A |
Fenchurch Street-Shoeburyness |
miles |
Fenchurch Street |
|
A |
Newbridge Junction-(Glasgow Queen Street?) |
km |
Newbridge Junction |
Only a short length at Newbridge Junction wired. Now has prefix EG |
A |
Shoeburyness Depot |
miles |
Fenchurch Street |
|
A |
Guide Bridge Station Junction-Crowthorne Junction |
miles |
Guide Bridge Station Junction |
Former DC system, now closed; it appears that this code applied to Ashton Moss North Junction and onto the main (L&Y) line, surviving masts being seen on 30 June 2012 |
AB |
Gas Factory Junction-Bow Junction |
|
|
Reported, probably never used. See F |
AC |
(Former) Cornbrook Junction-Trafford Park |
km |
Liverpool Central |
Code may be derived from Allerton Junction to Cornbrook Junction, though not all of this is electrified |
ACF |
Trafford Park Freightliner Terminal |
km |
Junction with ACX near Trafford Park West Junction |
|
ACX |
Trafford Park Yards |
km |
Trafford Park West Junction |
|
AE |
Ashburys Yard |
miles |
unknown |
Former DC system, now closed |
AG |
Allerton East Junction-Garston Junction and Garston sidings |
miles |
Euston reversing at Allerton East Junction |
|
AH |
Allerton Junction-Hunts Cross West Junction |
miles |
Liverpool Lime Street |
|
AI |
Denton Junction-Ashton Moss Junction |
miles |
unknown |
Former DC system, now closed |
AL |
Aston-Lichfield Trent Valley high level |
km |
Aston Junction |
Electrified to 18m 7ch |
AN |
Ashton Moss Yard |
miles |
unknown |
Former DC system, now closed |
AR |
Ashburys Top End Yard |
miles |
unknown |
Former DC system, now closed |
AT |
Tilbury loop |
miles |
Fenchurch Street |
|
ATR |
Barking Riverside branch |
miles |
Fenchurch Street |
Start of flyover has masts in 9 mile region, see this photo |
ATX |
Ripple Lane Depot |
km |
start of yard |
|
AW |
Ardwick Yard |
miles |
unknown |
Former DC system, now closed |
AX |
Allerton Depot |
miles |
Liverpool Lime Street |
|
AX |
Aston Wharf |
miles |
Aston |
Closed 5 April 1980 |
AY |
Apperley Junction-Ilkley |
km |
St Pancras via Cudworth |
|
B |
Glasgow High Street-Helensburgh Central via Singer |
miles |
Glasgow High Street |
|
B |
Liverpool Street-Norwich |
miles/km |
Liverpool Street |
Measured in miles to Colchester, then in km to Norwich. B prefix not present Bethnal Green (mast 01 01)-Chelmsford (mast 29 25); some masts thereafter have prefixed and unprefixed plates |
B |
Colchester Depot |
miles |
Liverpool Street |
|
B |
Ashburys East Junction-Romiley (start of line) |
miles |
Ashburys East Junction? |
Code possibly derived from Belle Vue. Former DC system, now dewired |
BA |
Aldersbrook Sidings (Ilford) |
|
Numbered from BA01 from junction with up avoiding line, unrelated to distance |
|
BAC |
Anniesland-Maryhill |
miles |
Glasgow High Street |
Electrified at Anniesland end only |
BAT |
Battersea Wharf |
|
Numbered from BAT1 to BAT8, unrelated to distance |
Temporary wiring for 1960 exhibition probably not energised |
BB |
Birmingham New Street-Bushbury Junction via Wolverhampton |
miles |
Birmingham New Street |
|
BB |
Witham-Braintree |
km |
Liverpool Street |
|
BB |
Dalreoch-Balloch Pier |
miles |
Dalreoch Junction |
|
BB |
Bletchley-Oxford |
miles |
Bletchley |
Electrified at Bletchley end only |
BBX |
Wolverhampton Freightliner Terminal |
miles |
Birmingham New Street |
|
BBX |
Wolverhampton Steel Terminal |
miles |
Birmingham New Street |
Also known as Monmore Green Street Terminal. Dewired early 1990s |
BC |
Colchester-Clacton |
miles |
Colchester Junction |
|
BC |
Bletchley-Cambridge |
miles |
Bletchley East Junction |
Electrified at Bletchley end only, including depot |
BC |
Blackpool North Carriage Sidings |
km |
Preston Fylde Junction |
|
BCY |
Chelmsford Royal Mail Terminal |
miles |
Start of branch |
See also BD |
BD |
Felixstowe Beach Junction-Felixstowe Docks |
|
allocated, not used |
|
BE |
Manningtree North Junction-Manningtree East Junction |
km |
Manningtree East Junction |
|
BF |
East Suffolk Junction-Felixstowe |
km |
Liverpool Street |
Wired at Ipswich end only |
BF |
Asfordby Test Centre Depot |
km |
Asfordby North Junction |
Code derived from Building F, named after UK Coal building converted to test centre |
BF |
King Edward Bridge South Junction-King Edward Bridge East Junction |
|
Numbered from BF01 at King Edward Bridge South Junction, unrelated to distance |
|
BG |
Barking-Gospel Oak |
km |
Gospel Oak Junction |
|
BH |
Hyndland Depot branch |
miles |
Partickhill Junction presumed |
Closed 1987 |
BH |
Manningtree South Junction-Harwich |
km |
Manningtree South Junction |
|
BHX |
Harwich Parkeston Yard |
km |
Parkeston West Goods Junction |
|
BJ |
Barnsley Junction Sidings |
|
Numbered from BJ01 at junction with main line, unrelated to distance |
Former DC system, now closed |
BJ |
Bedford-St Johns |
km |
Bedford Junction |
|
BK |
Birmingham New Street-Holliday Street Tunnel |
miles |
Derby |
See also D |
BL |
Lea Junction-High Meads Junction |
km |
Lea Junction |
|
BM |
Stratford Central Junction-Carpenters Road North Junction |
km |
Stratford Central Junction defined as 3km |
|
BM |
Westerton-Milngavie |
miles |
Westerton Junction |
|
BP |
Bescot-Pleck Junction |
miles |
Bescot Junction |
|
BR |
Sheffield Victoria Electric Lay By Sidings |
miles |
unknown |
Former DC system, now closed |
BS |
Birmingham Curzon Street-Stafford (via Aston/Bescot) |
miles |
Curzon Street |
|
BS |
Duddeston carriage sidings/wagon repair shop |
miles |
Curzon Street |
Dewired mid-1980s |
BS |
Singer Works branch |
miles |
Singer Works Junction presumed |
Closed 1 May 1967 |
BS |
Sudbury branch |
|
allocated, not used |
|
BS |
Kirkham & Wesham-Blackpool South branch |
km |
Preston Fylde Junction |
Only wired for a short length at Kirkham & Wesham end |
BT |
Channelsea North Junction-Temple Mills East Junction |
km |
Channelsea North Junction |
|
BTS |
Bletchley Top Yard |
km? |
unknown |
Code possibly derived from Bletchley Top Sidings |
BTX |
Stratford Freightliner Terminal |
km |
Channelsea North Junction |
|
BU |
Romford-Upminster |
km |
Liverpool St via Romford |
|
BV |
Norwich Victoria sidings |
km |
Liverpool St via Romford |
|
BW |
Hyndland West Curve |
miles |
Hyndland North Junction |
|
BX |
Norwich Carriage Sidings |
km |
Junction with main lines |
|
BXD |
Bescot Down Side Sidings |
miles |
Curzon Street |
|
BXU |
Bescot Up Side Sidings |
miles |
Curzon Street |
|
BY |
Norwich Thorpe Junction-Great Yarmouth |
km |
Norwich Thorpe Junction |
Only wired for about 1km beside Crown Point Depot |
BY |
Hyndland East Junction-Dalmuir via Yoker |
miles |
Hyndland East Junction |
|
BYX |
Norwich Crown Point Depot |
km |
Wensum Junction |
Sidings 16 and 17 had masts numbered BYX/R/nn, so without a distance element; other sidings measured conventionally |
C |
