TransXChange XMLSchema Version 1.2.1, produced by Cap Gemini Ernst and Young on behalf of the Traffic Area Network and the Department for Transport. TransXChange defines the required structures and content to describe the registration, routes and scheduling of public transport services (in particular bus services). Note this is NOT the Regstration Variant of TransXChange. Distance (metres) Direction of vehicle Element (various) of record represents either an element to be revised, deleted or added (or none of these) X Coordinate of point (Easting) Y Coordinate of point (Northing) Start of miscellaneous period End of miscellaneous period. Local use of this attribute involves its default value set to '9999-09-09' this represents an end date of until further notice Identifies whether the Vehicle Journey will operate, not operate or is to be decided Time (minutes) between VehicleJourneys or for travelling within/between Clusters Version number of MRU (Minimum Revisable Unit) of a TransXChange record. MRUs are restricted to Route, StopPoint, OverallServiceDescription, VehicleJourney Short code referring to StopPoint Default time (minutes) to traverse a TimingLink irrespective of JourneyPattern or VehicleJourney Identification of whether JourneyPattern/VehicleJourney section (i.e. TimingLink) operates as Hail and Ride Time (minutes) to traverse a TimingLink along a specific JourneyPattern which supersedes the associated DefaultRunTime Identifying code for Operator Diminutive form of Operator name. Full name of Operator (i.e. as appears on licence). Trading name of Operator (i.e. the Operator's name known to passengers). Enquiry telephone number of Operator Contact telephone number of Operator Licence Number of Operator. Licence type of Operator. First JourneyPattern (i.e. incoming) of an Interchange Second JourneyPattern (i.e. outgoing) of an Interchange Method of transport available/assumed at Interchange Point defined by its geographical coordinates Description of vehicle manoeuvre associated with a Route Link Subset of Route defined by 2 Mapping Points which denote the start and end of the RouteLink. Ordnance Survey Roads Database Reference (derived from OS OSCAR), this uniquely identifies any RouteLink Variation to an existing Route Identifier of Route Variation Path through the physical road network which is composed of an ordered collection of Route Links. The order of <RouteLink>s in the <Route> should represent the order in which they appear in the physical Route Unique Identifier of Route. Note that the first 4 characters of RouteID should be identical to the OperatorCode, the remaining 6 digits represent a Route identifier which is unique to the Operator Short description of Route Link between 2 Clusters Code of adjoining cluster of WalkLink Collection of Stop Points in close proximity to each other Identifying code for Cluster Name of Cluster Place of interest or landmark within walking distance of a StopPoint Name by which the place of interest is commonly known Time in minutes between the StopPoint and the PlaceOfInterest Point along a JourneyPattern VehicleJourney where the vehicle stops for passenger entry/exit Short code for StopPoint Commonly used name of StopPoint Lowest-order locality name higher order (than GazetteerName) locality name Identification of type of location entry National Gazetteer Code of StopPoint sub-division of common name, for example Bay Number Pole ID, Opposite to , Adjacent to Default time (minutes) to wait at a StopPoint irrespective of JourneyPattern or VehicleJourney. NB. this time is the TOTAL wait time at the stop and thus is duplicated by wait time associated with the stop point of the preceeding/following link Classification of StopPoints Classification of BusStopTypes A service which stops at a variety of places (including homes) around a core route when booked in advance A service where all passengers go to the same destination and return to their departure point Maximum number of vehicle departures within 1 day associated with an excursion type service. A service that stops anywhere on designated parts of the route if flagged down by passengers where it is safe to do so A service where only certain pre-defined stops on a route are used A service where all stops on a route are used A service dedicated to a school or works that is not available to the public A service primarily aimed at serving rural communities (ie. at locations with populations less than 25000 people) Services that do not fit any of the defined categories; this must be used sparingly and rarely. Note that a description of the service type is required as the attribute OtherServiceTypeDescription Description of Service Type which cannot be classified by the options given as sub-elements of ServiceType Classification of the type of service. Note all the contained attributes default to the boolean value '0' (i.e. false or no) Description of facilities/requirements for stopping associated with components of a service Reference to a StopPoint element as part of a JourneyPatternTimingLink Time (minutes) to wait at the referenced StopPoint within a specific JourneyPattern which supersedes the DefaultWaitTime of the StopPoint. NB. this time is the TOTAL wait time at the stop and thus is duplicated by wait time associated with the stop point of the preceeding/following link Classification of the role of the StopPoint. The enumerated options include 'PrincipalPoint' (this point is part of the service registration and is liable to inspections and enforcement); 'TimeInfoPoint' (this is not part of the service registration and is not liable to inspections or enforcement, however it is expected to be used within a timetable to identify a timing point which will not be a Principal Point); 