Lists of transport modes and hints

Brief Description

Means of transport are, for example, train or bus. Lists of information are there to point out, for example, whether you can take your bike with you.

They are relevant for almost all interfaces.

Functional Description

The lists of transport modes and hints refer to the national industry standard customer information (only available in German and French). Details can be found in that document.

Technical Description

The Transportmodes file corresponds to the Verkehrsmittelkategorie/Catégorie de moyen de transport.

The TransportSubmodes file corresponds to the Angebotskategorie/Catégorie d’offre.

The Hints file corresponds to the Beförderungshinweise, Angebotshinweise und Informationen/Indications de transport, indications d’offre et informations.

The fields in the respective lists have the following meanings.

Transportmodes.csv

Column headingDescriptionComment
AbbreviationAbbreviation for the transport modes.Unique value.Field length: 3
DEGerman designation of the transport modes.Field length: 250
FRFrench designation of the transport modes. Field length: 250Field length: 250
ITItalian designation of the transport modes. Field length: 250Field length: 250
ENEnglish designation of thetransport modes. Field length: 250Field length: 250
CH1 = used in Switzerland
International1 = used outside Switzerland
Valid_FromDay-specific start of transport mode validity.Format: DD.MM.YYYY.The value “01.01.2000” is set if the date is unknown.
Valid_ToDay-specific end of transport mode validity.Format: DD.MM.YYYY.The value “31.12.2999” is set if the date is unknown.
Ref_NeTExCurrently not used
NotesMore detailed information on the transport modes.Field length: 250

 

TransportSubmodes.csv

Column headingDescriptionComment
AbbreviationAbbreviation of the transport submodes.Unique value.Field length: 3
DEGerman designation of the transport submodes.Field length: 250
FRFrench designation of the transport submodes.Field length: 250
ITItalian designation of the transport submodes.Field length: 250
ENEnglish designation of the transport submodes.Field length: 250
Ref_TransportModeReference for the means of transport mode abbreviation
CH1 = used in Switzerland
International1 = used outside Switzerland
Public_Use1 = is used openly
Valid_FromDay-specific start of transport submode validity.Format: DD.MM.YYYY.The value “01.01.2000” is set if the date is unknown.
Valid_ToDay-specific end of transport submode validity.Format: DD.MM.YYYY.The value “31.12.2999” is set if the date is unknown.
Ref_NeTExCurrently not used
NotesMore detailed information on the transport submode.Field length: 250

 

Hints.csv

Column headingDescriptionComment
AbbreviationAbbreviation of hints.Unique value.Field length: 2
DEGerman designation of the hints.Field length: 70
FRFrench designation of the hints.Field length: 70
ITItalian designation of the hints.Field length: 70
ENEnglish designation of theField length: 70
TypeDifferent types of hints:
TH = Transport hints
Off = Offer hints
Inf = Information
Han = Information for the handicapped
uk = Miscellaneous
Valid_FromDay-specific start of hint validity.Format DD.MM.YYYY.The value “01.01.2000” is set if the date is unknown.
Valid_ToDay-specific end of hint validity.Format DD.MM.YYYY.The value “31.12.2999” is set if the date is unknown.
Ref_NeTExCurrently not used
NotesMore detailed information on the hints.Field length: 70