Lancaster Castle branch |
|
Numbering unrelated to distance |
1950s scheme; now closed |
C |
Bethnal Green-King's Lynn |
miles/km |
Liverpool Street |
Measured in miles to near mile post 31, then in km to King's Lynn |
C |
Cambridge Depots |
miles |
Liverpool Street |
|
C |
March-Peterborough |
km |
Crescent Junction |
Wired at Peterborough end only |
C |
Cambridge-Lincoln-'North' |
|
allocated, not used |
|
C |
Gorton-Hyde Road Junction Curve |
miles |
unknown |
Former DC system, now closed |
C |
Crewe-Shrewsbury |
miles |
Crewe South Junction |
Code reported in 1964 notice. See also CS |
CA |
Stansted South Junction-Stansted Airport |
km |
Stansted South Junction |
|
CB |
Primrose Hill-Broad Street |
miles |
Broad Street |
Part now de-wired and removed, part now has prefix V, one CB mast remains at Camden Road |
CC |
Bury St Junction-Cheshunt |
miles |
Liverpool Street |
|
CE |
Hackney Downs North Junction-Enfield Town |
miles |
Liverpool Street |
|
CE |
Deal Street Junction-Windsor Bridge South Junction |
km |
Deal Street Junction |
|
CF |
Stansted North Junction-Stansted East Junction |
km |
Stansted North Junction |
|
CG |
Castlefield Junction-Ordsall Lane Junction |
km |
Castlefield Junction |
See also CW |
CH |
Clapton Junction-Chingford |
miles |
Liverpool Street |
|
CI |
Camden Road East Junction-Freight Terminal Junction (Eastern Region portion) |
km |
Camden Road Central Junction |
Line rebuilt, now has prefix YN. See also EN |
CI |
Fairfield-Reddish |
|
Numbered from CI01 from Fairfield Junction, unrelated to distance |
Former DC system, now closed; part used at 25kV AC to feed mobile substation for Manchester Metrolink demonstration |
CL |
Willesden Empty Carriage Lines |
miles |
Euston |
|
CL |
Gresty Lane Junction-Salop Goods Junction |
miles |
Euston |
|
CLX |
Crewe Electric Depot wheel lathe line |
miles |
Euston |
|
CM |
Cheadle Hulme-Macclesfield |
miles |
Cheadle Hulme Junction |
|
CN |
Carlisle-Newcastle |
km |
Carlisle South Junction |
Electrified at Carlisle end only |
CN |
Coventry-Nuneaton |
miles/km |
Coventry North Junction |
Electrified 0m 0ch to 0m 45ch and 9m 30ch to 9m 53ch only. Recent extension of wires at Nuneaton uses km posts, remainder uses miles |
CN |
Calton North Tunnel (Edinburgh) |
|
Numbering unrelated to distance |
Masts in tunnel only, remainder of line uses E |
CR |
Hertford East branch |
miles |
Liverpool Street |
|
CR |
Reddish Depot |
|
Numbered from CR01 to at least CR59, unrelated to distance |
Former DC system, now closed; part used at 750V DC for Manchester Metrolink demonstration |
CS |
Crewe-Shrewsbury |
miles |
Crewe South Junction |
Shown in 1964 notice as C. Electrified to 1m 41ch at Crewe end only |
CU |
Upperby Carriage Depot |
km |
Euston |
|
CVL |
Hardendale Quarry connection |
km |
Euston |
|
CVQ |
Hardendale Quarry line |
|
Numbered from CVQ01 from junction with CVL, unrelated to distance |
De-wired 3 January 1994 |
CW |
Castlefield Junction-Windsor Bridge South Junction |
km |
Castlefield Junction |
See also CG |
CW |
Chester-Warrington |
km |
Manchester Ship Canal Viaduct |
Electrified Acton Grange Junction-Arpley Marshalling Yard only |
CWX |
Arpley Marshalling Yard |
km |
Arpley Grid Iron Junction |
|
CX |
Cambridge Carriage Sidings |
km |
Liverpool Street |
|
CX |
Crewe Electric Depot |
miles |
Euston |
|
CX |
Crewe South Yard |
miles |
South end of wiring |
|
CX |
Nene Carriage Sidings (Peterborough) |
km |
Peterborough station |
|
D |
Broad Street lines |
|
believed allocated, not used |
|
D |
Cogload Junction-Rotherham via Bristol, Birmingham, Derby and Chesterfield |
km |
Redditch |
Electrified Kings Norton-Barnt Green only |
DA |
Barnt Green-Redditch |
km |
Redditch |
|
DB |
Birmingham New Street-Kings Norton |
km |
Redditch |
|
DC |
Bescot Curve Junction-Bescot Junction |
|
allocated, not used |
|
DD |
Carlisle Diesel Depot |
km |
Euston |
|
DE |
Stourbridge Junction North-Galton Junction |
|
allocated, not used |
|
DE |
Dunstall Park Junction-Bushbury Junction |
|
allocated, not used |
Possibly electrified at Dunstall Park Junction end. One source also suggests prefix DB. Code not seen on site. See also OB |
DED |
Rugby Midland District Electric Depot |
|
Numbered from DED 1, unrelated to distance |
|
DF |
Derby-Trent |
|
allocated, not used |
|
DG | Dinting-Glossop |
miles |
Dinting West Junction |
|
DH |
unknown route near Birmingham |
miles |
Dudley? |
|
DL |
Darnall Depot |
miles |
unknown |
Former DC system, now closed |
DS |
Widnes Branch (fast lines) |
miles |
Euston |
|
DS |
Barnt Green-Bromsgrove |
km |
Barnt Green Junction |
|
DV |
Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (DIRFT) |
km |
South end of site |
|
DW |
Dudley-Wichnor |
km |
approximately mile post 4 near Wednesbury |
Numbered 06km near Walsall counting northwards, but numbered 03km at Ryecroft Junction |
DWA |
unknown route near Walsall |
km |
approximately mile post 4 near Wednesbury |
|
DY |
Dewsnap Sidings |
miles |
unknown |
Former DC system, now closed |
E |
Kings Cross-Aberdeen |
km |
Kings Cross |
Electrified to Saughton Junction only |
E |
Welwyn Garden City Depot |
km |
Kings Cross |
|
E |
East Gate Junction-Colchester Town |
|
|
See EB |
EB |
Doncaster-Leeds-Neville Hill Depot |
km |
Doncaster Marshgate Junction |
|
EB |
East Gate Junction-Colchester Town |
miles |
Colchester Junction |
Prefix on masts splits onto two lines, giving the impression it is simply E |
EBG |
Harringay Park West Curve |
km |
Harringay Park Junction |
|
EBL |
Hemsworth Loops |
km |
Doncaster Marshgate Junction |
|
EBN |
Leeds Neville Hill Depot |
km |
Neville Hill West Junction |
|
EBX |
Wakefield Cartic Sidings |
km |
Doncaster Marshgate Junction |
|
EC |
Hitchin-Shepreth Branch Junction |
km |
Kings Cross |
|
EC |
Haymarket Central Junction-Gorgie Junction |
km |
Kings Cross |
|
EC |
Euston Empty Carriage Lines |
miles |
Euston |
|
ECF |
Hitchin (Cambridge Flyover) |
km |
Hitchin North Junction |
|
ECX |
Craigentinny Depot |
km |
East end of depot (and at least one mast measured from Kings Cross) |
|
ED |
Euston Down Side Carriage Sheds |
miles |
Euston |
|
EDX |
Doncaster Carr Depot |
km |
South end of site |
|
EG |
Edge Hill Upper Reception Sidings |
miles |
Edge Hill East Junction |
|
EG |
Gridiron Goods Lines |
miles |
Start of branch |
Same as Edge Hill Upper Reception Sidings? |
EG |
Saughton Junction (near Edinburgh)-Glasgow Queen Street |
km |
Glasgow Queen Street |
|
EGA |
Eastfield depot |
km |
South end of depot |
|
EGM |
Cowlairs West Junction-Cowlairs North Junction |
km |
Cowlairs West Junction |
Electrified at Cowlairs West Junction end only. Datum defined as 2km |
EGN |
Cowlairs East Junction-Cowlairs North Junction |
km |
Cowlairs East Junction |
Electrified at Cowlairs East Junction end only. Datum defined as 3km |
