Train number

Train numbers are used by all railways to distinguish different train journeys (on a given day).

history

In the early days of the railways there were no train numbers, as at that time a manageable number of trains ran on one route. With the expansion of the networks, a precise assignment of a train to a driving order became indispensable, because only then could one agree on the train sequence. For this reason, a train number can only be used once in a region. In the case of larger railway administrations, there were occasionally double occupancies up to the timetable change in December 2010, so until then there was a RE 33333 at Deutsche Bahn in both southern and northern Germany . The train number also became important to keep a telegraph message short. In order to further minimize the likelihood of incorrect train number reporting, it was introduced that even train numbers are used in one direction of travel and odd train numbers in the other. This system of train number allocation has been continuously improved and systematized.

present

Instead of telephonic or telegraphic train reports in the past, this is now often done in Germany using train number reporting systems , which automate the process. Today's interlockings can automatically set routes thanks to the regulated train numbering (in Germany by train control ), or even refuse routes. In Switzerland, for example, this is the case with SIM trains ( Simplon-Inter-Modal , combined trains with a corner height of 4 meters), which are only allowed to travel over certain routes and tracks. With this train number, the electronic signal boxes refuse an invalid route (because it is not approved for SIM).

Normally, a train number today shows what kind of train it is:

Which type of train (EC, regional train, freight train, etc.) it belongs to,
in which traffic relationship (start and destination) he is,
In which direction it runs, odd numbers are assigned to the south and east, and even numbers in the opposite direction.

So normally train number pairs also form train pairs. The assignment of trains to train pairs can vary; in Germany train pairs are usually formed by consecutive numbers, with the even number being the lower. On the Polish State Railways , train pairs are often formed by swapping digits.

The trains of a line are numbered chronologically, even numbers for one direction and odd numbers from the same number range for the other. Occasionally, especially on long-distance lines, the trains in one direction are numbered in ascending order. So the Eurocitys from Zurich to Munich z. B. the numbers 191 to 197, but those of the opposite direction in descending order 196 to 190.

Train pair

Many scheduled passenger trains have a "counterpart" with which they form a train pair. Train pairs are trains of the same type and on the same line, but in the opposite direction of travel.

In the past, the following rules applied to the numbering of train pairs in Germany:

The train number is straight in east-west or south-north direction.
For trains running in the opposite direction, this number is odd.
The even number is usually the lower one. Therefore, the numbering of the Eurocity trains began with "2", the "1" was not used.

For example, the ICE from Innsbruck via Kufstein , Munich and Nuremberg to Berlin was number 108, while the journey in the opposite direction was number 109.

Train numbering scheme Europe

Numbers 1–499 are reserved for international EC (including ICE) and express trains.

These are no longer sufficient today, so additional numbers are used. However, these are only awarded in consultation with the railway administrations involved. In traffic with some Eastern European railway administrations, there is always a change of number at the border.

The upcoming specification TSI OPE, which is currently being drawn up by the European Railway Agency (ERA), is to prescribe the allocation of train numbers across Europe. Since the technology of interlockings and reservation systems in all EU countries, with the exception of Great Britain, is designed for five-digit numeric train numbers, this range of numbers applies. There should therefore be three number ranges:

A range of numbers for international trains that cross multiple borders
- Numbers from this range can only be used once for all of Europe
A range of numbers for trains that only cross one limit
- Numbers from this area can be assigned once per border (and not a second time in the countries covered by this number)
A range of numbers for domestic trains
- Numbers from this range can be used once per country

