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Predecessors to Possession Resource Information Database (PRIDE)/Line Of Route (LOR) codesLast update 21 February 2019
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These codes were in use from June 1992 in the Western Region weekly notices. It can be seen that many of the codes are of a similar form to the later PRIDE codes. The only lines coded were those in the Western Region: other region's routes referred to in the notices were given only a number which is not reproduced below. The prefix letters appear to be derived thus:
| FWA | = | Freight Wales area |
| FWE | = | Freight West of England area |
| GW | = | InterCity Great Western |
| NTC | = | Network SouthEast Thames & Chilterns |
| RC | = | Regional Railways central area |
| RSW | = | Regional Railways South Wales area |
| RWE | = | Regional Railways West of England area |
| XC | = | InterCity CrossCountry |
The codes clearly apply to British Rail's profit centres, when each centre had responsibility for those routes where it was the prime user.
| Code | Line Name |
|---|
| FWA1.1 | Barry to Bridgend Barry Junction |
| FWA1.2 | Llantrisant East to Cwm Llantwit |
| FWA1.3 | Bridgend Llynfi Junction to Coegnant |
| FWA1.4 | Tondu to Pontycymmer |
| FWA1.5 | Port Talbot Docks to Tondu |
| FWA1.6 | Swansea District Line |
| FWA1.7 | Dynevor Junction to Swansea Eastern Depot (from 21 June 1993 became Dynevor Junction to Burrows West) |
| FWA1.7A | Aberpergwm Colliery Junction to Neath and Brecon Junction |
| FWA1.8 | Onllwyn to Jersey Marine Junction South |
| FWA1.11 | Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen to Pantyfynnon |
| FWA1.14 | Cwmmawr to Kidwelly |
| FWA1.15 | Clarbeston Road to Milford Haven |
| FWA1.17 | Herbrandston Junction to Robeston |
| FWA1.18 | Letterston West Ground Frame to Trecwn Sidings |
| FWA2.1 | Penallta Colliery to Ystrad Mynach North |
| FWA2.2 | Cwmbargoed to Ystrad Mynach South |
| FWA2.3 | Taff Merthyr to Nelson Junction |
| FWA2.4 | Hirwaun to Abercynon |
| FWA2.5 | Llandaf Loop Junction to Radyr Quarry Junction |
| FWA2.6 | Cardiff to Radyr via Ninian Park |
| FWA3.1 | Wye Valley Junction to Tidenham Quarry |
| FWA3.2 | believed to be Sudbrook branch |
| FWA3.3 | Caldicot to Caerwent |
| FWA3.4 | Llanwern Steel Works |
| FWA3.5 | believed to be Uskmouth branch |
| FWA3.6 | Hereford Yard to MEB siding; Barrs Court Yard to Bulmers siding; Brecon Curve Junction to Barton Curve |
| FWA3.7 | believed to be Glascoed branch |
| FWA3.8 | Ebbw Vale line |
| FWA3.9 | believed to be Machen Quarry branch |
| FWA3.10 | believed to be East Mendalgief branch |
| FWA3.11 | Pengam Junction to Cardiff Docks via Tidal Sidings |
| FWE4.1 | Thingley Junction to Bradford Junction |
| FWE4.2 | Frome North Junction to Whatley Quarry |
| FWE4.3 | East Somerset Junction to Cranmore |
| FWE4.4 | Crediton to Meldon Quarry |
| FWE4.5 | Newton Abbot East Junction to Heathfield |
| FWE4.6 | Mount Gould Junction to Cattewater Also listed as Laira Junction/Lipson Junction to Cattewater |
| FWE4.7 | Lostwithiel to Carne Point |
| FWE4.8 | Burngullow to Parkandillack |
| FWE4.9 | Tavistock Junction to Marsh Mills |
| FWE4.10 | Unknown branch in Devon or Cornwall |
| FWE5.1 | Stoke Gifford Junction to Avonmouth Town Goods/Portbury Terminal Junction (to July 1993) |
| FWE5.1 | Stoke Gifford Junction to Bristol Bulk Handling Terminal (from July 1993) |
