implement intercity booking management and booking window websocket integration

apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/bookings/bookings.service.ts

@@ -176,6 +176,44 @@ export class BookingsService {
   }
 
   /** Resolve trade direction from yard countries; reject client mismatch. */
+  /**
+   * An intercity corridor is valid when both yards are Ethiopian and at least
+   * one non-retired route passes the origin strictly before the destination in
+   * its milestone order — that is the corridor an import/export train can
+   * serve the booking on.
+   */
+  private async assertIntercityCorridorExists(
+    originYardId: string,
+    destinationYardId: string,
+  ): Promise<void> {
+    const yards = await this.dataSource.getRepository(Yard).find({
+      where: { id: In([originYardId, destinationYardId]) },
+    });
+    if (yards.some((y) => y.country !== 'Ethiopia')) {
+      throw new BadRequestException(
+        'Intercity bookings only run between Ethiopian yards',
+      );
+    }
+    const rows: Array<{ id: string }> = await this.dataSource.query(
+      `SELECT r.id
+         FROM freight.routes r
+         JOIN freight.route_milestones mo
+           ON mo.route_id = r.id AND mo.yard_id = $1 AND mo.deleted_at IS NULL
+         JOIN freight.route_milestones md
+           ON md.route_id = r.id AND md.yard_id = $2 AND md.deleted_at IS NULL
+        WHERE mo.sequence_no < md.sequence_no
+          AND r.status = 'AVAILABLE'
+          AND r.deleted_at IS NULL
+        LIMIT 1`,
+      [originYardId, destinationYardId],
+    );
+    if (rows.length === 0) {
+      throw new BadRequestException(
+        'No route passes through this origin and destination in order — intercity service is not available on this corridor',
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
   private async resolveTradeDirectionForBooking(
     originYardId: string,
     destinationYardId: string,
@@ -607,6 +645,23 @@ export class BookingsService {
       dto.tradeDirection,
     );
 
+    // Intercity (DOMESTIC) bookings never get their own train — they ride on a
+    // passing import/export train, so there is no booking window and no date to
+    // pin. All we require at creation is that the corridor actually lies on a
+    // route (origin before destination in some route's milestone order); staff
+    // accept the booking onto a concrete train at finalize time.
+    if (tradeDirection === 'DOMESTIC') {
+      if (dto.scheduledDate || dto.trainScheduleId) {
+        throw new BadRequestException(
+          'Intercity bookings cannot pin a date or schedule — staff assign them to a passing train later',
+        );
+      }
+      await this.assertIntercityCorridorExists(
+        dto.originYardId,
+        dto.destinationYardId,
+      );
+    }
+
     // Stamp the operational profile this booking belongs to (importer/exporter)
     // so the customer portal can scope lists/KPIs to the active mode. Best-effort
     // for non-government bookings with a resolved company; never blocks creation.

apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contract-booking.service.ts

@@ -119,12 +119,27 @@ export class ContractBookingService {
     const generalCustoms =
       contract.contractKind === 'GENERAL' && Boolean(contract.customsClearingEnabled);
 
+    // Intercity (DOMESTIC) bookings ride on a passing import/export train:
+    // there is no window and no date — staff accept them onto a train at
+    // finalize time, so both the window gate and scheduledDate are skipped.
+    const isIntercity = contract.tradeDirection === 'DOMESTIC';
+    if (isIntercity && dto.scheduledDate) {
+      throw new BadRequestException(
+        'Intercity bookings do not pick a date — staff assign them to a passing train',
+      );
+    }
+    // Every other direction keeps the binding shipment day (the DTO field went
+    // optional only for intercity).
+    if (!isIntercity && !dto.scheduledDate) {
+      throw new BadRequestException('A binding shipment day is required');
+    }
+
     // Booking-window gate (config-driven): an operations booking may only be
     // created while the route's booking window is open — import: the day's window
     // (windowOpenHour EAT, importWindowLeadDays before departure, windowDurationHours);
     // export: within exportBookingLeadHours of departure. Customs Path B bookings
     // enter clearance first and are scheduled later, so they are not gated here.
-    if (!generalCustoms) {
+    if (!generalCustoms && !isIntercity) {
       await this.trainSchedulingService.assertBookingWindowOpen({
         originYardId: route?.originYardId ?? null,
         destinationYardId: route?.destinationYardId ?? null,

apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/contracts.service.ts

@@ -8,10 +8,14 @@ import { InjectDataSource } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
 import { DataSource } from 'typeorm';
 import { insertWithGeneratedReference } from '@edr/api-common';
 
+import { YardCountry } from '@edr/types';
+
+import { deriveTradeDirection } from '../../common/derive-trade-direction.util';
 import { CompaniesService } from '../companies/companies.service';
 import { CompanyProfile, ProfileType } from '../companies/entities/company-profile.entity';
 import { CompanyStatus } from '../companies/entities/company.entity';
 import { ServiceType } from '../rule-engine/entities/service-type.entity';
+import { Yard } from '../rule-engine/entities/yard.entity';
 import { FilesService } from '../files/files.service';
 import { MinioService } from '../minio/minio.service';
 import { ContractsRepository } from './contracts.repository';
@@ -110,6 +114,49 @@ export class ContractsService {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Every route must match the contract's declared trade direction as derived
+   * from the yard countries (IMPORT = DJ→ET, EXPORT = ET→DJ, DOMESTIC =
+   * intercity). Intercity is Ethiopian-domestic only: both yards must be in
+   * Ethiopia — a Djibouti-internal pair is rejected. Direction mismatches
+   * (e.g. an export lane on an import contract) are rejected for every kind.
+   */
+  private async assertRoutesMatchDirection(
+    tradeDirection: string,
+    routes: CreateContractDto['routes'],
+  ): Promise<void> {
+    const yardIds = [
+      ...new Set(routes.flatMap((r) => [r.originYardId, r.destinationYardId])),
+    ];
+    const yards = await this.dataSource
+      .getRepository(Yard)
+      .find({ where: yardIds.map((id) => ({ id })) });
+    const yardById = new Map(yards.map((y) => [y.id, y]));
+
+    for (const route of routes) {
+      const origin = yardById.get(route.originYardId);
+      const destination = yardById.get(route.destinationYardId);
+      if (!origin || !destination) {
+        throw new BadRequestException('Route references a yard that does not exist');
+      }
+      const derived = deriveTradeDirection(origin, destination);
+      if (derived !== tradeDirection) {
+        throw new BadRequestException(
+          `Route ${origin.label} → ${destination.label} is ${derived === 'DOMESTIC' ? 'an intercity' : `an ${derived.toLowerCase()}`} lane and does not match the contract's ${tradeDirection === 'DOMESTIC' ? 'intercity' : tradeDirection.toLowerCase()} direction`,
+        );
+      }
+      if (
+        derived === 'DOMESTIC' &&
+        (origin.country !== YardCountry.ETHIOPIA ||
+          destination.country !== YardCountry.ETHIOPIA)
+      ) {
+        throw new BadRequestException(
+          `Route ${origin.label} → ${destination.label}: intercity service only runs between Ethiopian yards`,
+        );
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   /** Create a new contract (DRAFT) with its routes and cargo-scope rows. */
   async create(
     dto: CreateContractDto,
@@ -144,6 +191,7 @@ export class ContractsService {
 
