public static Pickups GetPickups(DateTime pickupDate, string routeClass) { // Pickups pickups = null; try { _Client = new RoadshowServiceClient(); pickups = _Client.GetPickups(pickupDate, routeClass); _Client.Close(); } catch (FaultException fe) { throw new ApplicationException("GetPickups() service error.", fe); } catch (TimeoutException te) { _Client.Abort(); throw new ApplicationException("GetPickups() timeout error.", te); } catch (CommunicationException ce) { _Client.Abort(); throw new ApplicationException("GetPickups() communication error.", ce); } return(pickups); }