| FWE5.2 | Filton Junction to Filton West Junction |
| FWE5.3 | Patchway Junction to Filton West Junction |
| FWE5.4 | Yate to Westerleigh |
| FWE5.5 | Yate Middle Junction to Tytherington |
| FWE5.6 | Berkeley Road Junction to Sharpness |
| FWE5.7 | Bristol Parson Street Junction to Ashton Gate |
| FWE5.8 | Lawrence Hill to Barrow Road |
| FWE5.9 | Highworth branch |
| FWE6.1 | Southall to Brentford |
| FWE6.2 | West Drayton to Colnbrook |
| FWE6.3 | Morris Cowley branch |
| FWE6.4 | Bletchley to Oxford North Junction |
| FWE6.5 | Aylesbury to Claydon L&NE Junction |
| FWE6.6 | Grendon Underwood to Akeman Street |
| FWE6.8 | Honeybourne to Long Marston |
| GW1 | Paddington to Foxhall Junction |
| GW2.1 | Foxhall Junction to Bristol Temple Meads |
| GW2.2 | North Somerset Junction to Bristol West Junction via St Philip's Marsh |
| GW3 | Bristol Temple Meads to Cogload Junction (to Exeter?) |
| GW4 | Cogload Junction to Plymouth |
| GW5 | Reading Westbury Line Junction to Cogload Junction via Berks and Hants line |
| GW6 | Pilning to Cardiff Central Possibly intended as GW6.3 |
| GW6.1 | Wootton Bassett to Pilning |
| GW6.2 | Bristol East Junction to Filton |
| GW6.3 | Pilning to Cardiff Central |
| GW7 | Cardiff Central to Swansea High Street |
| NTC6.1 | Old Oak Common West to South Ruislip |
| NTC6.2 | West Ealing/Hanwell to Greenford |
| NTC6.3 | Slough to Windsor |
| NTC6.4 | Maidenhead to Marlow |
| NTC6.5 | Twyford to Henley |
| NTC7.1 | Marylebone to Aynho Junction |
| NTC7.2 | Neasden South Junction to Aylesbury via LUL |
| NTC7.3 | Princes Risborough to Aylesbury |
| RC11 | Wolvercot Junction to Shelwick Junction |
| RC12 | Worcester Shrub Hill to Stoke Works Junction; Droitwich Spa to Hartlebury |
| RSW1.1 | Swansea to Fishguard Harbour (from 22 July 1995) |
| RSW1.2 | Whitland to Pembroke Dock |
| RSW2 | Craven Arms to Llandeilo Junction |
| RSW3 | Craven Arms to Maindee West/East Junctions (until 21 July 1995) |
| RSW3 | Sutton Bridge Junction to Maindee West/East Junctions (from 22 July 1995) |
| RSW4.1 | Gloucester to Awre |
| RSW4.2 | Awre to Severn Tunnel Junction |
| RSW5.1 | Rhymney to Barry Island |
| RSW5.2 | Heath Junction to Coryton |
| RSW5.3 | Merthyr Tydfil to Cardiff Queen Street North Junction |
| RSW5.4 | Treherbert to Pontypridd Junction |
| RWE6.0 | Crannaford to Exeter St Davids (from 22 July 1995) |
| RWE6.1 | Cowley Bridge Junction to Exmouth (until 21 July 1995) |
| RWE6.1 | Exmouth Junction to Exmouth (from 22 July 1995) |
| RWE6.2 | Cowley Bridge Junction to Barnstaple |
| RWE6.3 | Newton Abbott West Junction to Paignton |
| RWE7 | Plymouth to Penzance |
| RWE8.1 | St Budeaux Junction to Gunnislake |
| RWE8.2 | Liskeard to Looe |
| RWE8.3 | Par to Newquay |
| RWE8.4 | Penwithers Junction to Falmouth |
| RWE8.5 | St Erth to St Ives |
| RWE9.1 | Bathampton Junction to Westbury North Junction |
| RWE9.2 | Westbury to Warminster regional boundary |
| RWE10 | Swindon to Standish Junction |
| RWE13 | Severn Beach to Narroways Hill Junction |
| XC1 | Didcot East Junction/Foxhall Junction to Fenny Compton |
| XC3 | Barnt Green to Westerleigh Junction |
These codes were preceded by purely numeric ones. These were introduced in May 1958 and remained in use until at least 1983. The system appears to have had a thorough overhaul around 1971 to simplify it and account for lines closed or transferred to other regions. Other tweaks took place as required.