International passenger traffic

Germany

Number pad	network	Railway companies	comment
2-9	International long-distance transport between Germany and Switzerland	DB AG, SBB
10-19	International long-distance transport Germany – Belgium	DB AG, SNCB
20-29	International long-distance transport Germany – Austria	DB AG, ÖBB
30-39	International long-distance transport Germany – Denmark	DB AG, DSB
40-59	International long-distance transport from Germany to Poland	DB AG, PKP	Exception ECE 52 for Germany – Switzerland – Italy
60-69	International long-distance transport Germany – Austria – Hungary	DB AG, ÖBB, MAV
70-79	International long-distance transport between Germany and Switzerland	DB AG, SBB
80-89	International long-distance transport Germany – Austria – Italy	DB AG, ÖBB, FS
90-99	International long-distance transport Germany – Austria	DB AG, ÖBB
100-109	International long-distance transport Netherlands – Germany – Switzerland	DB AG, NS, SBB
110-119	International long-distance transport Germany – Austria	DB AG, ÖBB
120-129	International long-distance transport from Germany to the Netherlands	DB AG, NS
130-139	International long-distance transport		not used
140-159	International long-distance transport from Germany to the Netherlands	DB AG, NS	Exception ECE 151 for Germany – Switzerland – Italy
160-169	International long-distance transport		not used
170-179	International long-distance traffic Germany – Czech Republic – Hungary	DB AG, CD, MAV
180-199	International long-distance transport between Germany and Switzerland	DB AG, SBB
200-209	International long-distance transport Netherlands – Germany – Switzerland	DB AG, NS, SBB
210-215	International long-distance transport Germany – Belgium	DB AG, SNCB
216-219	International long-distance transport Germany – Austria	DB AG, ÖBB
220-225	International long-distance transport from Germany to the Netherlands	DB AG, NS
226-229	International long-distance transport Germany – Austria	DB AG, ÖBB
230-239	International long-distance transport Germany – Denmark	DB AG, DSB
240-257	International long-distance transport from Germany to the Netherlands	DB AG, NS
258-259	International long-distance transport between Germany and the Czech Republic	DB AG, CD
260-269	International long-distance transport Germany – Austria – Hungary	DB AG, ÖBB, MAV
270-285	International long-distance transport between Germany and Switzerland	DB AG, SBB
286-289	International long-distance transport Germany – Austria	DB AG, ÖBB
290-293	International long-distance transport between Germany and Switzerland	DB AG, SBB
294-299	International long-distance transport Germany – Austria – Italy	DB AG, ÖBB, FS
300-369	International long-distance transport		not used
370-377	International long-distance transport between Germany and Switzerland	DB AG, SBB
378-379	International long-distance traffic Germany – Czech Republic – Hungary	DB AG, CD, MAV
380-399	International long-distance transport between Germany and Switzerland	DB AG, SBB	Exception EC 390/391 Germany – Austria
400-429	International long-distance transport	ÖBB	Night trains
430-439	International long-distance transport Germany – Denmark	DB AG, DSB
440-479	International long-distance transport	ÖBB, PKP	Night trains
480-489	International long-distance transport between Germany and Switzerland	DB AG, SBB
490-499	International long-distance transport	ÖBB	Night trains
1130-1139	International long-distance transport Germany – Denmark	DB AG, DSB
1160-1169	International long-distance transport Germany – Austria	DB AG, ÖBB
1170-1179	International long-distance transport between Germany and Switzerland	DB AG, SBB
1180-1189	International long-distance traffic Germany – Switzerland and Germany – Denmark	DB AG, SBB, DSB
1210-1229	International long-distance transport Germany – Austria	DB AG, ÖBB	Area also includes national train routes in Germany
1260-1269	International long-distance transport Germany – Austria	DB AG, ÖBB
1270-1279	International long-distance transport between Germany and Switzerland	DB AG, SBB
1280-1289	International long-distance transport Germany – Austria	DB AG, ÖBB
1290-1299	International long-distance transport Germany – Austria and Germany – Switzerland	DB AG, ÖBB, SBB
1300-1499	International long-distance transport	ÖBB, SBB	Trains passing Germany without traffic stops

Train numbering scheme Germany

The train number in Germany has five digits and is assigned to the participating railway companies (EVU) in the form of train number blocks by DB Netz , the network owner . On May 30, 1999, a new train numbering scheme was introduced in the course of the introduction of the so-called "transport billing". The assignment of the individual train numbers from the block of train numbers assigned by DB Netz is left to the railway company ordering the train path. In the special train area or for trains registered at short notice, the train numbers are assigned directly by DB Netz from a range of free train numbers.