EH |
Hertford Loop |
km |
Kings Cross |
|
EJ |
Greenhill Upper Junction-Greenhill Lower Junction |
km |
Greenhill Upper Junction |
|
EL |
Parkside Junction-Lowton Junction |
km |
Parkside Junction |
|
EM |
Finsbury Park-Moorgate |
km |
Moorgate |
Electrified to Drayton Park (down line)/Highbury & Islington (up line) only. Up line wiring supports between Drayton Park and Highbury not numbered |
EN |
Norton Bridge-Stone |
miles |
Stone |
Shown in 1964 notice as SG |
EN |
Camden Road East Junction-Freight Terminal Junction (Midland Region portion) |
km |
Regional boundary |
Datum defined as 1km. Line rebuilt, now has prefix YN. See also CI |
EP |
Polmont-Larbert Junction |
km |
Polmont Junction |
|
ER |
Grangemouth Junction-Grangemouth Refinery |
km |
Grangemouth Junction |
Electrified to just before NR/refinery boundary only |
ERB |
Kings Cross platform 0 |
|
Numbered ERB 01 to ERB 13 from buffer stops, unrelated to distance |
|
ES |
Stirling-Alloa |
km |
Stirling Middle Junction |
|
ESP |
Kings Cross Canal Tunnels |
km |
St Pancras Junction |
|
ET |
Doncaster-Hull |
km |
Marshgate Junction |
Electrified for short length at Doncaster end only |
EU |
Euston Up Side Carriage Sheds |
miles |
Junction with G |
|
EW |
Portobello Junction-Monktonhall Junction via Newcraighall |
km |
Monktonhall Junction |
|
EWA |
Low Fell Junction-Norwood Junction |
km |
Low Fell Junction |
|
EWD |
Millerhill EMU depot |
km |
Junction with up Millerhill line |
|
EX |
Kings Cross Freight Terminal |
km |
Kings Cross |
Dewired 19 August 2001 |
EX |
Hornsey Carriage Sidings and Bounds Green Depot (including lines to former Palace Gates station) |
km |
Kings Cross |
|
EX |
Ferme Park Down Sidings |
km |
Kings Cross |
|
EX |
Peterborough Eastfield Sidings |
km |
Kings Cross |
|
EX |
Retford down side sidings |
km |
Kings Cross |
|
EXA |
Alnmouth Engineer's Sidings |
km |
Junction with main line |
|
EXB |
York Works |
km |
York Yard North Junction |
|
EXD |
Doncaster Yard |
km |
Loversall Carr Junction |
|
EXD |
Doncaster Loversall Junction-Decoy North Junction |
km |
Loversall Carr Junction |
|
EXE |
Edinburgh Yard (Millerhill Depot) |
|
believed allocated, not used |
|
EXE |
Doncaster Up West Reception Line |
km |
Decoy North Junction |
|
EXF |
Doncaster Belmont Yard |
km |
South end of wires |
Part not electrified |
EXG |
York avoiding line |
km |
Holgate Junction |
|
EXH |
York Yard head shunt |
km |
Holgate Junction |
|
EXK |
Northallerton Up Sidings |
km |
Junction with main line |
|
EXR |
Tyne Yard |
km |
Park Lane Junction |
|
EXS |
Peterborough Spital Sidings |
km |
Junction with EX |
|
EXT |
Newcastle King Edward Bridge North Junction-Newcastle East Junction (High Level Bridge) |
km |
King Edward Bridge South Junction |
|
EXU |
Newcastle King Edward Bridge North Junction-King Edward Bridge East Junction |
km |
King Edward Bridge North Junction |
|
EXV |
Heaton Depot (south) |
km |
Heaton South Junction |
|
EXW |
Heaton Depot (north) |
km |
Heaton South Junction |
|
EXX |
Heaton Depot service road 4 |
km |
Marsh Lane Junction |
|
EXY |
York Yard |
km |
|
|
EXZ |
Berwick Down North Sidings |
km |
Junction with main line |
|
EY |
Bounds Green Repair Shed |
km |
Kings Cross |
|
EYX |
Alnmouth Up Side Sidings |
|
believed allocated, not used |
|
EZ |
Drem-North Berwick |
km |
Drem Junction |
|
F |
Glasgow High Street-Drumgelloch-Saughton Junction |
miles/km |
Glasgow High Street/'Garrowhill' |
Newbridge Junction-Saughton Junction re-coded EG from 2017
Measured in miles from High Street to just east of Airdrie, then in km but with continuous numbering putting the change over point at '11km', giving a false zero near Garrowhill |
F |
St Pancras-Clay Cross |
km |
St Pancras |
Electrified to Bedford only; extension northwards uses SPC1 |
F |
Denbigh Hall South Junction-Bletchley flyover |
miles |
Bletchley Flyover Junction |
Code changed to FX |
F |
Gas Factory Junction-Bow Junction |
miles |
Fenchurch Street |
Original code. See also AB |
FA |
Cricklewood-Acton Lane |
|
allocated, not used |
|
FB |
Forest Gate-Barking |
miles |
Forest Gate Junction |
|
FB |
Glasgow High Street-Bridgeton Central |
miles |
High Street Junction |
Wired 7 November 1960; closed 1987 |
FBA |
Barking Bay Platform 1 |
km |
Barking Station Junction |
Datum defined as 1km |
FBD |
Bathgate Depot |
km |
Glasgow High Street/'Garrowhill' |
Measured in miles from High Street to just east of Airdrie, then in km but with continuous numbering putting the change over point at '11km', giving a false zero near Garrowhill |
FCB |
Farringdon-City Thameslink |
km |
Farringdon Junction |
Possibly allocated as far as Blackfriars |
FCX |
See FXC |
|
|
|
FD |
Luton-Dunstable |
|
allocated, not used |
Link to main line not listed |
FG |
Bedford-Bletchley |
|
allocated, not used |
|
FH |
Leeds Station-Holbeck |
|
|
Code changed to LE |
FL |
Farington Junction-Lostock Hall Junction |
km |
Farington Junction |
|
FM |
See MF |
|
|
|
FP |
Hornsey EMU Depot |
|
Numbered FP01 to FP125 from south end of site, unrelated to distance |
|
FS |
Bellgrove-Springburn-Cowlairs West Junction |
miles |
Bellgrove Junction |
|
FS |
Shenfield flyunder |
miles |
Liverpool Street |
Not seen on site; see also L |
FT |
Sighthill East Junction-Garnqueen North Junction |
km |
Sighthill East Junction |
|
FW |
Holbeck East Junction-Wortley West Junction |
|
allocated, not used |
|
FW |
Cowlairs Chord |
km |
Cowlairs South Junction |
|
FX |
Gartcosh Curve |
km |
Gartcosh Junction |
|
FX |
Denbigh Hall South Junction-Bletchley flyover |
miles |
Bletchley Flyover Junction |
Code was F |
FXB |
Bedford Cauldwell Road Depot |
km |
Bedford South Junction |
|
FXC |
Cricklewood Depot |
km |
St Pancras |
Also erroneously recorded as FCX |
FXS |
Bedford Depot stabling sidings [near station] |
km |
North end of yard |
|
FXW |
Bedford Depot carriage washer lines |
km |
North end of yard |
Note that the washing machine itself beside the main line carries F masts |
FY |
Finnieston West Junction-Finnieston (Exhibition Centre) Station (Up Argyll Line) |
km |
Stobcross Tunnel |
Most masts do not carry identification |
G |
Glasgow Central-Eglinton Street Junction |
miles |
Glasgow Central |
Masts are numbered from G/0/1 upwards across the Clyde covering all lines to Bridge Street Junction, and then continue to Eglinton Street Junction. Here they meet G-series masts counting from Euston. Originally, the 'Glasgow' count continued to Lesmahagow Junction with the 1960s electrification, being renumbered in 1974 to the 'Euston' count |
G |
Euston-Eglinton Street Junction (including Crewe carriage shed/Brook sidings/Preston North Union yard) |
miles/km |
Euston |
Measured in miles to Weaver Junction, then in km northwards. Part dewired 2000/01?