| Code | Line Name |
|---|
| 1 | Paddington to Cogload Via Bristol (T.M.) |
| 2 | Reading (Westbury Line Junction) to Cogload Via Westbury and Frome |
| 3 | Cogload to Penzance |
| 4 | Wootton Bassett Junction to Fishguard Harbour |
| 5 | Swindon to Severn Tunnel Junction Via Gloucester |
| 6 | Barnt Green (Exclusive) to Bristol East Junction (Via Gloucester Avoiding Line) |
| 7 | Didcot to Heyford |
| 8 | Wolvercot Junction (Exclusive) to Hereford Shelwick Junction (Exclusive) |
| 9 | Worcester Shrub Hill Junction to Hartlebury (Exclusive) |
| 10 | Stratford-Upon-Avon (Exclusive) to Cheltenham Lansdown Junction |
| 11 | Old Oak Common to Northolt Junction East (Exclusive) |
| 12 | Craven Arms to Newport (Maindee West Junction) |
| 13 | Wilton (Exclusive) to Exeter St Davids West |
| 14 | Cowley Bridge Junction to Meeth Clay Company's Siding (1974) |
| 16 | West Ealing to Greenford |
| 18 | Southall to Brentford Goods |
| 19 | West Drayton to Staines (Shell Mex Oil Depot) |
| 21 | Slough to Windsor and Eton Central |
| 22 | Maidenhead to Bourne End (to 1971) |
| 22 | Maidenhead to Marlow |
| 23 | Bourne End to Marlow (to 1971) |
| 23 | Twyford to Henley-On-Thames |
| 24 | Twyford to Henley-On-Thames (to 1971) |
| 26 | Kennington Junction to Morris Cowley |
| 27 | North Pole Junction (LMR) to Old Oak Common |
| 28 | Princes Risborough to Thame (to 1971) |
| 28 | Bicester to Oxford |
| 29 | Princes Risborough to Aylesbury (to 1971) |
| 30 | Kennington Junction to Morris Cowley (to 1971) |
| 31 | Newbury West to Welford Park (to 1971) |
| 31 | Earley (SR) (Signal R324) to Reading |
| 33 | Bicester (London Road) to Oxford (to 1971) |
| 34 | Didcot Avoiding Loop |
| 35 | Reading Branch Lines (to 1971) |
| 36 | Earley (SR) (Signal R324) to Reading (to 1971) |
| 36 | Greenford East Loop |
| 38 | Southcote Junction to Reading Central Goods (Coley Branch) (to 1971) |
| 41 | Thingley Junction to Westbury |
| 43 | Bradford South Junction to Bathampton Junction |
| 44 | North Somerset Junction to Bristol West Junction (Via St Phillps Marsh Avoiding Line) |
| 47 | Worle Junction to Uphill Junction (Via Weston Super Mare Loop Line) |
| 50 | Cowley Bridge Junction to Meeth Clay Company's Siding (1980) |
| 51 | Aller Junction to Paignton South (Early 1974) |
| 53 | Aller Junction to Paignton South (Late 1974, 1978) |
| 56 | St Budeaux Junction to Gunnislake |
| 57 | Newton Abbot East to Heathfield (to 1971) |
| 57 | Liskeard to Looe |
| 58 | Bodmin Road to Boscarne Sidings |
| 62 | Par to Newquay |
| 66 | Burngullow to Parkandillack |
| 68 | Truro to Falmouth |
| 70 | Heywood Road Junction to Fairwood Junction, (Westbury Avoiding Line) |
| 71 | Boscarne Sidings to Wenford Bridge (to 1971) |
| 72 | Westbury South to Warminster (Exclusive) |
| 73 | Par to Newquay (to 1971) |
| 73 | Clink Road Junction to Blatchbridge Junction (Frome Avoiding Line) |
| 77 | Castle Cary to Dorchester Ju_Nction (Exclusive) |
| 78 | Burngullow to Drinnick Mill (to 1971) |
| 79 | Maiden Newton to Bridport |
| 80 | Stoke Gifford Junction to Hallen Marsh |
| 81 | Patchway Junction to Filton Junction |
| 82 | Patchway to Filton West Junction (Patchway Chord) |
| 85 | Abbotswood Junction to Norton Junction |