On December 11, 2005, a train numbering system was introduced that was slightly modified compared to 1999, and its basic structure was retained until the current 2019/2020 annual timetable.

The train number 884 has not been used by DB Fernverkehr since the Eschede ICE accident .

National long-distance transport

As long-distance traffic is largely handled by DB Fernverkehr AG, almost all train numbers between 500 and 2499 are assigned to DB Fernverkehr. There are only exceptions in special train traffic or in the case of timetable adjustments due to construction sites.

For historical reasons and for a better overview, a decade allocation system has emerged in Germany for long-distance transport. The train numbers are assigned in such a way that certain lines or long-distance routes are assigned train numbers that are identical in their tens (decade). For example, trains on the Hamburg – Hanover – Würzburg – Munich route usually have the number 8 in their tens position, whereas the trains on the Bremen – Hanover – Würzburg – Munich route have the number 3 .

Since there are only ten different digits to differentiate between the decade, but there are more than ten different long-distance routes in Germany, the hundreds are used to distribute the decades over the individual routes. For example, decade 1 is used for north-south trains in both the west and east of Germany, with trains in the west being numbered between 510 and 1119, trains in the east between 1510 and 1719.

In addition, the number of long-distance traffic is differentiated according to the type of train. Train numbers below 1800 are usually used for ICE , while train numbers above 2000 are usually reserved for the IC network . With the introduction of the ICE-T operated with tilting technology in 1999, the train numbers between 1500 and 1799 were reserved for ICE trains with tilting technology, which did not or only partially ran on high-speed lines. In the meantime, however, ICE-T and train numbers 1500 to 1799 can also be found on high-speed lines. The connection between the series 411 and 415 and the train numbers between 1500 and 1799 has been maintained to this day.