Masts are numbered from G/0/1 upwards across the Clyde covering all lines to Bridge Street Junction, and then continue to Eglinton Street Junction. Here they meet G-series masts counting from Euston. Originally, the 'Glasgow' count continued to Lesmahagow Junction with the 1960s electrification, being renumbered in 1974 to the 'Euston' count |
G |
Carstairs Sidings |
km |
Euston |
Code not carried |
G |
Nuneaton up sidings |
miles |
Euston |
Lifted ≈2003 |
G |
Glossop-Hadfield |
miles |
Glossop? |
Former DC system. Now DG? |
G |
lone mast at Birmingham International |
miles |
Euston |
Remainder of line uses GB |
G |
Bounds Green Depot |
km |
Kings Cross |
Reported but believed used in error, should be EX |
GA |
Watford Junction-St Albans Abbey |
km |
Watford Junction |
|
GA |
Milnwood Junction-Mossend East Junction |
km |
Mossend East Junction |
|
GB |
Rugby-Birmingham New Street |
miles |
Euston |
|
GB |
Birmingham Curzon Street branch and mail sidings |
miles |
Euston |
Dewired mid-1980s |
GB |
Springs Branch-Bamfurlong flyunder |
km |
Bamfurlong Junction |
|
GB |
Mossend South Junction-Mossend West Junction |
km |
Mossend South Junction |
|
GB |
Carnforth-Barrow |
km |
Euston |
Electrified at Carnforth end only |
GBX |
Bamfurlong sidings |
miles |
Bamfurlong Sidings Junction |
|
GC |
Crewe-Chester |
miles |
Euston |
Electrified Crewe to Steelworks Junction only |
GC |
Cathcart Circle |
miles |
Eglinton Street Junction (anticlockwise) |
Some masts renumbered in K series |
GC |
Gorton-Hyde Road Junction |
|
Numbered from GC01 (from Gorton Junction?), unrelated to distance |
|
GCW |
Crewe Works |
miles |
Junction with Chester line at works entrance |
|
GD |
Motherwell-Dunblane including Mossend Yard |
km |
Motherwell Lesmahagow Junction |
Electrified to 123m 33ch |
GDC |
Carmuirs West Junction-Carmuirs East Junction |
km |
Carmuirs East Junction |
|
GDM |
Motherwell Depot |
km |
South end of depot |
|
GE |
Glossop-Hadfield |
miles |
Glossop |
Former DC system, now HJ |
GE |
Winwick Junction-Earlestown |
km |
Winwick Junction |
|
GE |
Carstairs East Junction-Edinburgh Haymarket East Junction (including access to Slateford sidings) |
km |
Carstairs East Junction |
North end originally an extension of E |
GEN |
Carstairs Station Junction-Carstairs East Junction |
km |
Carstairs Station Junction |
|
GES |
Carstairs East Junction-Carstairs South Junction |
km |
Carstairs South Junction |
|
GF |
Gushetfaulds Junction-Gushetfaulds Freightliner Terminal |
miles |
South end of depot? |
Now de-wired |
GF |
Rutherglen East Junction-Whifflet North Junction |
km |
Rutherglen East Junction |
|
GG |
Langloan Junction-Coatbridge Junction |
km |
Langloan Junction |
|
GH |
Hamilton Loop |
km |
Motherwell Lesmahagow Junction |
|
GHL |
Larkhall Branch |
km |
Haughhead Junction |
|
GJ |
Cathcart West Junction-Neilston |
miles |
Cathcart West Junction |
|
GK |
Cathcart North Junction-Newton West Junction |
miles |
Cathcart North Junction |
|
GL |
Cathcart East Junction-Cathcart West Junction |
miles |
Cathcart East Junction |
|
GL |
Garston Yard (Speke Junction area) |
miles |
unknown |
Now carries prefix LX |
GL |
Weaver Junction-Liverpool Lime Street |
miles |
Euston |
First approximately 2 miles (GL175/nn to GL176/62) over flyover as far as M56 bridge, see also L |
GM |
Crewe-Manchester Oxford Road |
miles |
Euston |
First few masts to about 159 mile post, see also M |
GM |
Uddingston Junction-Law Junction via Holytown |
km |
Law Junction |
|
GN |
Mossend North Junction-Mossend East Junction (Fullwood Junction) |
km |
Mossend East Junction |
|
GNA |
Little Bridgeford Junction-Lower Heamies |
km |
Euston |
|
GNB |
Searchlight Lane Junction-Yarnfield Junction |
km |
Euston |
|
GO |
Gulf Oil branch |
miles |
Birmingham New Street |
|
GP |
Shieldmuir Junction-Wishaw Central Junction |
km |
Wishaw Central Junction |
|
GPD |
Polmadie Depot Downside sidings |
km |
South end of depot |
|
GPU |
Polmadie Depot Upside Sidings |
|
allocated, not used (sidings use G) |
|
GRM |
Shieldmuir Royal Mail Terminal loop |
km |
South end of loop |
|
GS |
Lanark branch |
km |
Lanark Junction |
|
GT |
Holytown Junction-Midcalder Junction |
km |
Holytown Junction |
|
GT |
Gasworks Tunnel |
|
Numbered from GT01 at south end of tunnel, unrelated to distance |
|
GW |
Shields Junction-Larkfield Junction |
miles |
Larkfield Junction |
|
GW |
Glossop West Curve |
|
Numbered from GW01 at Dinting South Junction, unrelated to distance |
Former DC system, now DG |
GX |
Bletchley Up Yard carriage sidings |
miles |
Euston |
|
GX |
Crewe Down Independent lines |
miles |
Euston |
|
GX |
Crewe Basford Hall Up Sidings |
miles |
Euston |
|
GX |
Nuneaton Down Sidings |
miles |
Coventry North Junction/Euston (sources disagree) |
|
GX |
Over & Wharton Branch |
miles |
Euston |
Electrified at Winsford end only |
H |
Marylebone lines |
|
allocated, not used |
|
H |
Didcot East Junction-Bordesley Junction via Oxford |
|
allocated, not used |
|
HB |
Perry Barr North Junction-Perry Barr West Junction |
miles |
Perry Barr North Junction |
|
HC |
Macclesfield Hibel Road-Colwich |
miles |
Macclesfield Hibel Road |
|
HD |
Smethwick West-Bordesley South Junction via Moor Street |
|
allocated, not used |
|
HF |
Halton Junction-Frodsham Junction |
miles |
Halton Junction |
Electrified at Halton Junction end only. Early code since replaced, or allocated not used? - code now LC |
HG |
Huyton-Wigan |
km |
unknown |
|
HH |
Hartford LNW Junction-CLC Junction |
miles |
Hartford LNW Junction |
Electrified at Hartford LNW Junction end only |
HJ |
East side of Dinting triangle |
miles |
Dinting South Junction |
|
HK |
Coventry-Leamington Spa via Kenilworth |
|
allocated, not used |
|
HL |
Colne Junction-Hythe Junction |
miles |
Starts at 1 mile at Colne Junction |
|
HN |
Haymarket North Tunnel |
|
Numbering unrelated to distance |
Fixings in tunnel only, remainder of line uses E |
HO |
Spur through Hyde North |
miles |
unknown |
Former DC system, now closed |
IL |
Ilford carriage sheds |
|
Numbered IL01 to IL66C from west end of site, unrelated to distance |
|
IMG |
Bamfulong Sidings Junction-Ince Moss Junction |
km |
Bamfulong Sidings Junction |
|
J |
Paddington-Heathrow Airport Junction |
km |
Paddington |
Code originally allocated as far as Swansea, see MLN, RW, SWB and BSW for 2015 scheme. See also OBR |
JB |
Maidenhead-Bourne End branch |
|
allocated, not used |
|
JH |
Heathrow Airport Junction-Heathrow Terminal 4 |
km |
Paddington |
|
JJ |
Heathrow Terminals 1, 2, 3-Heathrow Terminal 5 |
km |
Paddington |
|
JW |
Acton Poplar lines |
km |
East end connection with J |
|
JW |
Slough-Windsor & Eton branch |
|
