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For all data presented in mode RVF, due to the way the vehicle data is obtained, no guarantee can be made that the specified vehicle will appear. This is down to the way that ticket machines and modules may be swapped between vehicles and is particularily true of withdrawn and sold vehicles reappearing after sale. |
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The Vehicle Finder application currently covers all major operators in England, Stagecoach in Scotland & Wales and Lothian with its subsidaries. This single interface can access data from any of the areas covered. Data that is only dependent on an operator code can be accessed in all modes ie LRT 1-50 to list all of Lothians' Volvo 7900s or GAL WHV100-110 to list some GoAhead London Volvo/Gemini 3s work independent of the current mode. Accessing Route data and most shortcuts are mode dependent.
To change mode the command is "mode" followed by either "LDN", "LRT" or "RVF" for London, Lothian and English regional Operators respectively. When the mode command is executed the banner header and help page will change.
Data can be requested in a number of ways by :-
A history facility is available for all except by stop (see below)
The entered value will attempt to match in the order:- registration, operator/fleetnumber, route, or stop.
In most cases any individual character can be replaced by an underscore '_' to create a wildcard search. The '*' character can be used to replace multiple characters..
In some cases ranges can be specified. A range is signified by the "-" character. A wildcard cannot be used in a request where a range is specified.
In all cases of multiple output, a maximum of 180 entries will be displayed. Each of the requests is explained in detail below
Enter the registration of the vehicle you wish to lookup. Wildcards are allowed as are ranges. Example of valid ranges are YN66EZM-S, returns details of 5 vehicles or RGB 701-10, returns details of 10 vehicles. YN*EZM-S is not valid as it is potentially many ranges.
Operator codes cannot be wildcarded and must be included in any fleetnumber request. To lookup more than one vehicle in a request the fleet nummber may include wildcards or a range may be specified
Valid Operator codes below are listed by major operator groups and then followed by the smaller independant operators
AS | Southern Counties | MN | Midlands | NW | North West & Cymru | YK | Yorkshire |
AT | Yorkshire Tiger | NU | North East | TS | The Shires | ||
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BH | Brighton & Hove | GLC | Go Ahead London (Commercial) | GS | Go South Coast | OB | Oxford Bus |
EY | East Yorkshire | GM | Go NW (Manchester) | MB | Metrobus | PL | Plymouth & Go Cornwall |
GA | Go East Anglia | GN | Go North East | ||||
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WM | West Midlands | |
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DB | Diamond Bus | HM | Hallmark | RN | Diamond Bus North West | PB | Preston Bus |
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BB | Bluebird | EM | East Midlands | MY | Merseyside | SO | South |
CM | East | ES | East Scotland (Fife) | NE | North East | SW | West |
CU | North West | HI | Highland | OX | Oxford | WS | West Scotland |
DG | South West | MA | Manchester | RW | Wales | YT | Yorkshire |
EK | South East | MS | Midlands | ||||
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CB | Centrebus | MLC | Metroline Commercial | TB | Trent Barton | TD | Transdev |
CTB | HCT Bristol | RAT | RATP Commercial | ||||
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BP | Blackpool | NT | Nottingham | RB | Reading Buses | WA | Warrington |
IP | Ipswich | NP | Newport | ||||
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BRY | Brylaine | FAR | Faresaver | JBH | Johnson Bros | SND | Sanders of Holt |
BVC | Belle Vue Coaches | GLT | Galleon Travel | LYX | Lynx | STE | Stephensons |
CHK | Chalkwell | GOG | Go Godwins | MCL | Midland Classic | SUL | Sullivan Buses |
