3.1. RAIL AVAILABILITY SEARCH REQUEST

Rail Availability Search Request is used to get available trains, car types, and count of available seats in these trains.

OTA_RailAvailRQ*:
*mandatory

Element	Attribute	Type	Description	Min…Max occurs

Element	Attribute	Type	Description	Min…Max occurs
	PrimaryLangID		For more information see Common Data Description section in Glossary.	0..1
	RequestedCurrency			0..1
	AvailRatesOnly	boolean	If it is set to "true", it is used to search for available trains only that could be immediately confirmed. If it is set to "false", it is used to search for all trains including hotels with "on request" availability.	0..1
	ShowCharges	boolean	Influences on CancellationPenalties block's appearance on Rail Availability Search Response.	0..1
RailAvailQuery*			Contains criteria for a rail availability query.	1..1

**OTA_RailAvailRQ/RailAvailQuery*:**

Element	Attribute	Type	Description	Min…Max occurs

Element	Attribute	Type	Description	Min…Max occurs
AvailBaseQueryCriteria			A collection of information about the locations for which availability is to be checked.	0..1
AvailBaseQueryCriteria/RailSearchCriteria			Contains information about specific search criteria.	0..9
AvailBaseQueryCriteria/RailSearchCriteria/Train			Contains info about specific train.	0..1
AvailBaseQueryCriteria/RailSearchCriteria/Train/TrainNumber*		String (1-8)	A unique number that identifies the train.	1..1
AvailBaseQueryCriteria/OriginDestinationInformation			For more information see Rail Schedule Search Request section.	0..1
PassengerInfo*			Specify passenger type/category. Classification of passenger demographics and rate qualifying information.	1..1
PassengerInfo/PassengerQualifyingInfo			Contains age qualifying information for the passenger.	1..9
	Age	integer	Optional attribute; but if a tourist is a child or infant, it is required to specify his/her age. It is assumed that this is full child age on a date of journey.	0..1
	Count*	integer	Indicates count of paxes.	1..1
	Code*	string (“ADT”, “CHD”, “INF”)	Indicates type of pax tariff.	1..1

<ota:OTA_RailAvailRQ EchoToken="12345" Version="2.0" PrimaryLangID="en" xmlns:ota="http://www.opentravel.org/OTA/2003/05">
        <ota:POS>
           <ota:Source>
              <ota:RequestorID ID="cla" MessagePassword="pwa" Type="22"/>
              <ota:BookingChannel Type="7" PriceDomain="1"/>
           </ota:Source>
         </ota:POS>
         <ota:RailAvailQuery>
            <ota:AvailBaseQueryCriteria>
               <ota:OriginDestinationInformation>
                  <ota:DepartureDateTime TimeFrom="15:00:00" TimeTo="17:00:00">2014-11-01</ota:DepartureDateTime>
                  <ota:OriginLocation LocationCode="Москва" LocationType="city" CodeContext="teletrain" />
                  <ota:DestinationLocation LocationCode="Минск" LocationType="city" CodeContext="teletrain" />                  
               </ota:OriginDestinationInformation>
               <ota:RailSearchCriteria>
                  <ota:Train>
                     <ota:TrainNumber>027Б</ota:TrainNumber>
                  </ota:Train>
               </ota:RailSearchCriteria>
            </ota:AvailBaseQueryCriteria>
            <ota:PassengerInfo>
               <ota:PassengerQualifyingInfo Code="ADT" Count="2"/>
               <ota:PassengerQualifyingInfo Code="CHD" Count="1"/>
               <ota:PassengerQualifyingInfo Code="INF" Count="1"/> 
            </ota:PassengerInfo>          
         </ota:RailAvailQuery>
</ota:OTA_RailAvailRQ>

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3.1. RAIL AVAILABILITY SEARCH REQUEST

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**OTA_RailAvailRQ/RailAvailQuery*:**