allocated, not used |
|
JX |
Old Oak Common Crossrail depot |
km |
Paddington |
|
K |
Reading-Penzance (via Berks and Hants Line) |
|
allocated, not used |
|
K |
Muirhouse Junction-Kilmarnock |
km |
Glasgow Central (original)/Muirhouse Central Junction (later renumbering before OLE used) |
|
KA |
Reading [new] depot |
km |
Paddington |
Most masts changed to NEW, though some KA remained. Code changed to RTD |
KB |
Busby Junction-East Kilbride |
km |
Busby Junction |
|
KC |
Coventry-Leamington Spa |
miles |
Leamington Spa |
Electrified at Coventry end only |
KC |
Kidsgrove-Crewe |
miles |
Kidsgrove Junction |
|
KC |
Crewe North Staffordshire curve |
miles |
Euston |
Closed 1 October 1984 |
KLS |
King's Lynn Sidings |
km |
Liverpool Street |
|
KYD |
Kingmoor Down Yard |
km |
Euston |
Code sometimes listed as KD in error |
KYU |
Kingmoor Up Yard departure lines |
km |
Euston |
|
L |
Glasgow Bridge Street Junction-Gourock |
miles |
Glasgow Bridge Street Junction |
|
L |
Glasgow Smithy Lye sidings |
miles |
Glasgow Bridge Street Junction |
Dewired 2007 |
L |
Letchworth sidings |
|
Numbered from L01 to L29, unrelated to distance |
|
L |
Weaver Junction-Liverpool Lime Street |
miles |
Euston |
From L177/01; see also GL |
L |
Shenfield flyunder |
miles |
Liverpool Street |
LNER code still used; see also FS |
L |
Colchester flyunder |
miles |
Liverpool Street |
LNER code still used |
LA |
Paisley-Ayr |
km |
Ayr side of Paisley Gilmour Street station |
|
LA |
Leeds West Junction-Engine Shed Junction |
km |
Leeds North Junction |
|
LAX |
Ayr (Townhead) Sidings |
km |
Junction with main line |
|
LB |
Largs branch |
km |
Kilwinning Junction |
|
LC |
Shields Junction-Paisley Canal |
miles/km |
Glasgow Bridge Street/'Shields Junction' |
Measured in miles from Glasgow Bridge Street to Corkerhill depot, then in km but with continuous numbering, giving a false zero near Shields Junction |
LC |
Halton Junction-Frodsham Junction |
km |
Halton Junction |
Electrified for a short length at Halton Junction end only
Code previously HF |
LCN |
Lostock Junction-Crow Nest Junction |
km |
Manchester Victoria |
|
LCX |
Corkerhill Depot sidings |
miles |
unknown |
|
LD |
Byrehill Junction-Dubbs Junction |
km |
Dubbs Junction |
|
LD |
BREL York Works test track |
|
Numbering unrelated to distance (and possibly not even related to number of masts) |
|
LD |
Leighton Buzzard-Dunstable North |
miles |
Leighton Buzzard |
Electrified at Leighton Buzzard end only |
LE |
Leeds Whitehall Junction-Engine Shed Junction |
km |
Whitehall SW Junction |
Code was FH |
LG |
Willesden Low Level Goods Line |
miles |
Euston |
|
LH |
Liverpool Edge Hill-Hull via Manchester Victoria and Leeds |
km |
Liverpool Edge Hill |
Electrified Leeds Whitehall Junction-Copley Hill West Junction only |
LL |
Crewe Low Level lines |
miles |
Euston |
|
LL |
Salop Goods Loop Junction-Gresty Lane Junction |
miles |
Euston |
|
LM |
Liverpool-Manchester |
miles/km |
Liverpool Lime Street |
Only wired from Edge Hill. Originally electrified to Olive Mount Junction measured in miles and Earlestown-Deal Street Junction in km, since 2015 all wired in km |
LM |
Hunts Cross-Hunts Cross West Junction, plus short stretch towards Garston |
miles |
Liverpool Lime Street |
|
LN |
Ardrossan Harbour branch |
km |
Holme Junction |
|
LO |
Godley Junction-Apethorne Junction |
miles |
unknown |
Former DC system, now closed |
LS |
Leeds-Skipton |
km |
St Pancras via Cudworth |
|
LS |
Glasgow Shields Depot |
|
East end of site |
|
LS |
Lawton Branch |
miles |
Lawton Junction |
Electrified at Sandbach end only; now closed |
LW |
Wemyss Bay branch |
miles |
Wemyss Bay Junction |
|
LW |
Huyton-Wigan (Springs Branch Junction) |
|
allocated, not used |
|
LX |
Downhill Carriage Sidings [Edge Hill] |
miles |
Euston |
|
LX |
Halewood Ford Plant |
miles |
Euston |
|
LX |
Runcorn-Folly Lane branch |
miles |
Runcorn |
De-wired 13 March 1994 |
LX |
Garston Speke Down Sidings |
miles |
Euston |
|
LXA |
Ditton/Widnes Alstom Train Care Centre |
km |
East end of site |
|
LXB |
Ditton/Widnes Alstom Train Care Centre arrival/departure line |
km |
East end of site |
|
LY |
Micklefield Junction-Church Fenton North Junction |
|
allocated, not used |
|
M |
Lancaster Green Ayre-Morecambe |
|
Numbering unrelated to distance, believed to run M1 to M178 from Green Ayre |
1950s scheme; now closed. Experimental masts carried X |
M |
Crewe-(almost) Deansgate |
miles |
Euston |
See also GM |
M |
Stub of Heaton Norris-Guide Bridge branch |
miles |
Euston |
Masts are all M183 71, with suffix A to P |
M |
Mottram Yard |
miles |
unknown |
Former DC system, now closed |
MA |
Manchester Oxford Road-Altrincham |
miles |
Euston (main line use)/Manchester Oxford Road Junction (Metrolink use) |
Code reused for Manchester Metrolink, still used Deansgate-Cornbrook Junction. Also appears to have had masts in the the form MA804, numbering unrelated to distance |
MAS |
Manchester Airport south curve |
km |
Heald Green South Junction |
|
MB |
Manchester-Bury |
|
allocated, not used |
Does not apply to Manchester Metrolink |
MC |
Mound [Centre] Tunnel (Edinburgh) |
|
Numbering unrelated to distance |
Fixings in tunnel only, remainder of line uses E |
MD |
Manchester International Depot |
miles |
Euston |
|
MF |
Kentish Town-Moorgate |
km |
Moorgate |
Now de-wired and line closed east of Farringdon. Also reported as FM: possibly originally intended code; MF carried and seen in official documentation; FM not seen on site |
MG |
Salford Crescent-Euxton |
km |
Manchester Victoria |
|
MH |
Ardwick-Hadfield |
miles |
Ardwick Junction |
See also OB |
MHX |
Ardwick Depot |
km |
Junction with MH |
|
MIA |
Heald Green North Junction-Manchester International Airport |
km |
Heald Green North Junction |
|
ML |
Euxton Junction-Manchester Deal Street Junction via Bolton |
|
allocated, not used |
|
MO |
Mottram Yard |
miles |
unknown |
Former DC system, now closed |
MP |
Merchant Park stabling lines |
km |
Junction with TT? |
Hitachi Newton Aycliffe IEP factory |
MR |
Mottram Yard |
miles |
unknown |
Former DC system, now closed |
MS |
Mottram Sorting Sidings |
miles |
unknown |
Former DC system, now closed |
MS |
Manchester-Sheffield |
miles |
unknown |
Former DC system, now closed. Only used to Hadfield? |
MS |
Guide Bridge-Stalybridge |
km |
Manchester Piccadilly |
|
MT |
Muirhouse Central Junction-Terminus Junction |
km |
Muirhouse Central Junction |
|
MVL |
Manchester Victoria-Stalybridge |
km |
Manchester Victoria |
|
MW |
Lostock Junction-Westhoughton/Hindley |
km |
Manchester Victoria |
|
MWL |
Longsight wheel lathe roads |
miles |
Euston |
|
MX |
Manchester Longsight Depot carriage sheds |