     this.assertCargoScopeShape(dto.freightType, dto.cargoScope);
     this.assertRouteShape(dto.contractKind, dto.routes);
+    await this.assertRoutesMatchDirection(dto.tradeDirection, dto.routes);
 
     // Stamp the operational profile (importer/exporter) for portal scoping.
     let companyProfileId: string | null = null;
@@ -175,6 +223,13 @@ export class ContractsService {
 
     // Customs clearing is owned by the service type, not the customer.
     const includesCustoms = await this.resolveIncludesCustoms(dto.serviceTypeId);
+    // Intercity never crosses a border, so a customs-including service type is
+    // a contradiction — the wizard hides them, the API enforces it.
+    if (dto.tradeDirection === 'DOMESTIC' && includesCustoms) {
+      throw new BadRequestException(
+        'Intercity contracts cannot use a service type that includes customs clearing',
+      );
+    }
 
     // An explicit reference is caller-chosen — a collision there is a real
     // conflict and should surface. Auto-generated references retry past a
@@ -360,6 +415,12 @@ export class ContractsService {
 
     if (dto.cargoScope) this.assertCargoScopeShape(freightType, dto.cargoScope);
     if (dto.routes) this.assertRouteShape(contractKind, dto.routes);
+    if (dto.routes) {
+      await this.assertRoutesMatchDirection(
+        dto.tradeDirection ?? existing.tradeDirection,
+        dto.routes,
+      );
+    }
 
     const updates: Record<string, unknown> = {
       contractKind,
@@ -385,6 +446,11 @@ export class ContractsService {
     const includesCustoms = await this.resolveIncludesCustoms(
       dto.serviceTypeId ?? existing.serviceTypeId,
     );
+    if ((dto.tradeDirection ?? existing.tradeDirection) === 'DOMESTIC' && includesCustoms) {
+      throw new BadRequestException(
+        'Intercity contracts cannot use a service type that includes customs clearing',
+      );
+    }
     updates.customsClearingEnabled = includesCustoms;
     updates.customsClearingAgent = includesCustoms
       ? null

apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/contracts/dto/create-booking-under-contract.dto.ts

@@ -120,9 +120,14 @@ export class CreateBookingUnderContractDto {
   @IsUUID()
   contractRouteId?: string;
 
-  @ApiProperty({ description: 'Binding shipment day.', example: '2026-07-15' })
+  @ApiPropertyOptional({
+    description:
+      'Binding shipment day. Omitted for intercity (DOMESTIC) bookings — staff assign a passing train later.',
+    example: '2026-07-15',
+  })
+  @IsOptional()
   @IsDateString()
-  scheduledDate!: string;
+  scheduledDate?: string;
 
   @ApiPropertyOptional({ type: [CreateBookingContainerLineDto] })
   @IsOptional()

apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/routes/entities/route.entity.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { BaseEntity } from '@edr/api-common';
+import type { ScheduleTradeDirection } from '@edr/types';
 import { Column, Entity, Index, JoinColumn, ManyToOne, OneToMany } from 'typeorm';
 
 import { Yard } from '../../rule-engine/entities/yard.entity';
@@ -26,6 +27,14 @@ export class Route extends BaseEntity {
   @Column({ name: 'status', type: 'varchar', length: 32, default: 'AVAILABLE' })
   status!: RouteStatus;
 
+  /**
+   * Trade direction frozen from the yard countries at create/update
+   * (ET→DJ = EXPORT, DJ→ET = IMPORT, same country = DOMESTIC/"Intercity").
+   * Consumers (scheduling, booking windows) read this instead of re-deriving.
+   */
+  @Column({ name: 'direction', type: 'varchar', length: 10 })
+  direction!: ScheduleTradeDirection;
+
   @OneToMany(() => RouteMilestone, (milestone) => milestone.route, { cascade: false })
   milestones?: RouteMilestone[];
 }

apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/routes/routes.service.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { BadRequestException, Injectable, NotFoundException } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { DataSource } from 'typeorm';
 
+import { deriveTradeDirection } from '../../common/derive-trade-direction.util';
 import { Yard } from '../rule-engine/entities/yard.entity';
 import { CreateRouteDto } from './dto/create-route.dto';
 import { FilterRoutesDto } from './dto/filter-routes.dto';
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ export class RoutesService {
           originYardId: validated.originYardId,
           destinationYardId: validated.destinationYardId,
           status: dto.status ?? 'AVAILABLE',
+          direction: validated.direction,
         }),
       );
 
@@ -115,6 +117,7 @@ export class RoutesService {
         originYardId: milestoneInput?.originYardId ?? existing.originYardId,
         destinationYardId:
           milestoneInput?.destinationYardId ?? existing.destinationYardId,
+        ...(milestoneInput ? { direction: milestoneInput.direction } : {}),
         ...(dto.status !== undefined ? { status: dto.status } : {}),
       });
 
@@ -187,9 +190,18 @@ export class RoutesService {
       throw new BadRequestException('Origin and destination yards must be different');
     }
 
