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Each passenger train company not only has the ATOC/GB timetable code (see the franchises page), but they also have a business code (two letters) and sector code (two numbers). All the freight companies also have these codes. Passenger operators split the business code into 'profit centres'; these are shown in more detail on the service groups page.
These lists are based on 2015 information with such subsequent developments as are known. There may be historical codes missing from them.
Various systems use these two-letter codes, certainly the mainframe for TRUST and logging on codes. Many companies have more than one code depending on how their cost allocations are set up. Legal names are given here where appropriate; names in [square brackets] are trading names where different and helpful.
It is interesting to note that Freightliner has the code DB.
These are two numbers. Older franchises were roughly in the 60-89 series, and new ones start at 20. 'Like for like' franchises tend to keep their original codes.
These codes are used in the CORPUS computer system. Old codes have been retained in CORPUS and some of the descriptions are now questionable and some of the listed codes may never have been used. This may be to ensure they do not get reused within seven years.
Sector codes also have a sub sector code for some TOCs to break down service groups. The sector codes are derived from the eight digit train service codes formally known as profit centre codes; there are thousands of these and some of the real time sites have these codes shown against a particular train schedule.
A train can have more than one service code on its journey perhaps changing at a PTE boundary point. Codes are used for revenue allocation in other computer systems. A Glasgow-Newcastle train has a change of service code at Carlisle to change it from Scotrail to Northern service. Other codes used for accounting appear in the NLC pages.
| Sector code | Description |
|---|---|
| 02 | JSD Research & Development |
| 03 | Victa Rail |
| 04 | Rail Express Systems (parcels) |
| 04 | DB Cargo (charters) |
| 04 | DB Schenker (charters) |
| 05 | DB Cargo Freight |
| 05 | DB Schenker Freight |
| 05 | English Welsh & Scottish Railway |
| 06 | Eurostar (UK) |
| 06 | Eurostar International |
| 07 | Racal BRT |
| 07 | Rail Operations Group |
| 08 | English Welsh & Scottish Railway International |
| 08 | DB Schenker International |
| 08 | DB Cargo International |
| 09 | Freightliner Intermodal |
| 10 | Serco Railtest/Serco Rail Operations |
| 11 | Freight Company North East (Construction) |
| 11 | Freightliner Heavy Haul |
| 11 | RailAdventure |
| 12 | Freight Company North East (Coal) |
| 12 | Freight Europe |
| 12 | Grand Union Trains |
| 13 | Freight Company North East (Metals) |
| 13 | Europorte Channel |
| 14 | Freight Company North East (Petroleum) |
| 14 | DB Cargo/DB Schenker |
| 14 | Alliance Rail |
| 14 | Grand Central (North West) |
| 15 | Freight Company North East (Contract Services) |
| 15 | DB Cargo/DB Schenker |
| 15 | Network Rail On Track Machines |
| 16 | Freight Company North East (Rail Services) |
| 16 | DB Schenker |
| 16 | DB Cargo |
| 17 | Network Rail Head Quarters/Wrong TSC |
| 18 | Freight Company South East (Construction) |
| 18 | DB Schenker |
| 18 | Swanage Railway |
| 19 | Freight Company South East (Coal) |
| 19 | Wrong TSC |
| 19 | South Yorkshire Supertram |
| 20 | Transpennine Express |
| 21 | Greater Anglia/Abellio Greater Anglia/National Express East Anglia/'one' |
| 22 | Grand Central |
| 23 | Northern Rail |
| 24 | Heathrow Connect |
| 25 | Transrail |
| 25 | First Greater Western |
| 26 | Freight Company West (Coal) |
| 26 | First Capital Connect |
| 27 | Freight Company West (Metals) |
| 27 | Arriva CrossCountry |
| 28 | Greater Anglia |
| 28 | East Midlands Trains |
| 29 | Freight Company West (Contract Services) |
| 29 | London Midland |
| 29 | West Midlands Trains |
| 29 | WM Trains |
| 30 | Freight Company West (Rail Services) |
| 30 | London Overground Rail Operations |
| 30 | Arriva Rail London |
| 31 | Network Rail Virtual Freight Co |
| 32 | Wrexham Shropshire & Marylebone Railway |
| 33 | Transport For London Rail (Crossrail) |
| 34 | BR Infrastructure Services Scotland |
| 34 | Devon & Cornwall Railways |
| 35 | BR Infrastructure Services North East |
| 35 | Caledonian Sleepers |
| 36 | BR Infrastructure Services North West |
| 36 | Wrong TSC |
| 36 | Vintage Trains |
| 37 | BR Infrastructure Services Central |
| 37 | Seco Rail |
| 38 | Carillion Rail (CTRL Phase 1) |
| 39 | Harsco |
| 40 | Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Maintenance Company/Balfour Beatty Rail Plant |