miles |
Euston |
|
MX |
Goostrey Shell Mex sidings |
miles |
Euston |
|
MX |
(Adswood?) sidings (near 182 mile post near Stockport) |
miles |
Euston |
|
MX |
Manchester Mayfield Parcels Depot |
miles |
Euston |
|
MXH |
Manchester Longsight Depot outer roads ('old coal yard') |
miles |
Euston |
|
N |
Water Orton East Junction-Norwich via Leicester, Ely and Peterborough |
km |
Water Orton East Junction |
Electrified for short section north and south of Nuneaton only (to mast N/22/10); Nuneaton station is G |
NA |
Nuneaton-Whitacre Junction |
miles |
Whitacre Junction |
Shown in 1964 notice as O. Electrified for small section of Nuneaton Abbey curve only |
NEW |
Reading [new] depot |
km |
Paddington |
Code changed to RTD |
NOC |
Normanton-Colton Junction |
km |
York |
|
NPD |
North Pole Depot Departure Road |
km |
Junction with NPW (just east of West London Line bridge) |
|
NPE |
North Pole Depot East Side |
km |
Junction with NPW (just east of West London Line bridge) |
|
NPM |
North Pole Depot Maintenance Shed |
km |
Junction with NPE (near east end) |
|
NPW |
North Pole Depot West Side |
km |
West end of yard |
|
NPX |
North Pole Depot East Sidings/Wheel Drop |
km |
unknown |
|
NS |
Derby Etches Park depot |
km |
St Pancras |
|
NW |
Nuneaton-Wigston Junction |
miles |
Nuneaton South Junction |
Electrified at Nuneaton end only. Now dewired |
NX |
Northampton Down Side Sidings |
miles |
Euston |
Rebuilt as maintenance depot, retains prefix |
NX |
Northampton Siemens Traincare Depot |
miles |
Euston |
|
NXG |
New Cross Gate depot |
km |
Surrey Quays end of track |
Single overhead track for testing trains; five masts total |
O |
Nuneaton-Whitacre Junction |
miles |
Whitacre Junction |
Code reported in 1964 notice. See also NA |
OB |
Ardwick-Hadfield |
|
|
A few masts under the M60: numbered 'OB 18B <individual number>'. See also MH |
OB |
Dunstall Park Junction-Bushbury Junction |
|
allocated, not used? |
Possibly electrified at Dunstall Park Junction end only. Thought to refer to masts under a bridge only, remainder of route is DE |
OBR |
Paddington-Swansea |
km |
Paddington |
Some masts under bridges only, remainder of route is J |
O/BR |
Sunderland |
miles |
Kings Cross |
Some masts under bridges only, remainder of route is PHX |
P |
London Marylebone-Birmingham Snow Hill |
|
allocated, not used |
|
PA |
Neasden Midland-Neasden Junction |
|
allocated, not used |
|
PAN |
lone mast at Hendon |
|
|
Single mast labelled 'PAN STR 03' at north end of Hendon station |
PB |
Preston-Blackpool |
km |
Preston Fylde Junction |
|
PD |
Pleck Junction-Darlaston Junction |
miles |
Darlaston Junction |
|
PG |
Newton-le-Willows Junction-Golborne Junction |
km |
Newton-le-Willows Junction |
|
PH |
Soho South Junction-Perry Barr South Junction |
miles |
Perry Barr South Junction |
|
PH |
Pelaw-Sunderland |
km |
Pelaw |
Network Rail element of Tyne & Wear Metro route; DC system |
PHS |
Sunderland-South Hylton |
km |
Pelaw |
Also appears to have numbers of the form 'O/BR014' (applied to masts attached to bridges and based on their numbers). Network Rail element of Tyne & Wear Metro route; DC system |
PHX |
Sunderland station |
km |
Pelaw |
See also O/BR. Network Rail element of Tyne & Wear Metro route; DC system |
PT |
Wolverhampton-Portobello Junction |
miles |
Portobello Junction |
|
RB |
Rugby-Leamington line |
miles |
Rugby |
Electrified to mast RB/0/15 at Rugby end only |
REG |
Reading Station |
|
Individually numbered, unrelated to distance |
'Masts' attached to new footbridge |
RF |
Finnieston East Junction-Rutherglen |
km |
Rutherglen Central Junction |
|
RG |
Ryecroft Junction-Rugeley |
km |
Ryecroft Junction |
|
RM |
Warrington Dallam Royal Mail Terminal |
miles |
Euston |
Note that the measuring unit is not the same as that used on masts on the adjacent main line |
RR |
Roade-Rugby via Northampton |
miles |
Euston |
|
RS |
Reading Feeder Lines (Reading Station-Oxford Road Junction via new route through old depot site) |
km |
Paddington |
Code changed to RFR
There exist drawings where the mast km counts up away from Paddington, but the individual masts within that km count up towards Paddington |
RS |
Reading West Curve |
km |
Paddington via Reading West Junction (reverse) |
Code changed to RWC
There exist drawings where the mast km counts up away from Reading West Junction, but the individual masts within that km count up towards Reading West Junction |
RS |
Reading East Curve (Westbury lines) |
km |
Paddington |
Code changed to BKE
There exist drawings where the mast km counts up away from Paddington, but the individual masts within that km count up towards Paddington |
RT |
Tilbury East Junction-Tilbury South Junction-east side sidings |
miles |
Tilbury East Junction |
Official code, see also TR. Route now closed |
RTS
FF |
Romford OLE Depot |
|
Numbered from west end of site, unrelated to distance |
Code possibly derived from Romford Training Span, Furrer+Frey (type of OLE design). Dewired in May 2011 |
RW |
Rutherglen West Curve |
km |
Rutherglen West Junction |
|
RW |
Great Western Main Line |
km |
Paddington |
Reading station area only from 56km to ≈60.5km. Code changed to MLN |
RX |
Rugby Peterborough Branch siding |
miles |
Euston |
Progressively dewired from 1966 |
RY |
Rugby-Peterborough line |
miles |
Rugby |
Electrified to mast RY/01/02 at Rugby end only |
S |
Shenfield-Southend |
miles |
Liverpool Street |
LNER code still used |
S |
Southend Victoria Depot |
miles |
Liverpool Street |
|
S |
Wilmslow-Slade Lane Junction (Styal Loop) |
miles |
Wilmslow |
Code reported in 1958 notice. See also SO |
S |
Reading West Curve Flyover |
|
Individually numbered, unrelated to distance |
'Masts' attached to new flyover under new main lines |
SA |
Stechford-Aston |
miles |
Stechford |
|
SA |
Willesden Sudbury Arrival Sidings |
miles |
Euston |
|
SA |
East Ham Depot |
km |
Fenchurch Street |
Believed used for masts in sheds, remainder use A |
SB |
Stockport-Buxton |
miles |
Edgeley Junction |
Electrified to Hazel Grove only |
SB |
Shipley-Bradford Forster Square |
km |
St Pancras via Cudworth |
|
SC |
Stratford Central Junction-Copper Mill Junction |
km |
Stratford Central Junction |
|
SC |
Skellow Junction-Carcroft Junction |
|
allocated, not used |
|
SC |
Slateford Junction-Craiglockhart Junction |
|
allocated, not used |
|
SC |
unknown route near Crewe |
miles |
Euston |
|
SCX |
Temple Mills Yard |
km |
Stratford Central Junction |
Now dewired |
SCX |
Stratford Orient Way Sidings |
km |
Junction with main line |
|
SCZ |
Temple Mills Yard |
km |
Junction between East Yard and West Yard? |
Now dewired |
SE |
Shipley-Guisley |
