Fares Data

About

Fares data is released by Rail Settlement Plan periodically, and can be downloaded from the ATOC Industry Data site.

Format

The fares data is held in a number of plain-text, fixed-format files:

File type	Contents	Extension
Fares	Point-to-point adult fares in a clustered format	FFL
Station clusters	Station clusters and the locations in those clusters	FSC
Non-derivable fares	Point-to-point adult and child fares which cannot be discounted in the normal way	NDF
Non-derivable fare overrides	Amendments to the non-derivable fares file	NFO
Non-standard discounts	Adjustments to fares where non-standard discounts apply	FNS
Ticket types	Ticket codes, their type, class and other information	TTY
Ticket validities	Validity codes and validity periods	TVL
Journey segments	Codes used for LUL magnetic stripe encoding	TJS
Ticket publication data	Ordering information for tickets when published in the former National Fares Manual	TPB
Print formats	Details of the text to be printed on supplement vouchers	TPN
Class legends	Text to be printed on ATB or credit-card sized tickets	TCL
Rail Rovers	Rail Rovers and prices	TRR
Packages	Packages and details of inclusive supplements	TPK
Supplements	Supplements and rules	SUP
Railcards	Railcards and minimum fares	RCM
Status discounts	Information used to discount child fares, or where a railcard is used	DIS
Rounding rules	Rules to be used when fares are subject to a discount	FRR
Restrictions	Applicable restrictions, including train, time, railcard and date restrictions	RST
Locations	Locations, including group locations	LOC
Routes	Route descriptions and the locations included/excluded from the routing	RTE
TOCs	TOC codes and descriptions	TOC
TOC-specific tickets	Tickets which are available on trains of particular TOCs only	TSP
Advance Purchase tickets	Details of tickets for Advance Purchase and their booking horizon	TAP
Fares Data	A list of files generated by the Fares Data Feed process for this export	DAT