+    const originYardId = normalized[0].yardId;
+    const destinationYardId = normalized[normalized.length - 1].yardId;
+    const yardById = new Map(yards.map((yard) => [yard.id, yard]));
+    const direction = deriveTradeDirection(
+      yardById.get(originYardId) ?? { country: null },
+      yardById.get(destinationYardId) ?? { country: null },
+    );
+
     return {
-      originYardId: normalized[0].yardId,
-      destinationYardId: normalized[normalized.length - 1].yardId,
+      originYardId,
+      destinationYardId,
+      direction,
       milestones: normalized,
     };
   }

apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/rule-engine/dto/create-yard.dto.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+import { YardCountry } from '@edr/types';
 import { ApiProperty, ApiPropertyOptional } from '@nestjs/swagger';
-import { IsBoolean, IsInt, IsOptional, IsString, IsUUID, MaxLength, Min } from 'class-validator';
+import { IsBoolean, IsEnum, IsInt, IsOptional, IsUUID, MaxLength, Min, IsString } from 'class-validator';
 
 export class CreateYardDto {
   @ApiProperty({ description: 'Customer-facing yard label', maxLength: 100 })
@@ -7,10 +8,9 @@ export class CreateYardDto {
   @MaxLength(100)
   label!: string;
 
-  @ApiProperty({ description: 'Country where the yard is located, e.g. Ethiopia, Djibouti', maxLength: 50 })
-  @IsString()
-  @MaxLength(50)
-  country!: string;
+  @ApiProperty({ enum: YardCountry, description: 'Country where the yard is located' })
+  @IsEnum(YardCountry)
+  country!: YardCountry;
 
   @ApiPropertyOptional({ default: true })
   @IsOptional()

apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/rule-engine/entities/yard.entity.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { BaseEntity } from '@edr/api-common';
+import { YardCountry } from '@edr/types';
 import { Column, Entity, Index } from 'typeorm';
 
 @Entity({ schema: 'freight', name: 'yards' })
@@ -12,8 +13,11 @@ export class Yard extends BaseEntity {
   @Column({ name: 'label', type: 'varchar', length: 100 })
   label!: string;
 
+  // Constrained to YardCountry by DTO validation + a DB CHECK constraint;
+  // route/schedule trade direction is derived from this value. Typed as the
+  // enum's literal values so plain strings from seeds/queries still fit.
   @Column({ name: 'country', type: 'varchar', length: 50 })
-  country!: string;
+  country!: `${YardCountry}`;
 
   @Column({ name: 'is_active', type: 'boolean', default: true })
   isActive!: boolean;

apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/batch-window.util.ts

@@ -282,15 +282,33 @@ export function computeImportWindowTimes(
   return { windowOpensAt: opensAt, windowClosesAt: closesAt };
 }
 
-/** Export booking window: FCFS from `exportBookingLeadHours` before departure until departure. */
+/**
+ * Export booking window: a single FCFS window from `exportBookingLeadHours`
+ * before departure until departure. The open honours the daily desk hours —
+ * when the raw lead instant lands while the desk is shut, the window opens at
+ * the next desk opening instead (capped at departure, so a config whose desk
+ * never opens before the train leaves yields a zero-length window rather than
+ * one that outlives the train).
+ */
 export function computeExportWindowTimes(
   departure: Date,
-  cfg: { exportBookingLeadHours: number },
+  cfg: {
+    exportBookingLeadHours: number;
+    windowOpenHour: number;
+    windowCloseHour: number;
+  },
 ): InitialWindowTimes {
-  return {
-    windowOpensAt: new Date(departure.getTime() - cfg.exportBookingLeadHours * 3_600_000),
-    windowClosesAt: departure,
-  };
+  const rawOpen = new Date(
+    departure.getTime() - cfg.exportBookingLeadHours * 3_600_000,
+  );
+  let opensAt = officeHoursOpen(rawOpen, {
+    windowOpenHour: cfg.windowOpenHour,
+    windowCloseHour: cfg.windowCloseHour,
+  });
+  if (opensAt.getTime() > departure.getTime()) {
+    opensAt = departure;
+  }
+  return { windowOpensAt: opensAt, windowClosesAt: departure };
 }
 
 /**
@@ -421,7 +439,9 @@ function boardWindowFromInterval(start: Date, end: Date): BoardWindow {
  * after each close, on the same booking day, until departure. This mirrors
  * `computeImportWindowTimes` + `concludeCycle`'s reopen math so the board shows the
  * exact windows the engine runs.
- * EXPORT: a single FCFS window from `departure − exportBookingLeadHours` to departure.
+ * EXPORT: a single FCFS window from `departure − exportBookingLeadHours` to departure,
+ * with the open shifted to the next desk opening when it lands outside office hours
+ * (same math as `computeExportWindowTimes`).
  *
  * `anchorOpensAt` pins the FIRST window's open time to the schedule's stored
  * `windowOpensAt` instead of recomputing it from config. Pass it so the board
@@ -436,8 +456,7 @@ export function listConfigBookingWindows(
 ): BoardWindow[] {
   if (direction === 'EXPORT') {
     const start =
-      anchorOpensAt ??
-      new Date(departure.getTime() - cfg.exportBookingLeadHours * 3_600_000);
+      anchorOpensAt ?? computeExportWindowTimes(departure, cfg).windowOpensAt;
     return [boardWindowFromInterval(start, departure)];
   }
 

apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/booking-batch.service.ts

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ import { BookingSplitService } from './booking-split.service';
 import { MAX_TEU_SLOTS_PER_WAGON } from './wagon-plan.util';
 
 /** A train's remaining capacity along the three physical limits the batch enforces. */
-interface Capacity {
+export interface Capacity {
   wagons: number;
   weightTons: number;
   lengthMeters: number;
@@ -1444,6 +1444,48 @@ export class BookingBatchService implements OnModuleInit {
       await this.fillSchedule(booking.trainScheduleId);
   }
 