km |
Esholt Junction |
See also TUN No 1; TUN No 2 and TUN No 19 |
SG |
Norton Bridge-Stone |
miles |
Stone |
Code reported in 1964 notice. See also EN |
SG |
Speke Junction-Garston Dock and Speke Yard |
miles |
Euston |
|
SG |
Stonebridge Park Sidings |
miles |
Euston |
|
SGD |
Stoke Gifford depot |
km |
East end of depot |
|
SHED |
Three Bridges depot |
|
Numbered SHED01 to SHED11 unrelated to distance |
See also TBD |
SN |
Sandbach-Northwich |
miles |
Sandbach |
Electrified at Sandbach end only |
SO |
Wilmslow-Slade Lane Junction (Styal Loop) |
miles |
Wilmslow |
Shown in 1958 notice as S |
SO |
Guide Bridge West Junction-Dukinfield |
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Numbering unrelated to distance |
Former DC system, now closed |
SP |
lone mast near Heathrow flyover |
km |
Paddington |
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SPC2 |
Bedford 50 mile post-Wellingborough |
km |
St Pancras |
See also SPC2 where registration plates give km and decimal, not km and sequence number |
SS |
Wickford-Southminster |
km |
Liverpool Street |
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SS |
Soho North Junction-Soho East Junction |
miles |
Soho East Junction |
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ST |
Seven Sisters Junction-South Tottenham West Junction |
miles |
South Tottenham West Junction |
Two sequential masts near Seven Sisters Junction are numbered ST 0 11 and ST 1 12 |
SW |
Stafford-Wellington |
miles |
Uttoxeter Line Junction |
Electrified at Stafford end only; remainder of line lifted |
SW |
Shipley West Curve |
km |
Shipley South Junction |
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SW |
Crewe Works |
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Traverser |
One line, two masts only |
SX |
Stafford Salop Sidings |
miles |
Euston |
|
SX |
unknown route near Crewe |
miles |
Euston |
|
T |
Torresholme triangle southbound curves (Lancaster) |
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Numbering unrelated to distance |
1950s scheme; now closed. Probably includes route south to Heysham |
T |
Tinsley Yard |
miles |
unknown |
Former DC system, now closed; dewired ≈1968 |
T |
Tunnels on Woodhead route |
miles |
unknown |
Former DC system, now closed |
TB |
Tottenham and Hampstead Line |
miles |
St Pancras via Upper Holloway |
Only wired at Woodgrange Park Junction end. Relabelled BG in 2018 |
TBD |
Three Bridges depot |
|
Single switching mast numbered TBD 01F |
Remainder of line uses SHED |
TC |
Tottenham South Junction-South Tottenham West Junction |
miles |
Tottenham South Junction |
South Tottenham East Junction-South Tottenham West Junction relabelled BG in 2018 |
TD |
Temple Mills Eurostar Depot connecting line |
km |
Stratford International station |
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TE |
unknown route near Thorpe le Soken; probably reported in error for TW. Masts numbered in 16/17 mile region |
miles |
Colchester Junction |
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TF |
Tilbury Freightliner yard |
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Numbered from TF01 from Grays East Junction, unrelated to distance |
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TG |
Carlisle Through Goods Line |
km |
Upperby Bridge Junction |
Now electrified Upperby Bridge Junction-Upperby Junction; formerly electrified to Caldew Junction |
TH |
Thornton Field sidings |
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Numbered from TH01A to TH48 from Thornton Field Junction, unrelated to distance |
Dewired June 2008 |
TM |
Temple Mills Eurostar Depot |
km |
Stratford International station |
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TM |
Long Marston depot |
km |
south end of wiring |
Masts were spares from Temple Mills depot and conveniently suggest 'Test Mast'. Few masts on east side of loop |
TMD |
Stratford Traction Maintenance Depot |
km |
Stratford Central Junction East |
Now closed |
TP |
Tinsley-Parkgate |
km |
Tinsley junction with tram system |
DC system. Network Rail element of Sheffield Tram-Train route; counts from TP 00 11 at Supertram boundary, continuing from TP0010 under the Supertram numbering system |
TR |
Tilbury Riverside Triangle (West Side) |
miles |
Fenchurch St via Dagenham Dock |
Now dewired |
TR |
Tilbury East Junction-Tilbury South Junction-east side sidings |
miles |
Tilbury East Junction |
Code actually carried, see also RT. Route now closed |
TS |
Preston Dock Street Sidings OLE Depot |
km |
North end of yard |
Code derived from 'Training Span' |
TS |
Romford OLE Depot |
km |
West end of yard |
Code derived from 'Training Span', dewired in May 2011 |
TS |
Rugby On Track Machine Depot |
km? |
Junction with former Peterborough branch |
Code derived from 'Training Span' |
TS |
Willesden Princess Royal Distribution Centre |
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Numbered from TS01 at south end of site, unrelated to distance |
Code derived from 'Terminal Shed' |
TSA |
Sutton Tunnel |
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Numbering unrelated to distance |
Masts in tunnel only, remainder of line uses AL |
TSR |
Swindon electrification training school |
km |
East end of site |
Initially no mast plates used, added by late January 2016 |
TT |
Alstom Midlands Test Centre |
km |
Asfordby tunnel north portal |
Code derived from 'Test Track' |
TT |
Hitachi Newton Aycliffe IEP factory |
km |
Parkgate Junction |
Code derived from 'Test Track'. Some individual mast plates are mounted out of sequence |
TUN No 1 |
Baildon No 1 Tunnel |
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Numbered from TUN No 1 01 at north end, unrelated to distance |
Remainder of route is SE |
TUN No 2 |
Baildon No 2 Tunnel |
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Numbered from TUN No 2 01 at north end, unrelated to distance |
Remainder of route is SE |
TUN No 19 |
Esholt Tunnel |
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Numbered from TUN No 19 01 at north end, unrelated to distance |
Remainder of route is SE |
TW |
Thorpe le Soken-Walton on Naze |
miles |
Colchester Junction |
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UG |
Upminster-Grays |
miles |
Upminster Junction |
|
UL |
High Level Goods Line |
miles |
Euston |
|
V |
Carpenters Road South Junction-Camden Junction |
km |
Camden Junction (on West Coast Main Line) |
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VC |
Reading Lane Junction-Navarino Road Junction |
km |
Navarino Road Junction |
|
VE |
Finsbury Park-Canonbury |
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Numbered from VE01 from Canonbury West Junction, unrelated to distance |
