Alphabetical codes
The Great Western Railway gave its principal depots a code of two to five letters based on the depot name. Sub-sheds shared the main depot's code except, it seems, Crewe (sub-shed to Wellington) that had its own code.
| Code |
Depot name |
| ABEEG |
Aberbeeg |
| ABG |
Aberbeeg |
| AYN |
Abercynon |
| ABDR |
Aberdare |
| ABH |
Aberystwyth |
| BAN |
Banbury |
| BRY |
Barry |
| BHD |
Birkenhead |
| BCN |
Brecon |
| BRD |
Bristol Bath Road |
| SPM |
Bristol St Philip's Marsh |
| CDF |
Cardiff Canton |
| CHYS |
Cardiff Cathays |
| CED |
Cardiff East Dock |
| RYR |
Cardiff Radyr |
| CAR |
Carmarthen |
| CARM |
Carmarthen |
| CHEL |
Cheltenham |
| CHR |
Chester |
| CRW |
Crewe |
| CNYD |
Croes Newydd |
| DG |
Danygraig |
| DID |
Didcot |
| DYD |
Duffryn Yard |
| EXE |
Exeter |
| FDL |
Ferndale |
| FGD |
Fishguard |
| GLO |
Gloucester |
| HFD |
Hereford |
| KDR |
Kidderminster |
| LDR |
Landore |
| LMTN |
Leamington Spa |
| LLY |
Llanelly |
| LTS |
Llantrisant |
| LYD |
Lydney |
| MCH |
Machynlleth |
| MTHR |
Merthyr |
| NEA |
Neath |
| NPT |
Newport Ebbw Junction |
| PILL |
Newport Pill |
| NA |
Newton Abbot |
| NEY |
Neyland |
| PDN |
Old Oak Common (Paddington ) |
| OSW |
Oswestry |
| OXF |
Oxford |
| PFN |
Pantyffynnon |
| PZ |
Penzance |
| LA |
Plymouth Laira |
| PPRD |
Pontypool Road |
| RDG |
Reading |
| RHY |
Rhymney |
| STJ |
Severn Tunnel Junction |
| SALOP |
Shrewsbury |
| SLP |
Shrewsbury |
| SLO |
Slough |
| SHL |
Southall |
| SBZ |
St Blazey |
| SBLZ |
St Blazey |
| STB |
Stourbridge |
| SED |
Swansea East Dock |
| SDN |
Swindon |
| TN |
Taunton |
| TDU |
Tondu |
| THT |
Treherbert |
| TR |
Truro |
| TYS |
Tyseley |
| WLN |
Wellington |
| WES |
Westbury |
| WEY |
Weymouth |
| WTD |
Whitland |
| OXY |
Wolverhampton Oxley |
| SRD |
Wolverhampton Stafford Road |
| WOS |
Worcester |
| YEO |
Yeovil Pen Mill |
Numerical codes
The Great Western Railway grouped its depots into divisions. The last digit of the depot number denotes the appropriate division, thus:
1= London
2= Bristol
3= Newton Abbot
4= Wolverhampton
5= Worcester
6= Newport
7= Neath
8= Cardiff Valleys
9= Central Wales
| Code |
Depot name |
sort by division |
| 11 |
Aylesbury |
|
| 12 |
Andover Junction |
|
| 13 |
Ashburton |
|
| 15 |
Brimscombe |
|
| 16 |
Aberbeeg |
|
| 18 |
Abercynon |
|
| 19 |
Aberystwyth |
|
| 21 |
Abingdon |
|
| 22 |
Bristol Bath Road |
|
| 23 |
Barnstaple |
|
| 24 |
Birkenhead |
|
| 26 |
Aberdare |
|
| 27 |
Cardigan |
|
| 28 |
Barry |
|
| 29 |
Aberayon |
|
| 31 |
Basingstoke |
|
| 32 |
Bristol St Philip's Marsh |
|
| 33 |
Bridgwater |
|
| 34 |
Bala |
|
| 35 |
Chalford |
|
| 37 |
Carmarthen |
|
| 39 |
Brecon |