+  // ---- intercity ride-along API ---------------------------------------------
+
+  /**
+   * Remaining capacity budget (wagons / weight / length) for a schedule, and
+   * the per-booking need calculator — exposed for the intercity accept flow,
+   * which reserves ride-along bookings onto import/export trains outside the
+   * batch engine.
+   */
+  async intercityCapacity(scheduleId: string): Promise<{
+    budget: Capacity;
+    needFor: (booking: Booking) => Capacity;
+  } | null> {
+    const schedule =
+      await this.trainSchedulesRepository.findByIdWithFullGraph(scheduleId);
+    const locomotive = schedule?.trainSet?.locomotive;
+    if (!schedule || !locomotive) return null;
+    const rules = await this.loadGlobalRules();
+    const wagonLengths = await this.loadWagonLengths();
+    const limits = await this.capacityLimits(locomotive, rules);
+    const budget = await this.remainingCapacity(schedule, limits, wagonLengths);
+    return { budget, needFor: (booking) => this.needFor(booking, wagonLengths) };
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Accept an intercity booking onto the given train. Commercial bookings get
+   * the same pay-window lifecycle as a batch reservation (deadline, invoice
+   * due-date sync, pay-now notify, settle on the window tick), so payment →
+   * allocation needs no special path. Government bookings allocate directly.
+   */
+  async acceptIntercity(booking: Booking, scheduleId: string): Promise<void> {
+    if (booking.isGovernment) {
+      await this.dataSource
+        .getRepository(Booking)
+        .update(booking.id, { trainScheduleId: scheduleId });
+      booking.trainScheduleId = scheduleId;
+      await this.allocate(scheduleId, booking, 'gov');
+      return;
+    }
+    await this.reserve(booking, scheduleId);
+    this.armSettle(scheduleId);
+  }
+
   // ---- mutations ------------------------------------------------------------
 
   /**

apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/booking-window.gateway.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+import {
+  BOOKING_WINDOW_WS_EVENTS,
+  BOOKING_WINDOW_WS_NAMESPACE,
+  type BookingWindowPhaseEvent,
+} from '@edr/types';
+import { Logger } from '@nestjs/common';
+import {
+  OnGatewayConnection,
+  WebSocketGateway,
+  WebSocketServer,
+} from '@nestjs/websockets';
+import { Server, Socket } from 'socket.io';
+
+import { WsAuthService } from '../notification-inbox/ws-auth.service';
+import { TrainSchedule } from '../train-schedules/entities/train-schedule.entity';
+
+/**
+ * Server → client push for booking-window state changes. Same handshake model
+ * as the notifications gateway: clients only listen, the token is verified on
+ * connect. Events are broadcast namespace-wide — window state is route-scoped
+ * public information for signed-in users, and clients filter/invalidate their
+ * own queries.
+ */
+@WebSocketGateway({
+  namespace: BOOKING_WINDOW_WS_NAMESPACE,
+  cors: { origin: true, credentials: true },
+})
+export class BookingWindowGateway implements OnGatewayConnection {
+  private readonly logger = new Logger(BookingWindowGateway.name);
+
+  @WebSocketServer()
+  private readonly server!: Server;
+
+  constructor(private readonly wsAuth: WsAuthService) {}
+
+  async handleConnection(socket: Socket): Promise<void> {
+    const userId = await this.wsAuth.resolveUserId(this.extractToken(socket));
+    if (!userId) {
+      this.logger.debug(`Rejected booking-window handshake ${socket.id}`);
+      socket.disconnect(true);
+      return;
+    }
+    socket.data.userId = userId;
+  }
+
+  /** Push a schedule's current window state to every connected client. */
+  emitPhase(schedule: TrainSchedule): void {
+    const payload: BookingWindowPhaseEvent = {
+      scheduleId: schedule.id,
+      originYardId: schedule.originStationId,
+      destinationYardId: schedule.destinationStationId,
+      direction: schedule.direction ?? null,
+      phase: (schedule.windowPhase ?? 'PRE_WINDOW') as BookingWindowPhaseEvent['phase'],
+      bookingWindowStatus: schedule.bookingWindowStatus ?? null,
+      bookingCycleNo: schedule.bookingCycleNo,
+      windowOpensAt: schedule.windowOpensAt?.toISOString() ?? null,
+      windowClosesAt: schedule.windowClosesAt?.toISOString() ?? null,
+      docReviewEndsAt: schedule.docReviewEndsAt?.toISOString() ?? null,
+      paymentPhaseEndsAt: schedule.paymentPhaseEndsAt?.toISOString() ?? null,
+      scheduledDepartureDate: schedule.scheduledDepartureDate?.toISOString() ?? null,
+    };
+    this.server.emit(BOOKING_WINDOW_WS_EVENTS.PHASE, payload);
+  }
+
+  private extractToken(socket: Socket): string | undefined {
+    const authToken = socket.handshake.auth?.token as string | undefined;
+    if (authToken) return authToken;
+
+    const queryToken = socket.handshake.query?.token;
+    if (typeof queryToken === 'string') return queryToken;
+
+    const header = socket.handshake.headers?.authorization;
+    if (header?.startsWith('Bearer ')) return header.slice(7);
+
+    return undefined;
+  }
+}

apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/booking-window.service.ts

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { TrainSchedule } from '../train-schedules/entities/train-schedule.entity
 import { TrainSchedulesRepository } from '../train-schedules/train-schedules.repository';
 import { NotificationsService } from '../notifications/notifications.service';
 import { BookingBatchService } from './booking-batch.service';
+import { BookingWindowGateway } from './booking-window.gateway';
 import { TrainSchedulingService, effectiveWindowConfig } from './train-scheduling.service';
 import { BATCH_TIMEZONE } from './booking-batch.constants';
 import { eatDay, nextCycleOpensAt, type OfficeHours } from './batch-window.util';
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ export class BookingWindowService implements OnModuleInit {
     private readonly bookingBatchService: BookingBatchService,
     private readonly trainSchedulingService: TrainSchedulingService,
     private readonly notifications: NotificationsService,
+    private readonly gateway: BookingWindowGateway,
   ) {}
 
   async onModuleInit(): Promise<void> {
@@ -48,7 +50,10 @@ export class BookingWindowService implements OnModuleInit {
     );
   }
 
-  @Cron('* * * * *', { name: 'booking-window-tick', timeZone: BATCH_TIMEZONE })
+  // 10-second cadence: every transition is derived from persisted timestamps
+  // and applied idempotently, so a finer tick only shrinks the lag between a
+  // deadline passing and the phase actually moving (was a full minute).
+  @Cron('*/10 * * * * *', { name: 'booking-window-tick', timeZone: BATCH_TIMEZONE })
   async tick(): Promise<void> {
     if (this.ticking) return;
     this.ticking = true;
@@ -89,9 +94,10 @@ export class BookingWindowService implements OnModuleInit {
 
       await this.settleOverdueReservations();
 
