UK railway operator codesLast update 10 October 2017
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This page gives a quick and easy decoder between GB timetable code and the relevant operator. Codes were introduced by BR with the 29 September 1996 timetable for its internal train operating units (TOUs) that later became the first privatised TOCs. Dates and other information are given on the franchises page.
Codes are given alphabetically by code and subsequently alphabetically by company.
| GB timetable code | Company |
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| AM | Arriva Trains Merseyside |
| AN | Arriva Trains Northern |
| AR | Anglia Railways |
| ATW | Arriva Trains Wales [erroneous code] |
| AW | Arriva Trains Wales |
| CA | Cardiff Railway Co |
| CC | c2c |
| CH | Chiltern Railways |
| CS | Caledonian Sleeper |
| CT | Central Trains |
| CX | Connex [South Central and South Eastern] |
| CX | Connex South Eastern |
| DC | Devon & Cornwall Railway |
| EC | Great North Eastern Railway |
| EC | InterCity East Coast |
| EM | East Midlands Trains |
| EP | European Passenger Services |
| EP | Eurostar (UK) |
| ES | Eurostar International |
| ES | Eurostar (UK) |
| FC | First Capital Connect |
| GC | Grand Central |
| GE | First Great Eastern |
| GE | Great Eastern |
| GE | Great Eastern Railway |
| GL | First Great Western Link |
| GL | Heathrow Connect |
| GN | Great Northern |
| GR | East Coast |
| GR | GNER |
| GR | Great North Eastern Railway |
| GR | National Express East Coast/NXEC |
| GR | Virgin Trains East Coast |
| GW | First Great Western |
| GW | Great Western Railway |
| GW | Great Western Trains |
| GWR | Great Western Railway [erroneous code] |
| GX | Gatwick Express |
| HC | Heathrow Connect |
| HT | First Hull Trains |
| HT | Hull Trains |
| HX | Heathrow Express |
| IL | Island Line |
| LE | Abellio Greater Anglia |
| LE | Greater Anglia |
| LE | National Express East Anglia/NXEA |
| LE | 'one' |
| LM | London Midland |
| LM | West Midlands Trains |
| LN | Great North Western Railway |
| LO | London Overground |
| LR | Network Rail [On Track Plant] |
| LS | LTS Rail |
| LT | London Transport |
| LT | London Underground |
| ME | Merseyrail |
| ME | Merseyrail Electrics |
| ML | Midland Main Line |
| ML | Midland Mainline |
| NL | North London Railways |
| NR | Network Rail |
| NS | Network SouthCentral |
| NS | Northern Spirit |
| NT | Northern |
| NT | Northern Rail |
| NW | First North Western |
| NW | North Western Trains |
| NW | North West Regional Railways |
| NY | North Yorkshire Moors Railway |
| RE | Regional Railways North East |
| RT | Railtrack |
| SC | Connex South Central |
| SC | South Central |
| SE | Connex South Eastern |
| SE | The South Eastern Train Co |
| SE | South Eastern Trains |
| SE | Southeastern |
| SJ | Stagecoach Supertram |
| SN | South Central |
| SN | Southern |
| SP | Swanage Railway |
| SR | First Scotrail |
| SR | ScotRail |
| SS | Silverlink Train Services |
| SW | South Western Railway |
| SW | South West Trains |
| SX | Stansted Express |
| TL | Thameslink |
| TP | First TransPennine Express |
| TP | TransPennine Express |
| TT | First Great Western Link |
| TT | Thames Trains |
| TW | [Tyne & Wear] Metro |
| VL | Cardiff Railway Co |
| VL | Valley Lines |
| VT | Virgin Trains [West Coast and CrossCountry] |
| VT | Virgin West Coast |
| WB | Wales & Borders Trains |
| WC | InterCity West Coast |
| WC | Virgin West Coast |
| WE | Wessex Trains |
| WN | WAGN Railway |
| WN | Wagn Railway |
| WN | Wagn |
| WN | West Anglia Great Northern |
| WR | West Coast Railways |
| WS | Wrexham Shropshire & Marylebone Railway |
| WW | South Wales & West |
| WW | Wales & West |
| XC | CrossCountry |
| XC | Virgin CrossCountry |
| XM | Christmas Special [spoof code] |
| XR | Crossrail |
| XR | TFL Rail |
| XS | Stobart Rail |
| ZZ | Freight and miscellaneous operators |
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