Irish Train Identifiers

[Chiltern006]

Hi,

Hoping someone can point me in the right direction.

Does anyone know of a website which gives you the train number (not the unit number, like a head code in the UK) of a particular service? Is the A number (A229) in the attached the train number? Thank you

 

[hexagon789]

Hi,

Hoping someone can point me in the right direction.

Does anyone know of a website which gives you the train number (not the unit number, like a head code in the UK) of a particular service? Is the A number (A229) in the attached the train number? Thank you

Yes, the A229 is the equivalent of a headcode.

The letter is the train category, the numbers identify the train with the first digit being the route from memory.

I do have a Working Timetable somewhere which lists all the codes if you'd like further details.

 

[Chiltern006]

Thanks for looking, it’s appreciated!

 

[dubscottie]

Almost the same as the UK. E is a dart, D is a outbound commuter, P is a inbound commuter and A is any Intercity train.
A1xx is Belfast
A2xx is Cork
Etc
Have the current WTT as staff but don't want to get in trouble for sharing that!

 

[stadler]

Irish Rail and Translink Northern Ireland Railways both seem to use this same headcode system. I have seen that in Northern Ireland all of their domestic passenger trains use B### (eg B123) format and Enterprise trains use A### (eg A123) format. I presume that freight trains and engineering trains have other letters allocated to them.

 

[zwk500]

Irish Rail and Translink Northern Ireland Railways both seem to use this same headcode system. I have seen that in Northern Ireland all of their domestic passenger trains use B### (eg B123) format and Enterprise trains use A### (eg A123) format.

Use same format but different allocation of letters as their network doesn't have freight, has fewer routes, and less variation of service.

I presume that freight trains and engineering trains have other letters allocated to them.

They do indeed. With different letters for different freight traffic categories. However, as noted above the WTTs of both Irish Rail and Translink are marked confidential and not for publication, so anybody who's got them for official purposes shouldn't be publishing the tables of headcodes.

 

[Chiltern006]

Thanks all