TrainTracker™ Text
TrainTracker™ Text: 84950*
Text your enquiry to the above number and get live departure information for your chosen station.
*Costs for messages sent and received from TrainTracker™ Text
Your message sent to 8 49 50 will cost the normal text message rate charged by your operator.
The reply to you will cost 25p including VAT, and will be charged to you by your operator.
You are only charged for replies containing departure/arrival information. You will not be charged for error messages.
Getting started
For departures:
Type in dep and a station name e.g. dep Oxford - This gives you the next few real-time departures - including any delays - from Oxford station to anywhere
For arrivals:
Type in arr and a station name e.g.arr Oxford - The gives you the next few real-time arrivals - including any delays - from Oxford station to anywhere
Advanced Options; Being more specific
The information below gives the format of the text message you send to 84950:
- Type in dep and a station name and to and a station name e.g dep Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads - This gives you the next few departures from London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads from the current time.
- Type in dep and a station name and to and a station name and a time e.g. dep Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads 1730 - This gives you the next few departures from Paddingon to Bristol Temple Meads from 17:30.
- Type in arr and a station name and to and a station name and a time e.g. arr Reading from Plymouth 1900 - This gives you trains, arriving in Reading at or after 7pm, which have stopped at Plymouth.
- Type in arr 3-letter code and to and 3-letter code e.g arr PMH from BRI 0730 - This gives you trains from Bristol Temple Meads arriving in Portsmouth Harbour at, or after, 07:30.
| Top 10 station codes for First Great Western calling stations | |
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| London Paddington |
dep PAD |
| Bristol Temple Meads |
dep BRI |
| Bristol Parkway |
dep BPW |
| Cardiff Central |
dep CDF |
| Exeter St Davids |
dep EXD |
| Oxford |
dep OXF |
| Plymouth |
dep PLY |
| Reading |
dep RDG |
| Swindon |
dep SWI |
| Taunton |
dep TAU |
For more 3-letter station codes go to the
National Rail website.
Understanding the replies to you
Expect to receive a reply to your message within one minute.
To fit in the maximum amount of information, long station names are shortened long station names in replies to you. For instance 'Portsmouth Harbour' would be 'PortsmHbr'.
The following notations are also used in reply:
| time due station name: OK |
The train is on time |
| time due station name: ? |
There is no report on the train |
| time due station name: (blank) |
The train is running as timetable |
| time due station name: +4m |
The train is running 4 minutes late |
| time due station name: -4m |
The train is running 4 minutes early |
| time due station name: canx |
The train has been cancelled |
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