diff --git a/src/services/trainService.services.ts b/src/services/trainService.services.ts
index 647b9b3..413416f 100644
--- a/src/services/trainService.services.ts
+++ b/src/services/trainService.services.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ const pis = require("../services/pis.services");
 
 import { logger } from "../utils/logger.utils";
 
+import type { TrainServices, Service, Stop } from "@owlboard/ts-types";
+
 // This function is deprecated and should no longer be used.
 // It will be removed in a later version
 async function findByHeadcodeToday(headcode: string) {
@@ -42,7 +44,7 @@ async function findByHeadcodeToday(headcode: string) {
 }
 
 // Finds a train by its headcode value
-async function findByHeadcode(date: string | Date, headcode: string) {
+async function findByHeadcode(date: string | Date, headcode: string): Promise<TrainServices[]> {
   const sanitizedHeadcode = clean.removeNonAlphanumeric(headcode).toUpperCase();
   logger.debug(
     `trainServiceServices.findByHeadcode: Searching for headcode ${sanitizedHeadcode}`
@@ -80,13 +82,13 @@ async function findByHeadcode(date: string | Date, headcode: string) {
       },
     },
   ];
-  const queryData = await db.queryAggregate("timetable", pipeline);
+  const queryData: Service[] = await db.queryAggregate("timetable", pipeline);
   let filteredData = filterServices(queryData);
   return await filteredData;
 }
 
 // Finds a train by its trainUid value
-async function findByTrainUid(uid: string, date: Date | string = new Date()) {
+async function findByTrainUid(uid: string, date: Date | string = new Date()): Promise<TrainServices | null> {
   let queryDate;
   if (date === "now") {
     queryDate = new Date();
@@ -100,7 +102,7 @@ async function findByTrainUid(uid: string, date: Date | string = new Date()) {
   };
   const queryData = await db.query("timetable", query);
   if (queryData.length === 0) {
-    return [];
+    return queryData;
   }
   let services;
   services = await filterServices(queryData);
@@ -128,7 +130,7 @@ module.exports = {
 
 /* Accepts the 'stops' array from a db query and produces an
    array of only public stops as TIPLOCs. */
-async function getPublicStops(data) {
+async function getPublicStops(data: Stop[]): Promise<string[]> {
   let tiplocList = [];
   for (const publicStop in data) {
     if (data[publicStop]["isPublic"]) {
@@ -141,24 +143,26 @@ async function getPublicStops(data) {
 /* Takes a single days data from a headcode query and requeries
    using the trainUid, required to ensure any cancellations are
    accounted for */
-async function parseTrains(data) {
-  let trainUids = [];
+async function parseTrains(data: TrainServices[]): Promise<TrainServices[]> {
+  let trainUids: string[] = [];
   for (const i of data) {
     const trainUid = i["trainUid"];
     if (!trainUids.includes(trainUid)) {
       trainUids.push(trainUid);
     }
   }
-  let parsedData = [];
+  let parsedData: TrainServices[] = [];
   for (const i in trainUids) {
-    const result = await findByTrainUid(trainUids[i]);
-    parsedData.push(result);
+    const result: TrainServices | null = await findByTrainUid(trainUids[i]);
+    if (result) {
+      parsedData.push(result);
+    }
   }
   return parsedData;
 }
 
 // Filters services based on their STP Indicator
-async function filterServices(data) {
+async function filterServices(data: Service[]): Promise<TrainServices[]> {
   let stpIndicators = {},
     filteredServices = [];
   for (const serviceDetail of data) {
diff --git a/src/services/trainService.services2ts b/src/services/trainService.services2ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c66bb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/trainService.services2ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import { logger } from "../utils/logger.utils";
+import { findByTiplocArray } from "../services/pis.services"
+import { queryAggregate } from "./dbAccess.services";
+import { getFindByHeadcodePipeline } from "../utils/trainService.utils"
+import { removeNonAlphanumeric } from "../utils/sanitizer.utils"
+
+import type { TrainServices, Service, Stop } from "@owlboard/ts-types";
+import type { Document } from "mongodb";
+
+export async function findByHeadcode(headcode: string, date: Date | string): Promise<TrainServices[]> {
+  const sanitizedHeadcode = removeNonAlphanumeric(headcode);
+  logger.debug(`trainServices.findByHeadcode: Searching for trains by headcode: ${headcode}`)
+  
+  // If 'now' then generate a new Date now, else use the provided date, then set time to 1200.
+  const searchDate = (date === "now") ? new Date() : new Date(date);
+  searchDate.setHours(12, 0, 0);
+
+  // Get the 'shortDay'
+  const shortDay = getShortDay(searchDate)
+
+  const query = {
+    headcode: sanitizedHeadcode,
+    scheduleStartDate: { $lte: searchDate },
+    scheduleEndDate: { $gte: searchDate },
+    daysRun: { $in: [shortDay] },
+  };
+  const pipeline = getFindByHeadcodePipeline(query)
+  // Before proceeding, I need to check the return from the database to ensure that it
+  // is of type Service[] - for this use the Aggregate function in Compass.
+  const result: Service[] = await queryAggregate("timetable", pipeline) as Service[]
+
+  // The Filter Services function needs writing - possibly moving to utils as it is long.
+}
+
+// Outputs the standard 'shortday' string from a Date.
+function getShortDay(day: Date): string {
+  const dayMap = ["su", "m", "t", "w", "th", "f", "s"];
+  const shortDay = dayMap[day.getDay()];
+  return shortDay
+}
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diff --git a/src/utils/trainService.utils.ts b/src/utils/trainService.utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7cef600
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/trainService.utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+export function getFindByHeadcodePipeline(query: any) {
+  return [
+    {
+      $match: query,
+    },
+    {
+      $project: {
+        operator: 1,
+        stops: {
+          $concatArrays: [
+            [{ $first: "$stops" }],
+            [{ $arrayElemAt: ["$stops", -1] }],
+          ],
+        },
+        trainUid: 1,
+        stpIndicator: 1,
+      },
+    },
+  ];
+}
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