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RichmondCommu
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What's a UID?
class57basher
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i assume you are referring to the unique train id number. they are available on internal systems not sure if they are public
Broken Viking
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UIDs are available in the public dumps of timetable data that ATOC has made available to the public in recent times, though these data dumps are only really of practical use to those who have experience in bulk data processing and database management. They're not intended for "end user" use though. See This thread for a current discussion on this topic.
If ye just want to look up UIDs for a few trains though, Open Train Times run in "advanced" mode (Click the crossed tools in the leftmost tab on arrival) will give ye this info. Ye can look-up trains by departure place/time, headcode, or departures by station and time and - Once ye have found thy desired train and loaded its details - The UID appears as part of the page URL prefixed with the letter P.
HTH!
If ye just want to look up UIDs for a few trains though, Open Train Times run in "advanced" mode (Click the crossed tools in the leftmost tab on arrival) will give ye this info. Ye can look-up trains by departure place/time, headcode, or departures by station and time and - Once ye have found thy desired train and loaded its details - The UID appears as part of the page URL prefixed with the letter P.
HTH!
Oooh cheers Mr Death. To be truthful I was just trying to get to grips orinally using routing maps (yellow and pink pages etc). I was looking at easements on a route I use a lot Salturn York (Not Via Darlington) but it said something along the lines of except UID's Y23904, Y32903, Y32002, Y32924 AND Y32657.
UIDs are available in the public dumps of timetable data that ATOC has made available to the public in recent times, though these data dumps are only really of practical use to those who have experience in bulk data processing and database management. They're not intended for "end user" use though. See This thread for a current discussion on this topic.
If ye just want to look up UIDs for a few trains though, Open Train Times run in "advanced" mode (Click the crossed tools in the leftmost tab on arrival) will give ye this info. Ye can look-up trains by departure place/time, headcode, or departures by station and time and - Once ye have found thy desired train and loaded its details - The UID appears as part of the page URL prefixed with the letter P.
HTH!
Broken Viking
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It seems that the letters do vary, as a couple of lookups I did earlier today had different letters on them. If in doubt just have a hunt around random trains (I looked up one of my regulars; VT 1S37 EUS-GLC dep EUS 05:39 M-F) and you'll eventually see enough to work out which bit of the address has the UID in it. 
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Oooh cheers Mr Death. To be truthful I was just trying to get to grips orinally using routing maps (yellow and pink pages etc). I was looking at easements on a route I use a lot Salturn York (Not Via Darlington) but it said something along the lines of except UID's Y23904, Y32903, Y32002, Y32924 AND Y32657.
I suspect it may be something to do with engineering work where trains that normally run via Yarm are being diverted via Darlington. So the easement would be allowing passengers with Not Via Darlington tickets to travel via Darlington on the diverted trains.
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