-      // Legacy fill (DOMESTIC / pre-migration schedules) every 5th tick.
+      // Legacy fill (DOMESTIC / pre-migration schedules) every 5 minutes
+      // (30 ticks at the 10-second cadence).
       this.tickCount += 1;
-      if (this.tickCount % 5 === 0) {
+      if (this.tickCount % 30 === 0) {
         await this.bookingBatchService.runBatchFill();
       }
     } finally {
@@ -151,6 +157,9 @@ export class BookingWindowService implements OnModuleInit {
           ? await this.advanceExport(schedule, now)
           : await this.advanceImport(schedule, cfg, now);
       if (!advanced) return;
+      // Push the new window state to portal home / backoffice GL sections so
+      // they refresh instantly instead of waiting out their poll interval.
+      this.gateway.emitPhase(schedule);
     }
   }
 
@@ -169,7 +178,9 @@ export class BookingWindowService implements OnModuleInit {
         await this.bookingBatchService.setWindow(schedule.id, 'OPEN');
         schedule.bookingWindowStatus = 'OPEN';
       }
-      await this.notifyWindowOpened(schedule);
+      // Fire-and-forget: a slow SMS/email gateway must not stall the tick loop
+      // (the `ticking` guard would otherwise delay every schedule's transition).
+      void this.notifyWindowOpened(schedule);
       this.logger.log(`Export booking window opened for schedule ${schedule.id}`);
       return true;
     }
@@ -216,7 +227,8 @@ export class BookingWindowService implements OnModuleInit {
         schedule.bookingWindowStatus = 'OPEN';
       }
       // Only announce the first opening of the day; reopen cycles don't re-notify.
-      if (schedule.bookingCycleNo === 1) await this.notifyWindowOpened(schedule);
+      // Fire-and-forget so a slow SMS/email gateway never stalls the tick loop.
+      if (schedule.bookingCycleNo === 1) void this.notifyWindowOpened(schedule);
       this.logger.log(
         `Import booking window opened for schedule ${schedule.id} (cycle ${schedule.bookingCycleNo})`,
       );

apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/dto/accept-intercity-bookings.dto.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import { ApiProperty } from '@nestjs/swagger';
+import { ArrayNotEmpty, IsArray, IsUUID } from 'class-validator';
+
+export class AcceptIntercityBookingsDto {
+  @ApiProperty({
+    type: [String],
+    description:
+      'Waiting intercity booking ids to accept onto this train, in priority order',
+  })
+  @IsArray()
+  @ArrayNotEmpty()
+  @IsUUID('4', { each: true })
+  bookingIds!: string[];
+}

apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/dto/update-schedule-window-rule.dto.ts

@@ -59,4 +59,15 @@ export class UpdateScheduleWindowRuleDto {
   @IsInt()
   @Min(0)
   importWindowLeadDays?: number;
+
+  @ApiPropertyOptional({
+    example: 24,
+    description:
+      'Hours before departure the single FCFS export window opens (EXPORT schedules; re-derives the window start)',
+  })
+  @IsOptional()
+  @Type(() => Number)
+  @IsInt()
+  @Min(1)
+  exportBookingLeadHours?: number;
 }

apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/intercity.service.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,367 @@
+import {
+  BadRequestException,
+  Injectable,
+  Logger,
+  NotFoundException,
+} from '@nestjs/common';
+import { InjectDataSource } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
+import { DataSource } from 'typeorm';
+
+import { Booking } from '../bookings/entities/booking.entity';
+import { RouteMilestone } from '../routes/entities/route-milestone.entity';
+import { TrainSchedule } from '../train-schedules/entities/train-schedule.entity';
+import { BookingBatchService, type Capacity } from './booking-batch.service';
+import { TrainCheckpointEvent } from './entities/train-checkpoint-event.entity';
+
+/**
+ * Intercity (DOMESTIC) ride-along: intercity bookings never get their own
+ * train — they ride a passing import/export schedule whose route milestones
+ * contain the booking's origin strictly before its destination.
+ *
+ * Flow: the customer books a corridor with no date; at finalize time staff see
+ * every waiting intercity booking whose corridor lies on the schedule's route,
+ * with its wagon/weight/length need against the train's remaining capacity;
+ * accepting reserves it (pay window → payment → allocation, same lifecycle as
+ * a batch reservation). Cargo is loaded manually when the train reaches the
+ * booking's origin yard and unloaded at its destination yard.
+ */
+@Injectable()
+export class IntercityService {
+  private readonly logger = new Logger(IntercityService.name);
+
+  constructor(
+    @InjectDataSource() private readonly dataSource: DataSource,
+    private readonly bookingBatchService: BookingBatchService,
+  ) {}
+
+  /**
+   * Waiting intercity bookings this schedule could carry, with the train's
+   * remaining capacity along all three axes (wagons, weight, length) and each
+   * booking's need, so staff can pick what fits.
+   */
+  async listCandidates(scheduleId: string) {
+    const schedule = await this.getSchedule(scheduleId);
+    const milestoneSeq = await this.routeMilestoneSequence(schedule);
+    const capacity = await this.bookingBatchService.intercityCapacity(scheduleId);
+
+    const waiting = milestoneSeq
+      ? await this.findWaitingIntercityBookings(milestoneSeq)
+      : [];
+    const accepted = await this.findAcceptedIntercityBookings(scheduleId);
+
+    return {
+      scheduleId,
+      routeId: schedule.routeId ?? null,
+      remaining: capacity?.budget ?? null,
+      candidates: waiting.map((booking) => {
+        const need = capacity?.needFor(booking) ?? null;
+        return {
+          ...this.mapBooking(booking),
+          need,
+          fits: need && capacity ? fits(need, capacity.budget) : false,
+        };
+      }),
+      accepted: accepted.map((booking) => ({
+        ...this.mapBooking(booking),
+        need: capacity?.needFor(booking) ?? null,
+      })),
+    };
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Accept selected waiting intercity bookings onto this train, in the given
+   * order, each re-checked against the shrinking capacity budget. Commercial
+   * bookings open a pay window (payment → allocation runs on the existing
+   * settle lifecycle); government bookings allocate immediately.
+   */
+  async acceptBookings(scheduleId: string, bookingIds: string[]) {
+    if (bookingIds.length === 0) {
+      throw new BadRequestException('Select at least one intercity booking');
+    }
+    const schedule = await this.getSchedule(scheduleId);
+    const milestoneSeq = await this.routeMilestoneSequence(schedule);
+    if (!milestoneSeq) {
+      throw new BadRequestException(
+        'Schedule has no route milestones — cannot serve intercity corridors',
+      );
+    }
+    const capacity = await this.bookingBatchService.intercityCapacity(scheduleId);
+    if (!capacity) {
+      throw new BadRequestException(
+        'Schedule has no locomotive/train set — capacity unknown',
+      );
+    }
+
+    const accepted: string[] = [];
+    const rejected: Array<{ bookingId: string; reason: string }> = [];
+    let budget = capacity.budget;
+
+    for (const bookingId of bookingIds) {
+      const booking = await this.dataSource
+        .getRepository(Booking)
+        .findOne({ where: { id: bookingId }, relations: { bookingContainers: true } });
+      if (!booking) {
+        rejected.push({ bookingId, reason: 'Booking not found' });
+        continue;
+      }
+      const notWaiting = this.whyNotWaiting(booking, milestoneSeq);
+      if (notWaiting) {
+        rejected.push({ bookingId, reason: notWaiting });
+        continue;
+      }
+      const need = capacity.needFor(booking);
+      if (!fits(need, budget)) {
+        rejected.push({
+          bookingId,
+          reason: 'Does not fit the remaining wagon/weight/length capacity',
+        });
+        continue;
+      }
+      await this.bookingBatchService.acceptIntercity(booking, scheduleId);
+      budget = subtract(budget, need);
+      accepted.push(bookingId);
+      this.logger.log(
+        `Intercity booking ${booking.reference ?? bookingId} accepted onto schedule ${scheduleId}`,
+      );
+    }
+
+    return { accepted, rejected, remaining: budget };
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Mark an accepted intercity booking's cargo as loaded. Only allowed while
+   * the train is physically at the booking's origin yard: either it has not
+   * departed yet and the booking boards at the train's own origin, or the
+   * latest recorded checkpoint is at the booking's origin yard.
+   */
+  async loadBooking(scheduleId: string, bookingId: string) {
+    const { schedule, booking } = await this.getAcceptedBooking(
+      scheduleId,
+      bookingId,
+    );
+    if (booking.status !== 'PAID') {
+      throw new BadRequestException(
+        `Booking must be paid before loading (currently ${booking.status})`,
+      );
+    }
+    await this.assertTrainAtYard(schedule, booking.originYardId, 'origin');
+    await this.dataSource
+      .getRepository(Booking)
+      .update(bookingId, { status: 'IN_TRANSIT' });
+    return { bookingId, status: 'IN_TRANSIT' as const };
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Mark an intercity booking's cargo as unloaded at its destination yard —
+   * requires the latest checkpoint to be at that yard. Completes the booking.
+   */
+  async unloadBooking(scheduleId: string, bookingId: string) {
+    const { schedule, booking } = await this.getAcceptedBooking(
+      scheduleId,
+      bookingId,
+    );
+    if (booking.status !== 'IN_TRANSIT') {
+      throw new BadRequestException(
+        `Booking must be loaded/in transit before unloading (currently ${booking.status})`,
+      );
+    }
+    await this.assertTrainAtYard(schedule, booking.destinationYardId, 'destination');
+    await this.dataSource
+      .getRepository(Booking)
+      .update(bookingId, { status: 'COMPLETED' });
+    return { bookingId, status: 'COMPLETED' as const };
+  }
+
+  // ---- helpers ---------------------------------------------------------------
+
+  private async getSchedule(scheduleId: string): Promise<TrainSchedule> {
+    const schedule = await this.dataSource
+      .getRepository(TrainSchedule)
+      .findOne({ where: { id: scheduleId } });
+    if (!schedule) {
+      throw new NotFoundException(`Train schedule ${scheduleId} not found`);
+    }
+    return schedule;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * yardId → sequenceNo for the schedule's route. Falls back to a two-stop
+   * origin/destination pseudo-route for legacy schedules without a routeId,
+   * so an intercity booking exactly matching the train's own corridor still
+   * qualifies.
+   */
+  private async routeMilestoneSequence(
+    schedule: TrainSchedule,
+  ): Promise<Map<string, number> | null> {
+    if (schedule.routeId) {
+      const milestones = await this.dataSource
+        .getRepository(RouteMilestone)
+        .find({ where: { routeId: schedule.routeId }, order: { sequenceNo: 'ASC' } });
+      if (milestones.length >= 2) {
+        return new Map(milestones.map((m) => [m.yardId, m.sequenceNo]));
+      }
+    }
+    if (schedule.originStationId && schedule.destinationStationId) {
+      return new Map([
+        [schedule.originStationId, 1],
+        [schedule.destinationStationId, 2],
+      ]);
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  /** Waiting = ready intercity bookings not yet on any train, corridor on this route. */
+  private async findWaitingIntercityBookings(
+    milestoneSeq: Map<string, number>,
+  ): Promise<Booking[]> {
+    const pool = await this.dataSource
+      .getRepository(Booking)
+      .createQueryBuilder('booking')
+      .leftJoinAndSelect('booking.company', 'company')
+      .leftJoinAndSelect('booking.bookingContainers', 'bookingContainer')
+      .leftJoinAndSelect('booking.originYard', 'originYard')
+      .leftJoinAndSelect('booking.destinationYard', 'destinationYard')
+      .where(`booking.trade_direction = 'DOMESTIC'`)
+      .andWhere('booking.train_schedule_id IS NULL')
+      .andWhere(
+        `((booking.is_government = false AND booking.status = 'FULLY_EXECUTED')
+          OR (booking.is_government = true AND booking.status = 'APPROVED'))`,
+      )
+      .orderBy('booking.is_government', 'DESC')
+      .addOrderBy('booking.priority_score', 'DESC')
+      .addOrderBy('booking.created_at', 'ASC')
+      .getMany();
+
+    return pool.filter((b) => this.corridorOnRoute(b, milestoneSeq));
+  }
+
+  /** Intercity bookings already reserved/allocated on this schedule. */
+  private async findAcceptedIntercityBookings(
+    scheduleId: string,
+  ): Promise<Booking[]> {
+    return this.dataSource
+      .getRepository(Booking)
+      .createQueryBuilder('booking')
+      .leftJoinAndSelect('booking.company', 'company')
+      .leftJoinAndSelect('booking.bookingContainers', 'bookingContainer')
+      .leftJoinAndSelect('booking.originYard', 'originYard')
+      .leftJoinAndSelect('booking.destinationYard', 'destinationYard')
+      .where(`booking.trade_direction = 'DOMESTIC'`)
+      .andWhere('booking.train_schedule_id = :scheduleId', { scheduleId })
+      .orderBy('booking.created_at', 'ASC')
+      .getMany();
+  }
+
+  private corridorOnRoute(
+    booking: Booking,
+    milestoneSeq: Map<string, number>,
+  ): boolean {
+    const originSeq = milestoneSeq.get(booking.originYardId);
+    const destinationSeq = milestoneSeq.get(booking.destinationYardId);
+    return (
+      originSeq != null && destinationSeq != null && originSeq < destinationSeq
+    );
+  }
+
+  private whyNotWaiting(
+    booking: Booking,
+    milestoneSeq: Map<string, number>,
+  ): string | null {
+    if (booking.tradeDirection !== 'DOMESTIC') {
+      return 'Not an intercity booking';
+    }
+    if (booking.trainScheduleId) {
+      return 'Already assigned to a train';
+    }
+    const readyStatus = booking.isGovernment ? 'APPROVED' : 'FULLY_EXECUTED';
+    if (booking.status !== readyStatus) {
+      return `Not ready to board (status ${booking.status})`;
+    }
+    if (!this.corridorOnRoute(booking, milestoneSeq)) {
+      return "Corridor is not on this schedule's route";
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  private async getAcceptedBooking(scheduleId: string, bookingId: string) {
+    const schedule = await this.getSchedule(scheduleId);
+    const booking = await this.dataSource
+      .getRepository(Booking)
+      .findOne({ where: { id: bookingId } });
+    if (!booking) throw new NotFoundException(`Booking ${bookingId} not found`);
+    if (booking.trainScheduleId !== scheduleId) {
+      throw new BadRequestException('Booking is not assigned to this schedule');
+    }
+    if (booking.tradeDirection !== 'DOMESTIC') {
+      throw new BadRequestException('Not an intercity booking');
+    }
+    return { schedule, booking };
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * The train is "at" a yard when the latest recorded checkpoint is that yard,
+   * or — for a booking boarding at the train's own origin — when the train has
+   * not recorded any checkpoint yet (still sitting at its origin).
+   */
+  private async assertTrainAtYard(
+    schedule: TrainSchedule,
+    yardId: string,
+    side: 'origin' | 'destination',
+  ): Promise<void> {
+    const latest = await this.dataSource
+      .getRepository(TrainCheckpointEvent)
+      .findOne({
+        where: { trainScheduleId: schedule.id },
+        order: { occurredAt: 'DESC', createdAt: 'DESC' },
+      });
+
+    if (!latest) {
+      if (side === 'origin' && schedule.originStationId === yardId) return;
+      throw new BadRequestException(
+        'Train has not reached this yard yet — record its checkpoint first',
+      );
+    }
+    if (latest.yardId !== yardId) {
+      throw new BadRequestException(
+        `Train's last recorded position is not at the booking's ${side} yard`,
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
+  private mapBooking(booking: Booking) {
+    return {
+      id: booking.id,
+      reference: booking.reference,
+      status: booking.status,
+      freightType: booking.freightType,
+      isGovernment: booking.isGovernment,
+      customer: booking.company?.name ?? 'Unknown customer',
+      originYardId: booking.originYardId,
+      destinationYardId: booking.destinationYardId,
+      origin:
+        booking.originYard?.label ?? booking.originYard?.code ?? 'Unknown origin',
+      destination:
+        booking.destinationYard?.label ??
+        booking.destinationYard?.code ??
+        'Unknown destination',
+      weightTons: Number(booking.cargoTotalWeightVgm ?? 0),
+      paymentDeadline: booking.paymentDeadline?.toISOString() ?? null,
+    };
+  }
+}
+
+function fits(need: Capacity, budget: Capacity): boolean {
+  return (
+    need.wagons <= budget.wagons &&
+    need.weightTons <= budget.weightTons &&
+    need.lengthMeters <= budget.lengthMeters
+  );
+}
+
+function subtract(budget: Capacity, need: Capacity): Capacity {
+  return {
+    wagons: budget.wagons - need.wagons,
+    weightTons: budget.weightTons - need.weightTons,
+    lengthMeters: budget.lengthMeters - need.lengthMeters,
+  };
+}

apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/train-scheduling.controller.ts

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import {
   TrainSchedulingManage,
   TrainSchedulingView,
 } from "../../common/booking-guards";
+import { AcceptIntercityBookingsDto } from "./dto/accept-intercity-bookings.dto";
 import { AssignBookingsDto } from "./dto/assign-bookings.dto";
 import { AssignUnassignedBookingDto } from "./dto/assign-unassigned-booking.dto";
 import { CreateContainerTrainScheduleDto } from "./dto/create-container-train-schedule.dto";
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ import { UpdateScheduleDateDto } from "./dto/update-schedule-date.dto";
 import { TrainSchedulingService } from "./train-scheduling.service";
 import { BookingBatchService } from "./booking-batch.service";
 import { BookingWindowService } from "./booking-window.service";
+import { IntercityService } from "./intercity.service";
 import { BillingService } from "../billing/billing.service";
 
 @ApiTags("train-scheduling")
@@ -57,6 +59,7 @@ export class TrainSchedulingController {
     private readonly trainSchedulingService: TrainSchedulingService,
     private readonly bookingBatchService: BookingBatchService,
     private readonly bookingWindowService: BookingWindowService,
+    private readonly intercityService: IntercityService,
     private readonly billingService: BillingService,
   ) { }
 
@@ -406,6 +409,54 @@ export class TrainSchedulingController {
     return this.trainSchedulingService.dispatchSchedule(id);
   }
 