|
| 41 |
Didcot |
|
| 42 |
Bath |
|
| 43 |
Bodmin |
|
| 44 |
Banbury |
|
| 45 |
Cheltenham |
|
| 46 |
Branches Fork |
|
| 47 |
Danygraig |
|
| 48 |
Cardiff East Dock |
|
| 49 |
Builth Wells |
|
| 51 |
Fairford |
|
| 52 |
Bridport |
|
| 53 |
Exeter |
|
| 54 |
Chester |
|
| 56 |
Bridgend |
|
| 57 |
Duffryn Yard |
|
| 58 |
Cardiff Cathays |
|
| 59 |
Corris (Narrow Gauge) |
|
| 61 |
Henley-On-Thames |
|
| 62 |
Chippenham |
|
| 63 |
Helston |
|
| 64 |
Croes Newydd |
|
| 66 |
Cardiff Canton |
|
| 67 |
Glyn Neath |
|
| 68 |
Merthyr |
|
| 72 |
Frome |
|
| 73 |
Kingsbridge |
|
| 74 |
Crewe |
|
| 75 |
Evesham |
|
| 76 |
Newport Ebbw Junction |
|
| 77 |
Fishguard |
|
| 78 |
Dowlais Central |
|
| 81 |
Marlow |
|
| 83 |
Plymouth Laira |
|
| 84 |
Ludlow |
|
| 85 |
Gloucester |
|
| 86 |
Llantrisant |
|
| 87 |
Landore |
|
| 88 |
Ferndale |
|
| 89 |
Llanfyllin |
|
| 91 |
Newbury |
|
| 92 |
Malmesbury |
|
| 93 |
Launceston |
|
| 94 |
Leamington Spa |
|
| 95 |
Hereford |
|
| 98 |
Cardiff Radyr |
|
| 99 |
Llanidloes |
|
| 101 |
Old Oak Common |
|
| 103 |
Moretonhampstead |
|
| 105 |
Honeybourne |
|
| 106 |
Newport Pill |
|
| 107 |
Llanelly |
|
| 108 |
Rhymney |
|
| 109 |
Moat Lane |
|
| 111 |
Oxford |
|
| 113 |
Minehead |
|
| 114 |
Wolverhampton Oxley |
|
| 116 |
Pontrilas |
|
| 119 |
Machynlleth |
|
| 121 |
Reading |
|
| 122 |
Salisbury |
|
| 123 |
Moorswater |
|
| 124 |
Penmaenpool |
|
| 125 |
Kidderminster |
|
| 126 |
Pontypool Road |
|
| 127 |
Milford Haven |
|
| 128 |
Treherbert |
|
| 129 |
Oswestry |
|
| 131 |
Southall |
|
| 132 |
Swindon |
|
| 133 |
Newton Abbot |
|
| 134 |
Shrewsbury |
|
| 136 |
Severn Tunnel Junction |
|
| 137 |
Neath |
|
| 138 |
Pwllrhebog |
|
| 139 |
Portmadoc |
|
| 141 |
Slough |
|
| 142 |
Weston-Super-Mare |
|
| 143 |
Princetown |
|
| 144 |
Stratford-On-Avon |
|
| 145 |
Kington |
|
| 146 |
Tondu |
|
| 147 |
Neath & Brecon |
|
| 149 |
Pwllheli |
|
| 151 |
Staines |
|
| 152 |
Wells |
|
| 153 |
Penzance |
|
| 154 |
Stourbridge |
|
| 155 |
Leominster |
|
| 157 |
Newcastle Emlyn |
|
| 161 |
Wallingford |
|
| 162 |
Weymouth |
|
| 164 |
Trawsfynydd |
|
| 167 |
Neyland |
|
| 169 |
Whitchurch |
|
| 171 |
Watlington |
|
| 172 |
Westbury |
|
| 173 |
St Blazey |
|
| 174 |
Tyseley |
|
| 175 |
Lydney |
|
| 177 |
Pantyffynnon |
|
| 181 |
Winchester |
|
| 182 |
Yatton |
|
| 183 |
St Ives |
|
| 184 |
Wellington |
|
| 187 |
Pembroke Dock |
|
| 192 |
Yeovil Pen Mill |
|
| 193 |
Tiverton Junction |
|
| 194 |
Wolverhampton Stafford Road |
|
| 195 |
Ross |
|
| 197 |
Swansea East Dock |
|
| 203 |
Taunton |
|
| 213 |
Truro |
|
| 215 |
Worcester |
|
| 217 |
Whitland |
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