'PrincipalAndTimeInfoPoint' (is a Principal Point which is expected to be also used as a timing point within a timetable); 'OtherStop' (this is not part of the service registration and is not liable to inspections or enforcement; it is not expected to be used as part of the timetable) Subset of JourneyPattern defined by 2 Stop Points which denote the start and end of the JourneyPatternTimingLink. A variant to the related Journey Pattern Identification of whether the JourneyPatternException applies between or outside of the StartDate and EndDate Part of the (bus) service definition. JourneyPatterns are served by a single Operator along a single Route which is composed of an ordered collection of Journey Pattern Timing Links and represents the pattern of working for vehicles of the service. Note that the order of <JourneyPatternTimingLink>s in the <JourneyPattern> must follow the order in which they appear in the physical Journey Pattern Reference to collection of Vehicle Journeys operated by vehicle Identifier for Journey Pattern Reference to a StopPoint element which denotes the interchange point (or one of the interchange points if 2 exist at the interchange) Interchange between Journey Patterns Relationship between incoming and outgoing JourneyPatterns of an Interchange Traffic Area with full or partial responsibility for the registration of the submission Name of Individual Traffic Area Collection of Traffic Areas with full or partial responsibility for the registration of the submission Signatory of the submission - i.e. upon whose authority the submission is made Position of responsibility of the signatory of the Registration Title (i.e. Mr, Mrs, Miss, Ms, Rev, Rt.Hon etc) of the signatory of the Registration Forename of the signatory of the Registration Surname of the signatory of the Registration Authority circulated with record Name of the Authoritiy circulated with record Collection of Authorities circulated with record Completed if the service is not subsidised Name of the authority (to be) subsidising the service Contains a classification of the subsidy (SubsidyType attribute) and details of ALL the authorities providing a subsidy Identification of level of subsidy relating to service. Contains sub-elements which identify whether a service is subsidised, the classification of subsidy and the subsidising authorities Reference to document submitted as part of a service Registration. Note that where such documentation is not available but is expected, then a supporting document should be supplied which lists the outstanding supporting documentation to be supplied URI to locate SupportingDocument submitted with Registration. Generally to be provided as a filename only (to provide relative access to supporting documents supplied with a registration submission) Identifies where a service is to be available to the general public (applies only to short notice registrations) Identifies where a service is to NOT be available to the general public (applies only to short notice registrations). Note this requires an explanation (i.e. details of the purpose/aim of the service e.g schools and works services) to be given in the attribute NonAvailabilityDescription Where a service is not to be available to the public, the explanation for the non-availability should be included here. This should include a description of the aims/purpose of the service (applies only to short notice registrations) Determines whether a service is to be available to the public (applies only to short notice registrations). The availability or otherwise of the service is denoted by the choice of sub-element (AvailabletoPublic or NotAvailableToPublic) Identifies where a change exceeds the limit (applies only to short notice registrations) Identifies where a change does not exceed the limit (applies only to short notice registrations). Note this requires an explanation/description of what the change is to be given in the attribute MinorChangeDescription Explanation/description of the change Determines whether a change to a service does or does not exceed the limit and is thus considered to be major/minor (applies only to short notice registrations). The exceeding or otherwise of the limit is denoted by the choice of sub-element (ChangeExceedsLimit or ChangeDoesNotExceedLimit) Identification of a change to an altered connected service, such that the alteration justifies the ShortNoticeRegistration Identification of a service requiring connection (in the form of the ServiceID), such that an alteration justifies the ShortNoticeRegistration. Where a ShortNoticeRegistration is a replacement for a discontinued service Name of Operator of the discontinued service whose discontinuation justifies the ShortNoticeRegistration. Public identifier of the discontinued service whose discontinuation justifies the ShortNoticeRegistration. Where a ShortNoticeRegistration caters for a local holiday and involves a change of no more than 14 days Description of local holiday justifying short notice registration submission. Where a ShortNoticeRegistration is to accommodate a special occasion Name of special occasion associated with ShortNoticeRegistration submission. Where ShortNoticeRegistration results from a requirement to comply either with traffic regulation conditions or a road traffic order made by a local authority. Description of road traffic order justifying short notice registration submission. Identifies where a change has been requested by an external authority such as the Police (applies only to short notice registrations). Note this requires an explanation/corroboration of why this change is required to be given in the attribute ChangeRequestDescription Explanation/corroboration of why the change (which results from a request