Timetable

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Timetable and Rostering (TT)

TT root element — TT use cases — Concepts & examples

General Information

The timetable subschema is part of the complete railML^® schema providing a data structure in XML for the exchange of any kind of timetable for operational or conceptional purposes. Please visit the railML-Website (link to the railML^® website) for more detailed information or send an email with your enquiry to the timetable coordinator.

The main subschema element is the <timetable> which contains subelements for:

• <additionalName>
• <timetablePeriods>
• <operatingPeriods>
• <categories>
• <annotations>
• <trainParts>
• <trains>
• <trainGroups>
• <rosterings>
• <xs:any>

Documentation

For more information please refer to the following pages:

• <timetable> — documentation of the main element

• Timetable Elements — overview off all XML elements found in the timetable subschema

• Timetable Concepts — explanations of some basic modelling concepts to this subschema:
  • List of Articles describing basic timetable concepts
  • Train coupling and sharing
  • How to reference infrastructure
  • About reversing trains and formations
  • How to find out whether a train or train part is for passengers or freight? (Train types, categories, products, and passenger usage)
  • How to indicate midnight overruns in railML
  • How to define track usage of a train in stations
• UC:Use cases/table — a collection us use cases for the TT-subschema
• Examples (link to the railML^® website; login needed) — collection of examples provided by the railML partners

All elements in the Wiki are documented with the elment name and the prefix of their subschema (TT: for timetable) — e.g. the wiki documentation for <connection> is found here https://wiki2.railml.org/wiki/TT:connection