EDI 475 Rail Route File Maintenance

This Draft Standard for Trial Use contains the format and establishes the data contents of the Rail Route File Maintenance Transaction Set (475) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. This transaction set is used to distribute route file updates of the rail industry route file.

Segments

Position

Segment

Name

Max use

100

Transaction Set Header

Mandatory

AtMax 1

To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number

200

BGN

Beginning Segment

Mandatory

AtMax 1

To indicate the beginning of a transaction set

LOOP

Mandatory

AtMax 50

400

Route Code

Mandatory

AtMax 1

To specify the route using a single code

500

PER

Administrative Communications Contact

Opt

AtMax 1

To identify a person or office to whom administrative communications should be directed

600

DTM

Date/Time Reference

Mandatory

AtMax 10

To specify pertinent dates and times

700

RDD

Route Description Detail

Opt

AtMax 5

To identify routing detail for carriers participating in a route

800

Transaction Set Trailer

Mandatory

AtMax 1

To indicate the end of the transaction set and provide the count of the transmitted segments (including the beginning (ST) and ending (SE) segments)

Elements

Position	Element	Name	Requirement	Type	Min/Max	Repeat

1	143	Transaction Set Identifier Code	Mandatory	ID	3/3	1

2	329	Transaction Set Control Number	Mandatory	Alphanumeric	4/9	1

3	1705	Implementation Convention Reference	Opt	Alphanumeric	1/35	1

EDI Dictionary

EDI 475 Rail Route File Maintenance

Segments

Elements