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Searching for Train Services

Services

• Passenger Change whether to show or hide passenger services (class 1,2 and 9 services).
• ECS Change whether you want to see Empty Coaching Stock movements (class 5 services).
• Freight Enable or disable freight trains from being shown (class 4, 6, 7, 8, 0 and some class 3/5 services).
• Leaving all of the above OFF will show all services.

Schedules

• WTT Show or hide every-day paths which are in the working timetable.
• Overlay Enable or disable Overlay paths (VAR), WTT services that have been modified because services using the same line conflict with it's WTT timetable.
• STP Show or hide Short Term Plan workings, including VSTPs.
• CANX Show or hide cancellations. This doesn't hide cancelled trains after activation, only hides planned cancellations.

Optional Extras

• Custom Times Toggle whether you want to see services for all of today or a custom time (HHMM format). Default shows current time (0048).
• TRUST Enable or Disable showing of the live information for a service on the search page. Disabling will hide information such as activations and current running status, but can increase search speed significantly for current/past timetables.

Headcode Search

If a service is departing today, you can jump to it's schedule if you know either the public headcode (eg 2C54) or the activated obfuscode (eg 692P)

Due to freight headcode anonymity, you can't search for freight headcodes (unless it's GBRf of VSTP).

Leave the date picker blank if you want, for todays services. For train's that run today, but left their origin location yesterday, you need to put in yesterdays date otherwise if it runs tonight as well, it'll bring up tonights schedule.

Understanding List of Services

Once you've pressed search, you should see a list of services at your given location. Whilst the list is quite self-explanatory, there are a few bits that might need better understanding.

Refer to the numbers on the below diagram for an expaination

P. DGL	From:	Acton TC	0G66
A. 1959	To:	Preston Park	VSTP

Arrived East Croydon 2321 (239L)

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• P. DGL This would be the platform number the train is expected on. If it doesn't have a number, it will refer to the line which the train passes down other than platform. In this case (DGL Down Goods Loop)
• A. 1959 This is the booked arrival time. See the green section below it for live updates. A. means arrival, D. means departure, P. means pass (the train isn't booked to stop).
• 0G66 The train's signalling identity. Refer to table below for explaination.
• VSTP This will show either VSTP for last minute train service timetables, or:
  WTT for regular timetabled services.
  VAR as above, modified WTT schedule.
  CAN A planned cancellation, hidden by default but doesn't affect activated cancellations or cancellations en route.
  STP Short Term Planned timetables, usually one-off like a rail replacement bus or engineering train.
• Live Running Section will show either:

  Green - for running (Shows most recent reported location along with its time, and in brackets, minutes early (E) or late (L).

  Yellow - for activated - schedule record has been registered on the signalling system, but may not necessarily run though.

  Orange - the train was cancelled, but this cancellation was overturned. Still, it may not run. Keep an eye out for green movement report or set an email/sms alert.

  Red - it has been cancelled. There may be a VSTP schedule replacement?

  Grey - you have disabled live running information in the search bar at the top.

Live Train Timetable

• The table shows the booked service calls in order from top (origin) to bottom (destination).
• For devices with larger screens, we show the reason for stopping (list below), along with the booked platform and path. Platforms in green are confirmed platforms.
• Rightmost column shows the booked times for each location in our schedules. If a service has left, we'll also show the actual departure times beside them in a realtime column.

	Waits here for other trains to pass, waits here for other operating reasons, or this train starts here.
	Train stops here to amend train formation
	Train stops here to attach a banking locomotive
	Stops here to change train crew if required
	Pick up / set down passengers
	Train stops here for an examination before proceeding
	Stops to change locomotive
	Train shunts here
	Train stops to reverse, driver changes ends, or locomotive runs around (if single engine)
	Attach/Detach vehicles
	This train terminates here
	Collection of token or tablet
	Train stops to take on water

Train Running Information

This section is pretty much self explainatory, but just to make things clearer:

Schedule Information

• Runs The date of the schedule you're viewing.
• Validity The days the schedule is valid (first letter of each day of week) then in brackets (schedule start date - schedule end date)
• Schedule ID The schedule's record identity in the train scheduling system
• Created When the schedule was entered into the timetable
• Schedule Type WTT, VAR, CAN, STP, VSTP (as above)
• Activation Status Shows if the service is activated. (M) manual activation call, (A) automatic activation call
• Run status Location if departed
• TRUST ID The train's TRUST ID. The 3rd through to 6th character is the train's running ID, eg 882C17MD15.

Train Information

Shows operator, service description, max speed the vehicle and its consist are timed for, train category, and train power type. All of this is only shown if we have the information available.

• Planned Max Speed The max speed taken into consideration when the schedule was produced, with assumed traction in mind.
• We may also receive additional speed limiting information en route, from NR. These speed limit details will be listed on the schedule. EG a test train may be limited to 30mph during parts of the schedule for testing sections of track.

Passenger Information

Additional information for the benefit of passengers, including information about refreshments and reservations. Rail Record cannot be responsible for incorrect values, as the information is supplied by automated system from Network Rail, who too, cannot be held responsible for any anomylies.

Members Area

User added allocations and real headcodes. Users can also receive alerts with a free members area account.

Then below this you can copy the URL of the schedule, or send an email with schedule link, get alerts, or save the schedule to your members area account for future reference.

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