CMF | CumfyBus | GPM | Grant Palmer | NIB | NIBS | TYR | Tyrers |
COP | Compass Bus | HAL | Happy Als Coaches | NV | Nu-Venture | UBS | University Bus |
DAG | D&G Coaches | HCT | Harrogate Coach Travel | PUL | Pulhams | WCM | West Coast Motors |
DEL | Delaine | HUY | Huyton Travel | RLN | Redline | WBS | White Bus Services |
EB | Ensignbus | ||||||
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ACW | AC Williams | DTL | Dartline | LTR | Libra Travel | SIM | Simmonds, Bottesdale |
ALE | A-Line | EAZ | Eazibus | LTT | Littles Travel | SLB | Select Bus Services |
AMT | Ambassador Travel | ELV | Ellenvale | MAG | Maghull Coaches | SLE | Sleafordian |
ASD | ASD Coaches | FAL | Falcon Coaches | MAR | Marshalls of Sutton | SLV | Silverline |
ATB | A2B Travel | FBS | 1st Bus Stop | MBT | Mark Bland Travel | SMM | Summercourt Travel |
ATL | Atlantic Travel | FIN | Finches Coaches | MDC | MD Coaches | SPM | Stringers Pontefract |
AVM | Axe Valley | FOW | Fowlers, Holbeach | MRS | Marshopper | SPS | Southdown PSV |
BAN | Banga Buses | FRM | Frome Minibus | NMC | Nick Maddy | SRG | Sargents |
BBC | Bath Bus Co | FTL | Filers | NXM | Nexus Move | SSC | Shoreline Suncruisers |
BDR | Border Buses | GRC | Grayscroft | OTS | Office & Transport Serv | STN | Stanley Travel |
BEC | Beeline Coaches | GVT | Glen Valley Tours | PCC | PC Coaches | STO | Stotts Tours |
BEE | Beestons | GYL | Grayline Coaches | PHO | Phoenix of Blyth | STR | Streamline |
BRC | Britannia Coachlines | HAT | Hattons, Wigan | OUR | Our Bus | STT | E Stott & Sons |
BUL | Bullocks | HCC | Henry Cooper Coaches | PPB | Peoples Bus | TCM | TC Minicoaches |
CAT | Catch22Bus | HDG | Hodgsons Coaches | PRC | Primrose Coaches | TCN | Transport Connect |
CCC | Cumbria Classic | HGC | Hatch Green Coaches | RBT | Roberts | TKT | TK Travel |
CKM | Cuckmere Commty Bus | HNT | Hornsby Travel | REE | Red Eagle | TYH | Tally Ho Coaches |
CLA | Claribels | HOP | Hopleys Coaches | REL | Reliance | VEC | Vectare |
CLN | Carlone | HUN | Hunts of Alford | RGT | Regents Coaches | VIK | Viking Coaches |
COA | CoachStyle | JAN | Jansen Travel | RIC | Richmond Coaches | WBC | West Berkshire |
COT | Coatham Coaches | KET | Keane Travel | SCR | Scraggs | WHP | Whippet |
CRU | Crusiers of Redhill | KIL | Kilvingtons | SEL | Selwyns | WMS | Weardale Motor Services |
CTN | Commity Trans for Notts | LMS | LMS Travel | SFG | Safeguard | WNC | West Norfolk Community |
DRM | DRM Coaches | LOW | Luckets of Watford | SFN | Suffolk Norse | YOP | Yorkshire Pullman |
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No timetable data available is a function of the operators not providing current data to BODS
BET | Bayliss Executive Travel | HAM | Hams Travel | LTK | Langston & Tasker | SFD | Seaford & District |
CEL | Celtic Travel | HUL | Hulleys of Baslow | MPT | MP Travel | TAN | Tanat Valley |
CLO | JH Coaches | IRV | Irving of Dalston | NTB | Notts Bus | TLC | TLC Travel |
CSV | Coach Services Thetford | KEV | Kevs Coaches | OGD | Ogdens Coaches | TSC | Travelsure Coaches |
DJW | DJ Watts | KLC | Kirkby Lonsdale | OLY | Olympia Travel | TTY | Tetleys |
ESC | Essex Council | LAN | Langtoft | REP | Reptons | TWT | Travel Wright |
GBS | The Green Bus Transport | LLC | Lloyds of Machynlleth | RSS | Ross | VSB | Vision Bus |
YEO | Yeomans/Lugg Valley | ||||||
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The following companies are all grouped under company XXX due to the limited amount of stage carriage work undertaken :-
Blueworks Taxis | Coventry Minibus | Lydney Dial-a-Ride | Rosevidney Travel | Wright Bros(Hexham) |
Chiltern Automotive | Haines Coaches | Olympic, Scarborough | Western Dales Community | Woofs of Sedburgh |
Reays of Wigton | ||||
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AKE | Arriva Southern Counties   | ASE | Arriva The Shires | EP | Epsom Buses | FLN | First London |
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AB | Abellio London | ECB | East Coast Buses | LRT | Lothian Buses | RTP | RATP London |
AL | Arriva London | SB | Sullivan Buses | ||||