made by an external authority such as the Police) is required Registration with less than the statutory period of notice Description of reasons justifying short notice registration submission where no other <ShortNoticeRegistration> attributes are applicable Identification of whether ShortNoticeRegistration aims to address a bank holiday requirement Registration of a service with a regulator for authorisation to provide a service. Date of Registration submission Reference number for registration (allocated by TAN) Identification of whether the registration should be considered to be new, a chargeable modification of an existing registration, a non-chargeable modification of an existing registration or a cancellation of a registration Variation number of the Registration Address line entry Postal code of Operator's Address Country of Operator's Address Registered Operator of Service - i.e. with responsibility for the service Operator associated with the Service who is NOT the Registered Operator Identifies where no new stops are required as part of a service Description of a new stop required as part of a service Identifies where one or more new stops are required as part of a service. Individual stops required are described in the individual StopRequired sub-elements Determines whether a service does or does require any new stops. This is denoted by the choice of sub-element (NewStopsRequired or NoNewStopsRequired) Specific date Specific date of CalendarDay Special days where the Vehicle Journey or Service will operate Special days where the Vehicle Journey or Service will not operate Special days where it is yet to be determined whether the Vehicle Journey or Service will operate Classification of the Operation or Non-Opertion of Vehicle Journey in respect of special days. Note that these supersede all other DayType and BankHoliday definitions (but does not supercede Suspensions) for the VehicleJourney or Service Definition of a period when a Service or VehicleJourney is suspended Last date of service prior to the period of suspension Date of restart of service following the period of suspension Collection of periods when a Service or VehicleJourney is suspended Identifies whether the Vehicle Journey or Service operates on New Years Day (determined by the value of the Operates attribute) Identifies whether the Vehicle Journey or Service operates on 2nd of January (determined by the value of the Operates attribute). NB this is generally a public holiday only in Scotland Identifies whether the Vehicle Journey or Service operates on Good Friday (determined by the value of the Operates attribute) Identifies whether the Vehicle Journey or Service operates on Easter Monday (determined by the value of the Operates attribute) Identifies whether the Vehicle Journey or Service operates on May Day (determined by the value of the Operates attribute) Identifies whether the Vehicle Journey or Service operates on Spring Bank Holiday (determined by the value of the Operates attribute) Identifies whether the Vehicle Journey or Service operates on the Scottish August Bank Holiday (determined by the value of the Operates attribute). Note that this holiday is usually distinguished from what is commonly termed August Bank Holiday outside of Scotland (In this schema this is denoted by the LateSummerBankHolidayNotScotland element) Identifies whether the Vehicle Journey or Service operates on the Late Summer Bank Holiday Outside of Scotland (determined by the value of the Operates attribute). Note that this holiday is commonly referred to as August Bank Holiday outside of Scotland Identifies whether the Vehicle Journey or Service operates on Christmas Day (determined by the value of the Operates attribute) Identifies whether the Vehicle Journey or Service or Service operates on Boxing Day (determined by the value of the Operates attribute) Identifies whether the Vehicle Journey or Service operates on Public or Bank Holidays other than those denoted by the other sub-elements of the element BankHolidayOp (determined by the value of the Operates attribute). The text content of this element should descibe the Public or Bank Holiday in question Classification of the Operation or Non-Operation of Service or Vehicle Journey in respect of Public or Bank Holidays. Note that where Suspensions or SpecialDaysOp are defined these supersede the definition within BankHolidayOp Collection of service and journey operation durations which modify those defined by the element DayType Note normally rendered with a timetable and associated with either a service or an individual VehicleJourney Reference code for Note Text for use within a Note Service related to the parent service for marketing purposes Service ID of related service (normally marketed with parent service) Collection of services normally marketed with this service Classification and description of the bus service. This does not idenitify the individual bus journeys (defined as part of VehicleJourney) Public name of place where the Service Starts Public name of place where the Service Ends Identifier for Service Public identifier of the service Identifier of Route associated with Service. Note that the first 4 characters of RouteID should be identical to the OperatorCode, the remaining 6 digits represent a Route identifier which is unique to the Operator Service to be registered will / will not use all stops along its Route Identification of whether a Service is part of a pair (i.e. is comprised of an inbound and an outbound journey) Classification of type of vehicle for journey VehicleType classification code VehicleType short description Reference to a StopPoint element as part of a VehicleJourneyTimingLink Time (minutes) to wait at the referenced StopPoint within