| 41 | Balfour Beatty Track Renewals Company |
| 42 | Colas Rail/Amec |
| 43 | Amey |
| 44 | Carillion Rail/GTRM |
| 45 | Centrac |
| 45 | East Coast Trains |
| 46 | Swietelsky Babcock Rail (SB Rail)/First Engineering |
| 47 | Fastline/Jarvis Maintenance |
| 48 | Fastline/Jarvis Renewals |
| 49 | Volker Rail/Grantrail |
| 50 | West Coast Railway Company |
| 51 | North Yorkshire Moors Railway |
| 52 | Venice Simplon Orient Express |
| 52 | Pre Metro Operations |
| 53 | Mendip Rail |
| 53 | SNCF Freight |
| 54 | GB Railfreight |
| 55 | Hull Trains Company |
| 56 | Nexus/DB Regio Tyne & Wear Metro/Nexus |
| 57 | Cotswold Rail |
| 58 | Advenza Freight |
| 59 | On Route Logistics (UK) |
| 59 | Merlin Rail |
| 60 | Scotrail/First Scotrail/Scotrail Railways |
| 61 | London North Eastern Railway/Virgin Trains East Coast/East Coast/National Express East Coast/Great North Eastern Railway |
| 62 | Arriva Trains Northern |
| 62 | Fishbone Solutions |
| 63 | North Western Trains |
| 64 | Merseyrail Electrics (2002)/Arriva Trains Merseyside/Merseyrail Electrics |
| 65 | First Trenitalia West Coast Rail (Avanti)/West Coast Trains (Virgin Trains) |
| 66 | Central Trains |
| 67 | Virgin CrossCountry |
| 68 | Midland Mainline |
| 69 | First Great Western (High Speed Services)/Great Western Trains |
| 70 | Wessex Trains/Wales & West |
| 71 | Transport for Wales Rail/Arriva Trains Wales/Cardiff Railway Company |
| 72 | Special Trains Unit |
| 72 | Wrong TSC |
| 72 | Legge Infrastructure Services |
| 73 | First Great Western Link/Thames Trains |
| 74 | Chiltern Railway Company |
| 75 | Silverlink Train Services |
| 76 | West Anglia Great Northern |
| 77 | Great Eastern Railways |
| 78 | Anglia Railways (UK) |
| 79 | c2c Rail/LTS Rail |
| 80 | Southeastern/South Eastern Trains/Connex South Eastern |
| 81 | Gatwick Express |
| 82 | Southern |
| 83 | Thameslink Rail |
| 84 | South Western Railway/South West Trains |
| 85 | Island Line |
| 86 | Heathrow Express |
| 87 | West Coast Railway Company |
| 87 | Wrong TSC |
| 88 | Govia Thameslink Railway (Thameslink Southern Great Northern) |
| 89 | LUL Metropolitan Line (Croxley Rail Link) |
| 89 | Locomotive Services |
| 90 | LUL District Line (Wimbledon) |
| 91 | LUL Bakerloo Line (Harrow) |
| 92 | Network Rail Reserved Pathings (Non QJ) |
| 93 | LUL District Line (Richmond) |
| 94 | Balfour Beatty |
| 94 | Ffestiniog Railway |
| 95 | Waterman Railways |
| 95 | Peak Rail |
| 95 | Varamis Rail |
| 96 | DB Cargo/DB Schenker/National Power |
| 97 | Direct Rail Services |
| 98 | Network Rail Roz Schedule Test/Dummy |
| 99 | Wrong TSC/Invalid Train Service Code |
This list is understood to be up to date at August 2015, with a few known alterations since then.
| Use | Code | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| JSD Research & Development | 02 RR | |
| Victa Rail | 03 PV | |
| DB Cargo Charters/DB Schenker Charters | 04 WA | |
| DB Cargo Freight/DB Schenker Freight | 05 WA | |
| EPS (Eurostar) | 06 GA | |
| Rail Operations Group | 07 PH | |
| DB Cargo International/DB Schenker International | 08 DA | |
| Freightliner | 09 DB | |
| Transpennine Express | 20 EA | |
| National Express East Anglia | 21 EB | |
| Grand Central | 22 EC | |
| Northern Rail | 23 ED | |
| Heathrow Connect | 24 EE | |
| First Great Western | 25 EF | |
| CrossCountry | 27 EH | |
| East Midlands | 28 EM | |
| London Midland | 29 EJ | |
| London Overground Rail Operations (LOROL) | 30 EX | |
| Transport For London Crossrail | 33 XR | |
| DC Rail | 34 PO | |
| Caledonian Sleepers | 35 ES | |
| Seco Rail | 37 RU | |
| Carillion (CTRL) | 38 RQ | |
| Harsco | 39 RT | |
| Balfour Beatty Rail | 40 RZ | |
| Colas Rail (ex Amec) | 42 RG | |
| AMEY | 43 RE | |
| Carillion (ex GTRM) | 44 RB | |
| SB Rail (ex First Engineering) | 46 RD | |
| Grantrail | 49 RH | |
| West Coast Railway Company | 50 PA | |
| North Yorkshire Moors Railway | 51 PR | |
| PreMetro Operations | 52 PK | |
| SNCF Freight | 53 PS | |
| GB Railfreight | 54 PE | |
| Hull Trains Company | 55 PF | |
| Nexus (Tyne & Wear Metro) | 56 PG | |
| Advanza Freight | 58 PI | |
| Merlin (On Route Logistics) | 59 PM | |
| Scotrail | 60 HA | |
| Virgin East Coast | 61 HB | |
| Merseyrail | 64 HE | |
| Virgin West Coast | 65 HF | |
| Arriva Trains Wales | 71 HL | |
| Chiltern Railway | 74 HO | |
| c2c Rail | 79 HT | |
| South Eastern | 80 HU | |
| Southern | 82 HW | To 25 July 2015 |
| South Western Trains | 84 HY | |
| Island Lines | 85 HZ | |
| Heathrow Express | 86 HM | |
| Govia Thameslink Great Northern | 88 ET | |
| LUL District Line (Wimbledon) | 90 XB | |
| LUL Bakerloo Line (Harrow) | 91 XC | |
| LUL District Line (Richmond) | 93 XE | |
| Ffestiniog Railway | 94 XJ | |
| Direct Rail Services | 97 XH |