Rail replacement software for
CBC panel operators

Build a rail possession, produce the TODIS file for Transport for NSW, and roster the drivers to run it. For operators on the TfNSW Contingent Bussing Contract panel.

Rail replacement across all states
24hr
From bussing request to submitted TODIS file
Minutes
To import a possession timetable and build the route path
One
Dataset behind the route path, timetable, calendar and duties
Yours
Every TODIS submission authorised by the operator
Rail replacement bus at a station stop

The possession is planned. The paperwork never is.

Trackwork is scheduled months out. The work reaching your depot is not. Shifts get handed back by another operator, corridors get extended, and a stop moves street two days before the possession — each time, the TODIS file has to be rebuilt and resubmitted inside the window.

Drawing route paths and typing timetables by hand does not fit that window. When the file misses the cut-off the buses still run, but they run invisibly — no journey planning, no live tracking, no in-cab navigation. Passengers fall back on printed notices.

What Busable does for a possession

From the bussing request to the submitted file to the drivers in the seats.

TODIS file production

Able AI™ reads the published timetable and builds the trips, stops, calendar and route path, then a first cut of the driver duties. You verify it and authorise the submission.
Validated before submission

Driver duties and allocation

Build the possession duties with award and fatigue limits flagged as you go, then reshuffle on the day when a driver calls in sick or a bus goes down.
Fatigue limits flagged as you build

Costing and reporting

Produce the Shift Trip Matrix for costing a possession, and pull the trip-level record of what actually ran when a question comes back.
Shift Trip Matrix output

Drivers on the road

Driverable™ gives the driver turn-by-turn guidance for the replacement route, the shift in front of them and BOAS safety checks, on the tablet in the bus.
Turn-by-turn on the tablet

What it looks like

The screens a possession runs through, from the published timetable to the payment claim.

Able AI panel open over the Busable services list, showing a typed instruction to import a published Sydney Trains timetable for a rail possession starting Friday 4 September 2026, and a preview summary for route 10T1 listing one route, an up and a down direction, 268 total trips, 16 stops all resolved from TfNSW MasterStops, and two dead-run pairs road-routed
A possession going in: one instruction and the published Sydney Trains timetable, previewed as 268 trips across both directions with the stops resolved against TfNSW MasterStops, before anything is created.
Busable route builder showing a drawn route path on a map with a numbered stop list beside it, each stop with a timing point checkbox and arrive and depart times
The route path on the map with its ordered stop list and timing points. This becomes the route file inside the TODIS submission. Shown on a regular scheduled route rather than a possession.
Driverable on a tablet showing a shift expanded into its trips: a dead run to the first stop, two revenue trips with durations and distances, and a start at stop one button
The shift opened up on the tablet: the dead run out, then each revenue trip with its duration and distance, and the next stop with arrival and running status. Shown on a regular route, not a possession.
Shift Trip Matrix in Busable showing totals for blocks, revenue trips, total distance and total duration, above a table with columns for day type, depot, block bus type, block ID, trip type, route, TODIS variant and trip start time and location
The Shift Trip Matrix the payment claim is built from: blocks, revenue trips, distance and hours, then every trip with its day type, block, trip type and TODIS variant. Shown on a regular network rather than a possession.

Integrated Products for Rail Replacement

The modules a possession runs through, from the bussing request to the payment claim.

Planable™ – Possession route and timetable

The route path, stops, timetable and calendar for the possession. Built from the published timetable, checked against the turn-by-turn file, then exported as the TODIS file.

Able AI – The possession build

Reads the possession requirements and builds the trips, stops, calendar and route path, plus a first cut of the driver duties. Asks you to confirm as it goes.

Rosterable™ – Duties and allocation

Possession duties with award and fatigue limits flagged as you build. Reshuffle the day when a driver calls in sick or a bus goes down.

Driverable™ – The driver in the bus

Turn-by-turn guidance for the replacement route, the shift in front of the driver, and BOAS safety checks on the tablet.

Reportable™ – Costing and the record

The Shift Trip Matrix for costing a possession, and the trip-level record of what actually ran when a question comes back.

Got a possession coming up?

We work with Contingent Bussing Contract operators on possession scheduling and TODIS submission to Transport for NSW. Bring us your next bussing request and we will walk you through it.

New to this? Read our guide to TfNSW rail replacement, the CBC and the TODIS file.

Talk to us about a possession