SMS Station Codes Segment
To identify the specific railroad carrier codes associated with the station
Position
Element
Name
Type
Requirement
Min
Max
Repeat
Standard Carrier Alpha Code
Code (Freight Station Accounting) (AAR Managed Code for Locations)
Date (YYMMDD)
SMS03 is the effective start date for the association of station codes to the station name in the transaction.
Code indicating railroad interchange locations
Code defining international postal zone code excluding punctuation and blanks (zip code for United States)
SMS05 is the zip code assigned to the rail station for rating purposes. It is not meant to be the mailing address postal code.
Code identifying the restriction of service being provided by the serving carrier
Code identifying the time. In accordance with International Standards Organization standard 8601, time can be specified by a + or - and an indication in hours in relation to Universal Time Coordinate (UTC) time; since + is a restricted character, + and - are substituted by P and M in the codes that follow
Code which identifies a specific location
SMS08 is the latitude of the station.
Code which identifies a specific location
SMS09 is the longitude of the station.