an ORGANISATIONAL UNIT that manages a network or networks of vehicles and their attendant real-time systems, and corresponding specifically to a SIRI Service Participant

NOTE Each Control Centre has a uniquely identifier, (the Control Centre Code), which provides a scope (i.e. unique namespace) for all non-global data references, such as stop identifiers, vehicle identifiers, etc. Within a Control centre, references must be unique. VEHICLES and JOURNEYS within the span of control of a given Control Centre are Local; VEHICLES and JOURNEYS within the span of control of an external Control Centre are Foreign.