a specific JourneyPattern which supersedes the DefaultWaitTime of the StopPoint. NB. this time is the TOTAL wait time at the stop and thus is duplicated by wait time associated with the stop point of the preceeding/following link Time (minutes) to wait at a referenced StopPoint within a specific VehicleJourney which supersedes the associated DefaultWaitTime and JourneyPatternWaitTime. NB. this time is the TOTAL wait time at the stop and thus is duplicated by wait time associated with the stop point of the preceeding/following link Activity undertaken by vehicle at Stop Point. Note that the values 'Hail_And_Ride_Start' and 'Hail_And_Ride_End' will be associated with 'virtual' bus stops in the National Bus Stop Database - In this schema the BusStopSubType attribute for the relevant StopPoint should be set to 'Hail_And_Ride_Boundary' Journey destination applicable to vehicle at referenced StopPoint Subset of VehicleJourney defined by 2 Stop Points which denote the start and end of the VehicleJourneyTimingLink. Time (minutes) to traverse a TimingLink along a specific VehicleJourney which supersedes the associated DefaultRunTime and JourneyPatternRunTime Interchange between Vehicle Journeys First VehicleJourney (i.e. incoming) of an Interchange Second VehicleJourney (i.e. outgoing) of an Interchange Relationship between incoming and outgoing VehicleJourneys of an Interchange Point at which vehicle wait time is taken between the end of a completed journey and the start of the next journey Time duration (minutes) of vehicle at Layover Point Name of Layover Point Time/type of day affecting running/waiting times Identification of TimeDemand classification Identifies the start of a Frequent Service Period Description of the frequency of the service, for example 'every 5 minutes' Identifies the end of a Frequent Service Period Identifies where a VehicleJourney is classified as denoting the start, end or part of a frequent service period. A Frequent Service is a service where stops are served at a frequency of 10 minutes or less for the whole or part of the day General classification of when the Vehicle Journey will Operate. Note that where SchoolOp, Periodic and SpecialOperationProfile are defined these extend/supersede the definition within GeneralOpClassification Options for the value of GeneralOpClassification element Description of week within a calendar month i.e. is the week the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th or 5th week of the calendar month Identification of week within calendar month (i.e. whether the week is the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th or last within the calendar month) Collection of weeks within a calendar month on which a VehicleJourney operates (or does not operate), this extends the DayType definition given by GeneralOpClassification. Note that where SchoolOp and SpecialOperationProfile are defined these extend/supersede the definition within GeneralOpClassification School - identifying information in contained attributes Identifying reference for the Local Education Authority Reference of School, by convention this should be the DFE Number. Note by convention where this is set to '0000' this is to be interpreted as meaning "all schools in the LEA's area", also note in this case then dummy text is still required in the SchoolName attribute Name of School. Note where the attribute SchoolRef is set to '0000' this requires that dummy text is needed within the SchoolName attribute Classification of the Operation or Non-Operation of Vehicle Journey in respect of school days. Note that where BankHolidays and SpecialOperationProfile are defined these supersede the definition within SchoolDays Classification of the Operation or Non-Operation of Vehicle Journey in respect of school days and school holidays, this extends the DayType definition given by GeneralOpClassification and Periodic. Note that where SpecialOperationProfile is defined this supersedes the definition within SchoolOp Classification of the Operation or Non-Operation of Vehicle Journey in respect of school holidays. Note that where BankHolidays and SpecialOperationProfile are defined these supersede the definition within SchoolHolidays Categories of day on which service operates Specific journey of a vehicle following a Journey Pattern. The order of <VehicleJourneyTimingLink>s in the <VehicleJourney> should represent the order in which they appear in the physical Vehicle Journey Journey identifier Time of departure from origin stop for a specific Vehicle Journey Identification of Track associated with VehicleJourney Journey destination, as displayed on vehicle Reference to collection of Vehicle Journeys operated by vehicle Refers to the Operator for the Vehicle Journey. Same format as the OperatorCode attribute Reference to JourneyPattern associated with VehicleJourney Direction of VehicleJourney Reference to a different Vehicle Journey. This attribute is intended to allow 'reuse' of the collection of VehicleJourneyTimingLink elements of the referenced VehicleJourney (by the VehicleJourney containing the VehicleJourneyRef attribute), this allows a dramatic reduction in file sizes Root element of record, i.e. provides the envelope to contain all other information. Record of the date of creation of the TransXChange file Record of the time of creation of the TransXChange file Address of Operator to be used for correpondence (NB. this is NOT the enquiry address for public usage) Address of Operator (NB. this is NOT the correspondence address) Collection of addresses for the Operator (as a minimum this must include the correspondence address) Denotes that VehicleJourney is within a period of Frequent Service, but does not represents the start or end of the period of frequency