Innotrans 2012 Invitation from Sqills
25 July 2012Sqills Products B.V.
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