ICE network

decade	Number pads	Lines	Railway companies	comment
0	500-509 600-609 700-709 800-809 900-909	ICE Munich – Erfurt – Berlin – Hamburg	DB AG	mostly via VDE8 and the high-speed line Nuremberg – Ingolstadt – Munich
	1000-1009	ICE sprinter Munich – Erfurt – Berlin	DB AG	via VDE8 and high-speed line Nuremberg – Ingolstadt – Munich
	1100-1109	ICE Basel – Mannheim – Frankfurt – Cologne	DB AG	via the high-speed line Cologne – Rhine / Main
	1500-1509 1600-1609 1700-1709	ICE Munich – Erfurt – Berlin	DB AG	Short runner, train formation with ICE-T
1	510-519 610-619 1010-1019	ICE Munich – Mannheim – Dortmund	DB AG	via the high-speed line Cologne – Rhine / Main and via the high-speed line Mannheim – Stuttgart
	710-719 810-819 910-919 1110-1119	ICE Stuttgart – Frankfurt – Cologne / Dortmund – Hamburg	DB AG	Short-haul on the high-speed route Cologne – Rhein / Main
	1510-1519 1610-1619 1710-1719	ICE Munich – Erfurt – Berlin – Stralsund	DB AG	Short-run, train formation with ICE-T, with the exception of ICE 1518 Munich – Stuttgart – Frankfurt – Cologne
2	520-529 620-629 720-729 820-829 1120-1129	ICE Munich – Nuremberg – Dortmund	DB AG	via the high-speed line Cologne – Rhine / Main
	920-929 1020-1029	ICE Munich / Vienna – Nuremberg – Frankfurt – Dortmund – Hamburg	DB AG	about Koblenz
	1520-1529 1620-1629	ICE Munich – Nuremberg – Frankfurt – Dortmund	DB AG	Route via Mainz, train formation with ICE-T, exceptions ICE 1621 Wolfsburg – Hanover and ICE 1627 Bitterfeld – Erfurt – Frankfurt
	1720-1729	ICE Munich – Nuremberg – Berlin – Warnemünde	DB AG	via VDE8 and high-speed line Nuremberg – Ingolstadt – Munich , train formation with ICE-T
3	530-539 630-639 1030-1039	ICE Munich – Hanover – Bremen / Hamburg	DB AG	via the high-speed line Hanover – Würzburg
	730-739 1230-1239	ICE Munich – Nuremberg – Dortmund	DB AG	via the high-speed line Cologne – Rhine / Main
	830-839 930-939	ICE Sprinter Frankfurt – Erfurt – Berlin	DB AG	Via the Erfurt-Halle / Leipzig high-speed line , train formation with ICE3
	1530-1539 1630-1639 1730-1739	ICE Sprinter Frankfurt – Erfurt – Berlin	DB AG	Via the Erfurt-Halle / Leipzig high-speed line , train formation with ICE-T
4th	540-549 640-649 740-749 840-849 940-949 1040-1049	ICE Berlin – Hanover – Cologne	DB AG	via the high-speed route Hanover – Berlin and Dortmund
	1140-1149 1540-1549 1640-1649	not assigned to a specific line	DB AG
	1740-1749	Hanover – Hamburg – Schwerin – Stralsund – Binz	DB AG	Train composition ICE-T
5	550-559 650-659 750-759 850-859 950-959 1050-1059	ICE Berlin – Hanover – Cologne	DB AG	via the high-speed route Hanover – Berlin and Wuppertal
	1150-1159	not assigned to a specific line	DB AG
	1550-1559 1650-1659	Wiesbaden – Frankfurt – Erfurt – Leipzig – Dresden	DB AG	via the Erfurt-Halle / Leipzig high-speed line , ICE-T train formation
6th	560-569 660-669 760-769 860-869 960-969 1060-1069	not assigned to a specific line	DB AG	Reserve numbers
6th	1560-1569 1660-1669	Karlsruhe – Frankfurt – Gießen – Marburg – Kassel	DB AG	Train composition ICE-T
7th	570-579 670-679 770-779 870-879 970-979 1070-1079	ICE Basel / Stuttgart – Frankfurt – Hamburg / Berlin	DB AG	via the high-speed line Hanover – Würzburg and largely via the high-speed line Mannheim – Stuttgart
7th	1570-1579 1670-1679	Karlsruhe – Frankfurt – Gießen – Marburg – Kassel – Hanover – Hamburg – Schwerin – Stralsund	DB AG	Via the high-speed line Hanover – Würzburg , ICE-T train formation
8th	580-589 680-689 780-789 880-889 980-989 1080-1089	ICE Munich – Nuremberg – Hamburg / Bremen	DB AG	via the high-speed line Hanover – Würzburg and largely via the high-speed line Nuremberg – Ingolstadt – Munich
8th	1580-1589 1680-1689	Munich – Nuremberg – Würzburg – Hanover – Hamburg / Bremen	DB AG	Via the high-speed line Hanover – Würzburg , ICE-T train formation
9	590-599 690-699	ICE Munich – Stuttgart – Frankfurt – Erfurt – Berlin	DB AG	via the Mannheim – Stuttgart high-speed line and the Erfurt-Halle / Leipzig high-speed line
	790-799 990-999 1190-1199	ICE Munich – Stuttgart – Frankfurt – Kassel – Berlin	DB AG	via the high-speed line Mannheim – Stuttgart and largely via the high-speed line Hanover – Würzburg and the high-speed line Hanover – Berlin
	890-899	not assigned to a specific line	DB AG
	1090-1099	ICE sprinters on different routes	DB AG
	1590-1599 1690-1699	ICE Stuttgart – Frankfurt – Berlin	DB AG	Via the high-speed line Mannheim – Stuttgart and largely via the high-speed line Hanover – Würzburg and the high-speed line Hanover – Berlin , train formation ICE-T