CTL | Croydon Trams | GAL | GoAhead London | ML | Metroline | SLN | Stagecoach London |
CTP | CT Plus | LCY | Lothian Country | RBS | River Boat Services | TT | Tower Transit |
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Any input character string less than 5 character long is checked to be a route number. If it is not found to match a valid route then further matching will take place. Wildcards are not allowed as part of the route number. By default information will be displayed by direction of travel and then by vehicle fleet number order. The short code ZZ can be used to toggle the way information is displayed between fleet number order and stop sequence order
Stops can be indentified by the 12 character naptan stop codes. If 12 digit stop codes are entered then spaces and wildcards are not allowed. One or more stop code can be entered by putting a comma between the codes. However no check is made that stop codes are geographically close to each other.
Alternatively a stop or stops can be entered by name. Wildcards can be used as part of the name. Because special characters, eg '&' and ',', cannot be entered to be able to lookup somewhere like "Elephant & Castle" the "&" must be entered as a wildcard character.
Vehicles will be displayed in the order they are expected to arrive although this cannot be guaranteed.
The facility exists to request the history of a vehicle, ie what routes it has worked, or the history of a route - what vehicles have been used on the route and when they were last recorded. To obtain history data enter the keyword history (or Fullhist) followed by a registration, operator/fleetnumber or Route number. This request does not allow wildcards. The keyword History limits the historic data to date from 1/1/18 whereas Fullhist will give the full history of a vehicle or route
With history it is possible to add date parameters to show either the vehicles on a route on a particular day (a single date) or what a vehicle worked between a range of dates. For vehicle history the first date entered sets the earliest date history is found for and if entered the second date sets the highest date history is given for. If the second date is not entered then the range is from the entered date to the present. Alternatively the parameter can be a 3 letter code for a day of the week to filter the data for that day.
The facility exists to request the journeys that a vehicle, ie what journeys on which routes it has worked, or the journey history of a route - what vehicles have been used on the route and which journeys they made. To obtain journey history data enter the keyword dethist followed by a registration, operator/fleetnumber or Route number. This request does not allow wildcards. The system only keeps detailed journey history for 14days
With journey history it is possible to add date parameters. If a single date is entered then the detailed history will be from that date to present. If a second date is entered then that will be the last date history is display for.
The facility exists to request the current predictions for an active vehicle. The request can be by operator/fleet number or by registration. Wildcards are not valid.
Lists are used to provide a number of system defines sets of data. Lists are :-
new | Vehicles new into service or expected into service. Once a batch of vehicles is complete into service it will be removed from the list |
ads | This list provides information on all the overall advert buses currently operating in Reading |
brand | A list of all vehicles with route branding applied |
ZA | List new |
ZB | List ads |
ZV | Toggle list output order between operator/fleet number and just fleet numbers |
ZW | Toggle list output between all vehicles and those in service vehicles |
ZX | Toggle stop output between all vehicles and those within the ads list |
ZY | Toggle list output between all vehicles and excluding withdrawn vehicles |
ZZ | Toggle route output between fleet number order and stop sequence order |
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