diff --git a/api.http b/api.http
index b8c74af..83d2709 100644
--- a/api.http
+++ b/api.http
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Accept: application/json
 Authorization: Bearer {{$auth.token("oauth2_api")}}
 
 ### API travel
-GET {{base_url}}/api/travels/DWWMP301125
+GET {{base_url}}/api/travels/DPWBSP030229
 Accept: application/json
 Authorization: Bearer {{$auth.token("oauth2_api")}}
 
diff --git a/src/BusProNet/Traits/TypeConversionTrait.php b/src/BusProNet/Traits/TypeConversionTrait.php
index 33dcf6e..9b3a96b 100644
--- a/src/BusProNet/Traits/TypeConversionTrait.php
+++ b/src/BusProNet/Traits/TypeConversionTrait.php
@@ -66,7 +66,35 @@ trait TypeConversionTrait
         }
 
         try {
-            $dateTime = Carbon::createFromFormat('d.m.Y H:i', substr($string, 0, 16))->startOfDay();
+            $dateTime = Carbon::createFromFormat('d.m.Y H:i', substr($string, 0, 16));
+
+            return $dateTime->toDateTimeImmutable();
+        } catch (InvalidFormatException $e) {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This method is used primarily to parse pickup-times since data is
+     * either provided with date and time or time only. In this case a
+     * date has to be provided which defaults to a travel's start date.
+     */
+    protected function stringToDateTimeFuzzy(?string $string, \DateTimeImmutable $defaultDate): ?\DateTimeImmutable
+    {
+        if (true === empty($string)) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        try {
+            if (1 === preg_match('/^\d{2}:\d{2}$/', $string)) {
+                // time only provided
+                $dateTime = Carbon::createFromFormat('H:i', $string);
+                // assign default date
+                $dateTime->setDateFrom($defaultDate);
+            } else {
+                // date and time provided
+                $dateTime = Carbon::createFromFormat('d.m.Y H:i', substr($string, 0, 16));
+            }
 
             return $dateTime->toDateTimeImmutable();
         } catch (InvalidFormatException $e) {
diff --git a/src/BusProNet/Utility/TravelCodeUtility.php b/src/BusProNet/Utility/TravelCodeUtility.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..328a743
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/BusProNet/Utility/TravelCodeUtility.php
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\BusProNet\Utility;
+
+class TravelCodeUtility
+{
+    public function sanitize(string $travelCode): string
+    {
+        return str_replace(['-', '/'], '', strtoupper($travelCode));
+    }
+
+    public function getBaseCode(string $travelCode): string
+    {
+        return strtoupper(substr($travelCode, 0, -6));
+    }
+
+    public function getDate(string $travelCode): \DateTimeImmutable
+    {
+        $datePart = substr($travelCode, -6);
+
+        return \DateTimeImmutable::createFromFormat('dmy', $datePart);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/BusProNet/XmlLoader/TravelLoader.php b/src/BusProNet/XmlLoader/TravelLoader.php
index 927e132..3f9cf49 100644
--- a/src/BusProNet/XmlLoader/TravelLoader.php
+++ b/src/BusProNet/XmlLoader/TravelLoader.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use App\BusProNet\Model\Pickup;
 use App\BusProNet\Model\Room;
 use App\BusProNet\Model\Service;
 use App\BusProNet\Model\Travel;
+use App\BusProNet\Utility\TravelCodeUtility;
 use League\Flysystem\FilesystemOperator;
 use League\Flysystem\StorageAttributes;
 use Psr\Cache\InvalidArgumentException;
@@ -130,11 +131,13 @@ class TravelLoader extends AbstractLoader
     {
         $hotelNode = $this->getHotelNode($node, $hotelId);
 
+        $dateFrom = $this->stringToDate($node->attr('termin'));
+
         $travel = new Travel();
         $travel->id = (int) $node->attr('idbuspro');
         $travel->hotelId = (int) $hotelNode->attr('idbuspro');
         $travel->label = $this->getStringOrNullValue($node->filterXPath('//text'));
-        $travel->dateFrom = $this->stringToDate($node->attr('termin'));
+        $travel->dateFrom = $dateFrom;
         $travel->dateTo = $this->stringToDate($node->attr('bis'));
         $travel->code = $node->attr('code');
         $travel->type = $node->attr('reiseart');
@@ -145,7 +148,7 @@ class TravelLoader extends AbstractLoader
         $travel->transportationServices = $this
             ->getTransportationServices($node->filterXPath('//lei_befoerderung/leistung'));
         $travel->rooms = $this->getRooms($hotelNode);
-        $travel->pickupsTo = $this->getPickups($node->filterXPath('//zustiege/zustieg'));
+        $travel->pickupsTo = $this->getPickups($node->filterXPath('//zustiege/zustieg'), $dateFrom);
         $travel->pickupsFro = $this->getPickups($node->filterXPath('//zustiege_rueck/zustieg_rueck'));
         $travel->guide = $this->getGuide($node);
 