Number pads	Lines	Railway companies	comment
1750-1799	not assigned to a specific line	DB AG	Reserve numbers
1800-1899	not assigned to a specific line	HKX , Flixtrain , DB AG	private long-distance traffic, charter traffic , relief trains
1900-1999	not assigned to a specific line	DB AG	Relief trains
2450-2499	not assigned to a specific line	DB AG	PbZ trains for transferring vehicles between the depot
2500-2999	not assigned to a specific line	DB AG	Ad hoc traffic, charter traffic, construction site traffic

National regional transport

In regional traffic and local freight traffic, the train numbers of DB Netz are assigned to the individual regional areas (south, south-west, west, center, north, east and south-east) in blocks. Within the regional areas, the allocated blocks are then in turn allocated block by block to the railway companies operating there. The RUs then use the train numbers according to their own distribution scheme on the various train lines in their networks. The train numbers of a line depend on which RU is serving them. The basic division between the regional areas applies over several timetable years, but within a regional area the allocations can change annually. The train number blocks are usually reassigned, especially after the RUs in local transport change through winning tenders.

Number pads	Regional area	Railway companies	comment
10000-10999	west	DB Regio AG
11000-11999	west	DB Regio AG
12000-12999	west	DB Regio AG
13000-13999	east	DB Regio AG
14000-14999	North	DB Regio AG
15000-15999	center	DB Regio AG
16000-16999	Southeast	DB Regio AG	mainly Thuringia
17000-17499	Southeast	DB Regio AG	mainly Saxony-Anhalt
17500-17999	southwest	DB Regio AG
18000-18999	Southeast	DB Regio AG	mainly Saxony
19000-19499	southwest	DB Regio AG
19500-19999	southwest	ABRB
20000-20499	center	RegioTram Kassel
20500-20999	west	DB Regio AG
21000-21999	North	DB Regio AG
22000-22499	southwest	RAB
22500-22999	southwest	RAB	Südbahn, Bodensee-Gürtelbahn
23000-23999	center	DB Regio AG	Kurhessenbahn
24000-24499	center	Cantus
24500-24999	center	HLB
25000-25499	west	Transregio
25500-25999	west	DB Regio AG
26500-26999	west	DB Regio AG
28000-28999	southwest	DB Regio AG	RRX
29000-29999	southwest	DB Regio AG
74000-74399	Southeast	MRB
74400-74499	southwest	HzL
74500-74999	Southeast	ABRM	Electronics network Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, southern Harz
75500-75999	Southeast	ABRM	Diesel network Saxony-Anhalt and Harz
80500-80999	Southeast	EB	Diesel network in East Thuringia
81000-81499	Southeast	EB , STB	Diesel network in South Thuringia and Kissinger Stern
81500-81799	southwest	Go-Ahead Baden-Württemberg
81800-81999	North	metronome
82500-82999	North	metronome
83500-83999	North	erixx
87500-87599	southwest	BOB	Southern runway
87600-87999	southwest	SBB	Black Forest Railway

Numbering scheme Switzerland

The train number has up to five digits; in the electronic display process, the short numbers with zeros in front of the actual train number are brought to five places. Basically, the odd numbers are to be found in west-east or north-south direction, as they are assigned according to the route scheme. However, there may be deviations from the cardinal direction. The current system with the train numbers 1–39,999 for passenger trains and from 40,000 for freight trains was introduced together with the new passenger train concept in the summer of 1982. It replaced the train numbering concept from 1963, which was not IT-compatible and no longer complied with international requirements.

Today the train numbers are assigned by SBB Infrastructure as follows (as of July 1, 2019).

