Rail Settlement Plan (RSP) is a company owned by the franchised passenger rail operators. It provides a range of common, largely IT based services, to those operators, open access operators and to others, including third party providers of information and retail services.

The company was established on the privatisation of British Railways to enable the new rail operators to continue to provide a network wide retail service - something that passengers were familiar with prior to privatisation. Since then, the company has increased the range of services it provides to rail operators and others. The company now:

• collects retail sales data from 10,000 points of sale;
• carries out the correct allocation of ticket revenue to rail operators;
• settles that revenue to the rail operators;
• sets standards for and accredits all industry points of sale
• maintains the central industry fares database and provides tools for rail operators to set fares
• distributes fares, timetable, station and other industry data to points of sale and other information systems;
• provides the National Reservations Service enabling retailers to book reservations on all trains with reservable seats;
• provides the capability to pick up preordered tickets at self service ticket machines (Ticket on Departure);
• provides all of the industry ticket stock, and
• provides Merchant Acquirer services.

RSP is a division of the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC).

Please note that some links are protected.  Some links are also restricted to Train Operating Companies only and therefore not all password protected sections will be accessible to all password holders.

For details of your log-on and password, or to pass on your comments on this section of the website, please contact RSP.