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VL |
Manchester Victoria-Leeds |
km |
Liverpool Lime Street |
|
VS |
Channelsea South Junction-Stratford |
km |
Channelsea South Junction |
|
VW |
Channelsea-North Woolwich |
|
allocated, not used |
|
W |
Wath branch |
miles |
Barnsley Junction |
Former DC system, now closed |
WA |
Edge Hill Wapping Branch |
miles |
Junction with main line |
|
WB |
West London Junction (Willesden)-North Pole |
miles |
West London Junction |
Now WE |
WB |
Willesden Brent Sidings |
miles |
Euston |
De-wired 1990s |
WBX |
Brent Sidings |
miles |
Euston |
|
WC |
Willesden Carriage Sidings/Wembley Traincare Depot |
miles |
Euston |
|
WD |
Willesden Traction Maintenance Depot |
miles |
Euston |
|
WE |
West London Junction (Willesden)-Kensington Olympia |
km |
West London Junction |
Formerly WB. Electrified to 4m 73ch only |
WE |
Wath Exchange Sidings |
|
Numbering unrelated to distance |
Former DC system, now closed |
WF |
Willesden Freightliner Terminal |
miles |
South end of site |
|
WG |
Camden Road Junction-(a little south of) Acton Central |
km |
Camden Road Junction |
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WH |
Kensal Green Junction-Willesden Low Level Station |
km |
Kensal Green Junction |
Electrified at Kensal Green Junction end only |
WI |
Ordsall Chord |
km |
junction with LM |
|
WJ |
Kensal Green Junction-Willesden Junction (City Goods Line) |
km |
Kensal Green Junction |
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WK |
Willesden High Level Junction-Mitre Bridge Junction |
km |
Willesden High Level Junction |
|
WL |
Earlestown South Junction-West Junction |
km |
Earlestown South Junction |
|
WL |
Acton Wells Junction-West London Junction |
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allocated, not used |
|
WM |
Acton Wells-Willesden Freight Terminal Junction |
km |
Acton Wells Junction |
Small portion electrified at Acton Wells end |
WN |
Acton Wells-Acton East Junction |
|
allocated, not used |
|
WN |
Niddrie North Junction-Niddrie West Junction |
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allocated, not used |
|
WP |
Water Orton Junction-Park Lane Junction |
|
allocated, not used |
|
WR |
Great Western Main Line |
km |
Paddington |
Single mast seen west of Iver and also near Reading West; remainder of line MLN |
WS |
Niddrie South Junction-Niddrie West Junction |
|
allocated, not used |
|
WS |
Wolverhampton North Junction-Oxley Carriage Sidings |
miles |
Wolverhampton North Junction |
|
WS |
Whifflet South Junction-Sunnyside Junction |
km |
Whifflet South Junction |
|
WS |
Watford-St Albans |
miles |
Watford |
Watford sidings only now with this prefix; remainder now GA |
WS |
Wigan-Salford |
km |
Manchester Victoria |
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WSL |
Oxley Low Level Carriage Sidings |
km |
South end of site |
|
WSX |
Oxley Carriage Sidings |
km |
South end of site |
|
WTX |
Willesden Wembley Train Operations Centre |
miles |
End of yard |
|
WW |
Wavertree Junction-Wapping Branch |
miles |
Wavertree Junction |
Now closed |
WW |
Wath West Departure Sidings |
|
Numbering unrelated to distance |
Former DC system, now closed |
WX |
Wavertree Yard |
miles |
Euston |
|
X |
Grantham down side sidings |
km |
Grantham South Junction |
|
X |
Ovangle Bridge-Carlisle Bridge (Lancaster area) |
|
Numbering unrelated to distance |
1950s scheme experimental masts, others were M; now closed |
X |
Cowlairs West Junction-Dundee Central Junction |
|
allocated, not used |
|
X |
Crewe sorting sidings south down arrival line |
miles |
Euston |
|
X |
Swansea Maliphant depot |
km |
North end buffer stops |
Masts in place but no wiring installed |
XC |
Carmuirs East Junction-Larbert Junction |
|
allocated, not used |
|
XEB |
Wakefield Wrenthorpe Sidings |
km |
Doncaster Marshgate Junction |
|
XG |
Gartcosh Junction-Gartsherrie South Junction |
|
allocated, not used |
|
XO |
Walsall tunnel |
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Numbered from XO/01 from south end, unrelated to distance |
|
XP |
Polmont Junction-Carmuirs West Junction |
|
allocated, not used |
|
XQ |
Greenhill Lower Junction-Greenhill Upper Junction |
|
allocated, not used |
|
XR |
Crossrail central section |
km |
Paddington |
Presumed, see XRA. Plan (erroneously?) shows 69km at Great Western Main Line junction |
XRA |
Crossrail Abbey Wood branch |
km |
Paddington |
|
XRS |
Crossrail Plumstead Stabling Sidings |
km |
Paddington |
|
XRW |
Crossrail link onto Great Western Main Line |
km |
junction with J |
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XX |
See XX below |
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Y |
St Pancras-Channel Tunnel boundary |
km |
St Pancras |
|
Y |
Channel Tunnel boundary-Dollands Moor-Saltwood Tunnel |
km |
St Pancras? |
Code changed to YS |
YA |
Ashford station loop of Channel Tunnel Rail Link |
km |
Ashford West Junction |
|
YAX |
Dollands Moor Yard |
km |
St Pancras? |
|
YC |
Silo Curve (link from St Pancras to North London Line) |
km |
St Pancras |
|
YD |
Yoker Depot |
miles |
East end of depot |
|
YD |
Freight line from CTRL to Dollands Moor yard |
km |
Dollands Moor West Junction |
|
YF |
Singlewell Junction-end of OLE near Fawkham Junction |
km |
Singlewell Junction |
Datum defined as 200km |
YK |
Ebbsfleet-Springhead Junction |
km |
Ebbsfleet |
|
YKX |
Ebbsfleet Church Path Pit sidings (later known as Ebbsfleet turnback sidings) |
km |
Junction with YK near Ebbsfleet |
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YN |
North London (Kings Cross) Incline |
km |
Camden Road Central Junction or Copenhagen Junction? |
|
YR |
Ripple Lane chord |
km |
St Pancras |
|
YRX |
Ripple Lane exchange sidings |
km |
Renwick Road Junction |
|
YS |
Channel Tunnel boundary-Dollands Moor-Saltwood Tunnel |
km |
St Pancras? |
Code was Y |
YU |
Kingmoor Up Yard |
km |
Euston |
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YW |
Camden Road Central Junction-Channel Tunnel Rail Link connection |
km |
Camden Road Central Junction |
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0 |
Gasworks Tunnel |
km |
Kings Cross |
'Masts' in tunnel are given distance from datum in km only |
1 |
Copenhagen Tunnel |
km |
Kings Cross |
'Masts' in tunnel are given distance from datum in km only |
no prefix |
Woodhead route |
miles |
Manchester |
Believed that route never had a prefix code, though masts were still numbered according to distance (though see MS). Former DC system, now closed |
no prefix |
Derby works test track |
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