00001–399 international express trains (EuroCity, ICE, RailJet xpress)

00400–479 international night trains (NightJet, EuroNight)

00480–1149 InterCity trains

01150–1299 International express trains

01300–1399 InterCity additional trains Gotthard and Lötschberg

01400–1699 InterCity trains

01700-3299 InterRegio trains

03300-5999 RegioExpress trains

06000–7999 regional trains

08000–8999 S-Bahn trains

09200-9799 TGV

09850–9899 regional trains

09990-9999 Jail Train

10000-10999 Travel Extracts

11000–12999 S-Bahn trains

13000–13599 International agency and car trains

13600-13999 S-Bahn night line (with surcharge)

14,000-25,999 S-Bahn trains

26000–26999 regional trains (without shadow driving regulations)

27000–27979 car tunnel trains

27980–27999 Fan trains (travel extra trains) with special conditions of carriage

28000–29999 EVU service trains (empty material trains for travel)

30000-31999 Travel Extracts

32000–32899 Empty material (travel) special trains (including transfer of historical vehicles)

32900–32919 Service (extra) trains RFI

32920–32999 Passenger (extra) trains EVU (RFI and DB)

33000–34999 INFRA service extra trains, including shunting movements on the route

35000-35899 Lokzüge

35900–35999 Extra travel trains EVU

36000–37899 locomotive trains

38000–39999 Extra trains

40000–43079 International combined transport freight trains

43080–43099 International freight trains (including extra trains) of the BKV Gotthard ( Rola )

43100–43499 International freight trains for combined transport

43500–43599 International SIM trains (including cross-border extra trains) operated by UKV Lötschberg with profile exceeding

43600–43649 International SIM trains (including cross-border extra trains) operated by the BKV (Rola) Lötschberg

43650–43799 International SIM trains (including cross-border extra trains) operated by UKV Lötschberg with profile exceeding

43800–43999 International freight trains for combined transport

44000–49999 International freight trains

50000–50199 mail trains

50200–50699 Cargo Express trains / Cargosprinter / other express freight trains

50700–50749 Cargo Express trains with automatic coupling

50900–50999 CEx, postal and express freight extra trains

51000–53999 Extra freight trains

54000–55999 Tractor locomotive trains, including shunting movements on the line

58000–58999 Passenger trains in the event of a malfunction

59000–59299 Extra tractor locomotive trains

59300–59699 Extra tractor freight trains

60000–60499 long-distance freight trains

60500–60999 long-distance freight extra trains (including diversion driving regulations)

61000–63499 Local freight trains, including shunting movements on the route

63500–63799 SIM extra service trains / SIM extra freight trains (UKV) and SIM diversion trains (UKV)

63600–63649 SIM extra freight trains / SIM diversion trains (BKV / ROLA)

64000–65999 tractor freight trains, including shunting movements on the route

66000–68999 block trains

69000–69099 Freight trains with excess loading gauge and prohibition of encounter (ex-699xx)

69100–69399 Extra freight trains

69400–69799 Block train special trains

69800–69999 “Italy” - Chiasso - “Italy” extra freight trains reserved exclusively for RFI

70001–95999 Shadow driving regulations for passenger trains

79900–79999 DB-SBB service trains (empty material trains, passenger traffic)

87600–87999 Passenger trains in the DB – SBB border area

96000–96999 trains in the border area between the SNCF and SBB

97000–97999 route inspection drives (diagnostic vehicle), test and measurement trains as well as acceptance drives

98000–98999 Fictitious train numbers for the control of special processes in remote control districts (including automatic ZN assignment by ILTIS)

99000–99199 Empty material trains in the Zurich area

99200–99599 Locomotive trains in the border area between SBB and DB

99620–99799 LRZ fire and rescue trains (transfer for intervention)

99800–99849 trains with auxiliary cars

99600 TES Genève

99601 TES Lausanne

99602 LRZ Brig

99603 LRZ Bern

99604 LRZ Biel / Bienne

99605 LRZ Olten

99606 LRZ Basel

99607 LRZ Brugg

99608 LRZ Zurich

99609 LRZ Winterthur

99610 LRZ St.Gallen

99611 LRZ Rapperswil

99612 LRZ Erstfeld

99613 reserve

99614 TSS Biasca

99615 TSS Chiasso

99616 LRZ Rotkreuz

99617 reserve

99618 reserve

99619 LRZ Frutigen BLS

99620–99799 ZN pool for emergency trips (ZN allocation exclusively by BZ)

