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Can anyone please tell me why the train numbers on eurostar tickets start 90xx or 91xx. I thought the numbers began 3xxx or 4xxx using the last digit of 373 or 374.
 
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The 90/91 numbers are the headcodes/train ID number. The 3/4xxx numbers are the unit numbers, using the last three numbers of the full unit number.
 
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4ReeL

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Thanks for that. So did the trains originally have the unit numbers painted on them and now they have the headcode numbers painted on?
 
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no. The units still have the same numbers. The headcode is the service number- the same service number each day can/will use a different train.
 
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