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TRAINTRACKER™ TEXT: 8 49 50
Instructions on what to send to 8 49
50
Getting started
The table below gives the format of the text
message you send to 8 49
50
What to type |
Example |
Response |
|---|---|---|
| dep and a station name | dep oxford | The next few real-time departures - including any delays - from Oxford station to anywhere |
| arr and a station name | arr oxford | The next few real-time arrivals - including any delays - from Oxford station to anywhere |
Advanced Options - Being more specific
The
table below gives the format of the text message you send to
8 49 50
What to type |
Example |
Response |
|---|---|---|
| dep and a station name and to and a station name | dep stafford to euston | The next few departures from Stafford to Euston from the current time (including arrival times). |
| dep and a station name and to and a station name and a time | dep stafford to euston 1730 | The next few departures from Stafford to Euston from 17:30 (including arrival times). |
| arr and a station name and from and a station name and a time | arr edinburgh from durham 1900 | Trains, arriving in Edinburgh at or after 7pm, which have
stopped at Durham (including departure times). |
| arr 3-letter code and from and 3-letter code | arr pmh from wat 0730 | Trains from Waterloo arriving in Portsmouth Harbour at, or
after, 07:30 (including departure times). Find the 3-letter code for your station |
Understand our replies to you
The table below explains the types of messages
you can get back from TrainTracker™ Text 8 49 50
Expect to receive a reply to your message within one minute.
We also use the following notations:
Message |
Explanation |
|---|---|
| time due (OK) station name | On time |
| time due station name | As timetable |
| time due (+4m) station name | Four minutes late |
| time due (-4m) station name | Four minutes early |
| time due station name CAN | Cancelled |
| Plt2 or P2 |
Platform 2 |
Costs for messages sent and received from TrainTracker™ Text
Your message sent to 8 49 50 will cost the normal text message rate as charged by your operator.
Our reply to you will cost 25p including VAT, and will be charged to you by your operator.
You are only charged for replies containing departure/arrival information. You will not be charged for error messages.
