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! Byte:Bit (MSB) !! Content !! Meaning !! Notes
! Byte:Bit (MSB) !! Content !! Meaning !! Notes
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| 0:0 - 4:7 || 0x20 0x14 0xC2 0x08 0x10 || header? || fixed value in all samples, contains the Trenitalia UIC code ("83")
| 0:0 - 4:7 || 0x20 0x14 0xC2 0x08 0x10 || || fixed value in all samples, contains the Trenitalia UIC code ("83")
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| 5:0 - 7:7 || || date? || varies between samples
| 5:0 - 7:7 || || unknown || varies between samples, strongly but not perfectly correlated to date/time
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| 8:0 - 13:4 || null || ||
| 8:0 - 13:4 || null || ||
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| 24:3 - 29:7 || null || ||
| 24:3 - 29:7 || null || ||
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| 30:0 - 31:1 || || || null if no PNR present, content unknown
| 30:0 - 31:1 || || unknown || null if no PNR present, content unknown
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| 31:2 - 32:0 || 7 bit uint || seat number || seat row for trains with an airplane-like numbering scheme
| 31:2 - 32:0 || 7 bit uint || seat number || seat row for trains with an airplane-like numbering scheme

Revision as of 16:18, 13 June 2019

General Observations

  • always 67 bytes
  • exactly for one passenger/leg
  • does not seem to contain signatures, checksums or compression, based on minimal bit pattern changes on adjacent tickets
  • a lot less null bytes when PNR/seat reservation are present (ie. highspeed train tickets?)
  • there is a unique, globally sequential ticket number, 2017 in the 600M range, 2019 in the 1B range, which suggests 32bit might be a bit short for this

Bit Layout

Byte:Bit (MSB) Content Meaning Notes
0:0 - 4:7 0x20 0x14 0xC2 0x08 0x10 fixed value in all samples, contains the Trenitalia UIC code ("83")
5:0 - 7:7 unknown varies between samples, strongly but not perfectly correlated to date/time
8:0 - 13:4 null
13:5 - 14:3 100 xxxx 0000 for Italian stations codes (UIC 83.....), 0111 for international destination?
14:4 - 17:3 24 bit uint UIC station code of departure only for Italian destinations apparently
17:4 - 18:2 100 xxxx see above
18:3 - 21:2 24 bit uint UIC station code of arrival see above
21:3 - 22:1 unknown 22:1 seems 0 in all samples, the rest varies
22:2 - 24:1 16 bit uint train number could be as little as 14 bits too, no train number > 16k has been observed
24:3 - 29:7 null
30:0 - 31:1 unknown null if no PNR present, content unknown
31:2 - 32:0 7 bit uint seat number seat row for trains with an airplane-like numbering scheme
32:1 - 32:2 null
32:3 - 32:6 4 bit uint seat column as hex number 0 for trains without an airplane-like numbering scheme
32:7 - 33:6 null?
33:6 - 38:2 6x6 bit as listed below PNR all null if ticket has no PNR, values map to digits/letters as follows: 0-9 -> 0-9, 10-35 -> A-Z
38:3 -43:3 null
43:4 - 44:2 1010 011 or null issuer or carrier UIC code only set if PNR is present, "83" for Trenitalia tickets otherwise, a few preceding bits are likely part of this fields as well
44:3 -45:7 null
46:0 - 48:7 unknown null if no PNR present, unknown content otherwise
49:0 - 49:7 null
50:0 - 50:7 unknown null if no PNR present, unknown content otherwise
51:0 - 57:7 0x0B 0x65 0x23 0x18 0x40 0xE6 0xC0 fixed in all samples?
58:0 - 58:3 null might be part of the ticket number?
58:4 - 62:3 32 bit uint ticket number
63:4 - 65:7 null
66:0 - 66:7 varies between samples, same as 6:4 - 7:3?

Open Questions

  • there is one sample where the departure and arrival UIC station codes are equal, contrary to what's in the corresponding PDF
  • for international destinations the station code does not actually seem to be a valid UIC station code, but there is only one sample to back this up so far
  • It seems plausible that the coach number is also encoded given the seat number is, 30:0 - 31:1 would seem like the obvious range. In the sample data this does not seem the case with any obvious encoding.
  • Is the train type derived from the train number, or is that also encoded? 21:3 -22:1 would seem to be the obvious range for that, but so far no correlation to current samples found.
  • Is the class encoded somewhere?
  • Date/time encoding is still a mystery.
  • What is the "CP Code" in the PDF, and is that encoded somewhere? -> unlikely based on comparing adjacent codes