+  @Get("schedules/:id/intercity-candidates")
+  @TrainSchedulingView()
+  @ApiOperation({
+    summary:
+      "Waiting intercity bookings this train could carry (corridor on route) + remaining wagon/weight/length capacity",
+  })
+  getIntercityCandidates(@Param("id", ParseUUIDPipe) id: string) {
+    return this.intercityService.listCandidates(id);
+  }
+
+  @Post("schedules/:id/intercity/accept")
+  @TrainSchedulingManage()
+  @ApiOperation({
+    summary:
+      "Accept intercity bookings onto this train (opens their pay window; capacity re-checked per booking)",
+  })
+  acceptIntercityBookings(
+    @Param("id", ParseUUIDPipe) id: string,
+    @Body() dto: AcceptIntercityBookingsDto,
+  ) {
+    return this.intercityService.acceptBookings(id, dto.bookingIds);
+  }
+
+  @Post("schedules/:id/intercity/:bookingId/load")
+  @TrainSchedulingManage()
+  @ApiOperation({
+    summary: "Confirm intercity cargo loaded (train must be at the booking's origin yard)",
+  })
+  loadIntercityBooking(
+    @Param("id", ParseUUIDPipe) id: string,
+    @Param("bookingId", ParseUUIDPipe) bookingId: string,
+  ) {
+    return this.intercityService.loadBooking(id, bookingId);
+  }
+
+  @Post("schedules/:id/intercity/:bookingId/unload")
+  @TrainSchedulingManage()
+  @ApiOperation({
+    summary:
+      "Confirm intercity cargo unloaded at the booking's destination yard (completes the booking)",
+  })
+  unloadIntercityBooking(
+    @Param("id", ParseUUIDPipe) id: string,
+    @Param("bookingId", ParseUUIDPipe) bookingId: string,
+  ) {
+    return this.intercityService.unloadBooking(id, bookingId);
+  }
+
   @Get("schedules/:id/import-djibouti")
   @TrainSchedulingView()
   @ApiOperation({ summary: "Batch 7 import Djibouti gatepass/loading status" })

apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/train-scheduling.module.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Module, forwardRef } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { TypeOrmModule } from '@nestjs/typeorm';
+import { Session } from '@tria-plc/iamapi-common/entities/iam/user/session.entity';
 
 import { BillingModule } from '../billing/billing.module';
 import { BookingsModule } from '../bookings/bookings.module';
@@ -25,7 +26,10 @@ import { TrainSchedulingController } from './train-scheduling.controller';
 import { TrainSchedulingService } from './train-scheduling.service';
 import { BookingBatchService } from './booking-batch.service';
 import { BookingNotifierService } from './booking-notifier.service';
+import { BookingWindowGateway } from './booking-window.gateway';
 import { BookingWindowService } from './booking-window.service';
+import { IntercityService } from './intercity.service';
+import { WsAuthService } from '../notification-inbox/ws-auth.service';
 import { BookingSplitService } from './booking-split.service';
 import { BookingBatchOffer } from './entities/booking-batch-offer.entity';
 import { NotificationsModule } from '../notifications/notifications.module';
@@ -46,6 +50,8 @@ import { ContractsModule } from '../contracts/contracts.module';
       TrainCheckpointEvent,
       ImportDjiboutiOperation,
       BookingBatchOffer,
+      // WsAuthService (booking-window gateway handshake) verifies IAM sessions.
+      Session,
     ]),
     forwardRef(() => BookingsModule),
     BillingModule,
@@ -64,8 +70,11 @@ import { ContractsModule } from '../contracts/contracts.module';
     TrainCheckpointEventsRepository,
     BookingBatchService,
     BookingNotifierService,
+    BookingWindowGateway,
+    WsAuthService,
     BookingWindowService,
     BookingSplitService,
+    IntercityService,
   ],
   exports: [TrainSchedulingService, BookingBatchService, BookingWindowService],
 })

apps/edr-freight-api/src/modules/train-scheduling/train-scheduling.service.ts

@@ -408,7 +408,9 @@ export class TrainSchedulingService {
         schedule.ruleImportWindowLeadDays ??
         liveCfg.importWindowLeadDays,
       exportBookingLeadHours:
-        schedule.ruleExportBookingLeadHours ?? liveCfg.exportBookingLeadHours,
+        dto.exportBookingLeadHours ??
+        schedule.ruleExportBookingLeadHours ??
+        liveCfg.exportBookingLeadHours,
       windowOpenHour:
         dto.windowOpenHour ?? schedule.ruleWindowOpenHour ?? liveCfg.windowOpenHour,
       windowCloseHour:
@@ -432,6 +434,12 @@ export class TrainSchedulingService {
       schedule.direction === 'EXPORT'
         ? computeExportWindowTimes(schedule.scheduledDepartureDate, merged)
         : computeImportWindowTimes(schedule.scheduledDepartureDate, merged, now);
+    if (times.windowOpensAt.getTime() >= times.windowClosesAt.getTime()) {
+      throw new BadRequestException(
+        'These settings leave no booking window before departure — with the ' +
+          'desk hours applied, the window would only open once the train has left.',
+      );
+    }
 
     await this.dataSource.getRepository(TrainSchedule).update(id, {
       windowOpensAt: times.windowOpensAt,
@@ -686,10 +694,9 @@ export class TrainSchedulingService {
         lockedLocomotives.push(locked);
       }
 
-      const direction = deriveScheduleDirection(
-        route.originYard ?? { country: null },
-        route.destinationYard ?? { country: null },
-      );
+      // Frozen on the route at create/update from the yard-country enum;
+      // getSchedulableRoute already rejected DOMESTIC (intercity).
+      const direction = this.resolveRouteDirection(route);
 
       const trainSet = await this.buildEmptyTrainSet(manager, lockedLocomotives);
       // Effective capacity is capped by the weakest locomotive in the set.
@@ -3447,9 +3454,27 @@ export class TrainSchedulingService {
         `Route ${formatRouteLabel(route)} is not available for scheduling (${route.status})`,
       );
     }
+    // Intercity (same-country) service is not offered yet — only import/export
+    // trains can be scheduled.
+    if (this.resolveRouteDirection(route) === 'DOMESTIC') {
+      throw new BadRequestException(
+        `Route ${formatRouteLabel(route)} is an intercity route; intercity scheduling is not available yet`,
+      );
+    }
     return route;
   }
 
+  /** Stored route direction, deriving from yard countries for pre-migration rows. */
+  private resolveRouteDirection(route: Route) {
+    return (
+      route.direction ??
+      deriveScheduleDirection(
+        route.originYard ?? { country: null },
+        route.destinationYard ?? { country: null },
+      )
+    );
+  }
+
   private mapEligibleBooking(booking: Booking) {
     return {
       id: booking.id,
@@ -4054,6 +4079,7 @@ export class TrainSchedulingService {
             : null,
         reopenDelayMinutes: schedule.ruleReopenDelayMinutes ?? null,
         importWindowLeadDays: schedule.ruleImportWindowLeadDays ?? null,
+        exportBookingLeadHours: schedule.ruleExportBookingLeadHours ?? null,
         docReviewMinutes: windowCfg.docReviewMinutes,
         paymentWindowMinutes: windowCfg.paymentWindowMinutes,
       },