@@ -248,19 +251,23 @@ class TravelLoader extends AbstractLoader
         return $transportationServices;
     }
 
-    public function getPickups(Crawler $node): array
+    public function getPickups(Crawler $node, ?\DateTimeImmutable $defaultDate = null): array
     {
         $pickups = [];
 
-        $node->each(function (Crawler $pickupNode) use (&$pickups) {
+        $node->each(function (Crawler $pickupNode) use (&$pickups, $defaultDate) {
             $pickupId = (int) $pickupNode->attr('idbuspro');
 
             $pickup = new Pickup();
             $pickup->id = $pickupId;
-            $pickup->time = $this->stringToDateTime($pickupNode->attr('zeit'));
             $pickup->price = $pickupNode->attr('preis') ?
                 $this->stringToFloat($pickupNode->attr('preis')) : null;
 
+            // parse date and time only for direction 'to' indicated by provided default date
+            if (null !== $defaultDate) {
+                $pickup->time = $this->stringToDateTimeFuzzy($pickupNode->attr('zeit'), $defaultDate);
+            }
+
             $pickups[$pickupId] = $pickup;
         });
 
@@ -352,6 +359,8 @@ class TravelLoader extends AbstractLoader
 
     public function patchBookings(BaseData $bookings): void
     {
+        $travelCodeUtility = new TravelCodeUtility();
+
         foreach ($bookings->getItems() as $booking) {
             if (null === $travelId = $booking->travelId) {
                 continue;
@@ -368,11 +377,12 @@ class TravelLoader extends AbstractLoader
             $travelDate = $travelData->dateFrom;
             $travelCode = $travelData->code;
 
+            // generate url to travelinfo page five days before travel begins
             if ($travelDate->modify('-5 days') < $now) {
                 $booking->travelInfoUrl = sprintf(
                     '%s/%s',
                     rtrim($this->travelInfoBaseUrl, '/'),
-                    str_replace('/', '-', $travelCode)
+                    $travelCodeUtility->sanitize($travelCode)
                 );
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/Controller/Api/TravelController.php b/src/Controller/Api/TravelController.php
index 7a3ac31..b6f475b 100644
--- a/src/Controller/Api/TravelController.php
+++ b/src/Controller/Api/TravelController.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace App\Controller\Api;
 
 use App\BusProNet\Model\Travel;
+use App\BusProNet\Utility\TravelCodeUtility;
 use App\BusProNet\XmlLoader\HotelLoader;
 use App\BusProNet\XmlLoader\PickupLoader;
 use App\BusProNet\XmlLoader\TravelLoader;
@@ -55,7 +56,8 @@ class TravelController extends AbstractController
     )]
     public function singleByCode(string $travelCode, ?string $hotelCode = null): JsonResponse
     {
-        $travelCode = str_replace('-', '/', $travelCode);
+        // sanitize travel code by removing potential dividers
+        $travelCode = (new TravelCodeUtility())->sanitize($travelCode);
 
         $travelId = $this->travelXmlLoader->mapCodeToId($travelCode);
         $hotelId = $hotelCode ? $this->hotelXmlLoader->mapCodeToId($travelCode) : null;
diff --git a/tests/BusProNet/Utility/TravelCodeUtilityTest.php b/tests/BusProNet/Utility/TravelCodeUtilityTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1392dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/BusProNet/Utility/TravelCodeUtilityTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace BusProNet\Utility;
+
+use App\BusProNet\Utility\TravelCodeUtility;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+
+class TravelCodeUtilityTest extends TestCase
+{
+    public function testSanitizeCode(): void
+    {
+        $utility = new TravelCodeUtility();
+
+        $travelCode = 'ABCDEF/010125';
+        $sanitized = $utility->sanitize($travelCode);
+        $this->assertEquals('ABCDEF010125', $sanitized);
+
+        $travelCode = 'ABCDEF-010125';
+        $sanitized = $utility->sanitize($travelCode);
+        $this->assertEquals('ABCDEF010125', $sanitized);
+
+        $travelCode = 'abcdef/010125';
+        $sanitized = $utility->sanitize($travelCode);
+        $this->assertEquals('ABCDEF010125', $sanitized);
+    }
+
+    public function testGetBaseCode(): void
+    {
+        $utility = new TravelCodeUtility();
+
+        $travelCode = 'ABCDEF010125';
+        $baseCode = $utility->getBaseCode($travelCode);
+        $this->assertEquals('ABCDEF', $baseCode);
+
+        $travelCode = 'abcdef010125';
+        $baseCode = $utility->getBaseCode($travelCode);
+        $this->assertEquals('ABCDEF', $baseCode);
+    }
+
+    public function testGetDate(): void
+    {
+        $utility = new TravelCodeUtility();
+
+        $travelCode = 'ABCDEF010125';
+        $date = $utility->getDate($travelCode);
+        $this->assertEquals('2025-01-01', $date->format('Y-m-d'));
+    }
+}