99800–99849 trains with auxiliary vehicles (emergency trips)

99850–99899 GSM-R (train radio connections LRZ)

Former Soviet Union numbering scheme

On the railways of the former Soviet Union , the train numbers are assigned several times (even within a railway administration), whereby the routes of trains with the same number do not touch each other. To distinguish between express trains with the same number, letters are added for internal use. In a simplified form, the following numbering scheme applies (with Russian designation in brackets):

0001-699 express trains ( пассажирские поезда )
0801–898 local trains with increased comfort ( электро- и дизель-поезда повышенной комфортности )
0901–948 mail and baggage trains ( почтово-багажные поезда )
0951–969 freight trains with passenger transport ( грузопассажирские поезда )
2001–3900 freight trains ( грузовые поезда )
6001–6998 local trains ( пригородные поезда )

Great Britain

Locomotive train with display of the train number

In the UK , train numbers are also known as headcodes , as they used to be displayed at the head of the train. They have four digits, with the first digit indicating the type of train, the second, Latin alphabetical, the destination area, and the last two, again numerical, the individual train.

Meaning of the first digit:

0: Locomotive train
1: Express train; Relief trains
2: Passenger train
3: special empty runs; special freight trains
4th: Freight train up to 75 mi / h (≅120 km / h)
5: Empty train
6th: Freight train up to 60 mi / h (≅96 km / h)
7th: Freight train up to 45 mi / h (≅72 km / h)
8th: Freight train up to 35 mi / h (≅56 km / h)
9: Vehicle series 373 ( Eurostar ); special passenger train

The second digit indicates the destination of the train. The division is based on the regions of the former British Rail .

E.: east
L.: Anglia
M.: Midland
O: south
S.: Scotland
V: west
Q: Measuring train
X: Trains with special requirements (e.g. excessive loading gauge or royal trains)
Z: Charter trains; Relief trains; unplanned empty moves

The other letters are intended for non-regional trains. The meaning differs depending on the region. Examples for Scotland:

A.: Aberdeen
B.: Edinburgh
G: Fife
H: Inverness
T: Glasgow (from the north)
R.: Express trains between Glasgow Queen Street and Edinburgh

Empty trains from or to another train usually only have a different train number in the first place.

Since purely numerical train numbers are common in other European countries, trains through the Eurotunnel have train numbers such as 9O30 or 9I36, which correspond to 9030 or 9136 on the mainland.

Replacement buses are designated with the train number 0B00, ships in connection with railways with 0S00. The king's move is assigned the move number 1X01 and enjoys special priority.

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ http://www.era.europa.eu/Core-Activities/Interoperability/Pages/Documents.aspx
↑ Notification of new train numbers . In: Eisenbahn-Revue International , issue 6, year 1999, ISSN 1421-2811 , p. 226
↑ Eisenbahn-Kurier , No. 2, 2006, p. 6
↑ SBB Newsletter 9/1980
↑ SBB and BLS Netz AG (eds.): Implementation provisions for the driver service regulations . valid from July 1st, 2019. Version 18-0, 2019.

[1] ttp://www.era.europa.eu/Core-Activities/Interoperability/Pages/Documents.aspx

[eri-1999-6-226-2] Notification of new train numbers . In: Eisenbahn-Revue International , issue 6, year 1999, ISSN 1421-2811 , p. 226

[ek-2006-2-6-3] Eisenbahn-Kurier , No. 2, 2006, p. 6

[4] SBB Newsletter 9/1980

[5] SBB and BLS Netz AG (eds.): Implementation provisions for the driver service regulations . valid from July 1st, 2019. Version 18-0, 2019.