453 Railroad Service Commitment Advice
Functional Group ST
X12I Transportation Subcommittee
This Draft Standard for Trial Use contains the format and establishes the data contents of the Railroad Service Commitment Advice Transaction Set (453) for use within the context of an Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) environment. The transaction set can be used by a Rail Interline Service Management shipment sponsor to communicate service commitment details to transportation service providers.
Heading
Sequence
Segment
Name
Max use
010
Transaction Set HeaderMandatory
Max 1
To indicate the start of a transaction set and to assign a control number
020
Beginning Segment for Service Commitment AdviceMandatory
Max 1
To transmit identifying numbers, dates, and other basic data relating to the
transaction set
030
Date or Time or PeriodMandatory
Max 2
To specify any or all of a date, a time, or a time period
040
Name
Max 999999
To identify a party by type of organization, name, and code
045
Route Information
Max 13
To specify carrier and routing sequences and details
050
Origin and Destination
Max 1
To identify the origin and destination of a shipment
060
Price Authority Identification
Max 10
To communicate basis of pricing, such as contract number, quote number, or
tariff number
070
Product (Commodity)
Max 99
To identify the commodity to which the application of a rate docket is
restricted
080
Car Type
Max 99
Used to limit the application of restrictions to a subset of standard
Association of American Railroads Car Type Codes
090
Association of American Railroads Pool Code Restrictions
Max 99
Used to limit the application of restrictions to a subset of standard
Association of American Railroads Pool Codes
100
Railroad Interline Service Special Handling Restrictions
Max 99
To identify the special handling codes that apply to a shipment
SR Loop
Repeat 7
110
Requested Service ScheduleMandatory
Max 1
To identify requested service schedules
LX Loop
Repeat 999999
115
Assigned NumberMandatory
Max 1
To reference a line number in a transaction set
120
Railroad Interline Service Definition Detail
Max 15
To identify service commitment starting events
130
Interline Service Commitment Detail
Max 999999
To identify the service commitment schedules
140
Transaction Set TrailerMandatory
Max 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)