| 87 | Berkeley Road to Sharpness |
| 88 | Yate Middle to Tytherington |
| 89 | Filton Junction to Filton West Junction (Filton Chord) |
| 90 | Severn Beach to Bristol Narroways Hill Junction |
| 91 | Lawrence Hill to Avonside |
| 92 | Castle Cary to Dorchester Junction (Exclusive) (to 1971) |
| 92 | Dr Days Junction to North Somerset Junction (Bristol Loop) |
| 97 | Exmouth Junction to Exmouth |
| 100 | Patchway Junction to Filton Junction (to 1971) |
| 106 | East Usk Branch |
| 107 | Maindee Loop (Maindee East Junction to Maindee North Junction) |
| 113 | Furnace Sidings to Llantarnam Junction |
| 114 | Droitwich Spa to Stoke Works Junction (to 1971) |
| 115 | Exmouth Junction to Exmouth (to 1971) |
| 116 | Blaina to Gaer Junction (1974) |
| 116 | Rose Heyworth to Gaer Junction |
| 117 | Ebbw Vale to Aberbeeg Junction (1974) |
| 117 | Duffryn Sidings to Aberbeeg Junction |
| 118 | Markham Coliliery to Lime Kiln Sidings |
| 119 | Bedwas to Park Junction |
| 122 | Park Junction to Ebbw Junction |
| 123 | Maesglas Junction to Newport Docks |
| 124 | Pengam Junction to North East Junction |
| 126 | Rhymney to Cardiff, Bute Road |
| 130 | Penrhiwfelin Tq Ystrad Mynach North |
| 131 | Dowlais Furnace Top to Ystrad Mynach South |
| 132 | Ocean and Taff Merthyr Collieries to Nelson and Llancaiach |
| 132 | Furnace Sidings to Llantarnam Junction (to 1971) |
| 134 | Aber Junction to Walnut Tree Junction |
| 135 | Coalbrookvale to Gaer Junction (to 1971) |
| 135 | Coryton to Heath Junction |
| 136 | Eisbw Vale to Aberbeeg Junction (to 1971) |
| 136 | Merthyr to Barry Island (To Barry Pier In 1974) |
| 137 | Hirwaun Pond to Abercynon |
| 138 | Bedwas to Park Junction (to 1971) |
| 139 | Treherbert to Pontypridd |
| 140 | Maerdy to Rhondda Fach Junction South |
| 141 | Park Junction to Ebbw Junction (to 1971) |
| 143 | Nantgarw to Walnut Tree Junction |
| 144 | Radyr Junction to Penarth Curve South Junction |
| 145 | Llandaff Loop Junction to College Road Sidings |
| 146 | Rhymney to Cardiff, Bute Road (to 1971) |
| 148 | Barry to Bridgend |
| 149 | Signal C322, Penarth Curve North Junction to Leckwith Junction |
| 151 | Llantrisant East to Coed Ely |
| 151 | Dowlais Cae Harris to Ystrad Mynach South (to 1971) |
| 152 | Mwyndy Junction to Cwm Llantwit Colliery |
| 153 | Common Branch Junction to Creigiau Quarry |
| 154 | Aber Junction to Walnut Tree Junction (to 1971) |
| 154 | Bridgend to Coegnant Colliery |
| 155 | Tondu to Blaengarw |
| 156 | Merthyr to Barry Pier (to 1971) |
| 156 | Tondu Ogmore Junction to Wern Tarw |
| 157 | Mountain Ash (Cardiff Road) to Hirwaun Pond (to 1971) |
| 157 | Tondu Ogmore Junction to Nantymoel |
| 158 | Aberdare High Level to Abercynon (to 1971) |
| 158 | Tondu to Port Talbot Docks (1978) |
| 159 | Tondu to Port Talbot Docks (1974) |
| 160 | Treherbert to Pontypridd (to 1971) |
| 161 | Maerdy to Rhondda Fach Junction South (to 1971) |
| 163 | Court Sart Junction to Morlais Junction |
| 164 | Nantgarw to Walnut Tree Junction (to 1971) |
| 165 | Radyr Junction to Penarth Curve South Junction (to 1971) |
| 165 | Dynevor Junction to Morriston |
| 166 | Craig-Y-Nos to Jersey Marine Junction South |
| 167 | Aberpergwm Colliery to Neath and Brecon Junction |
| 168 | Jersey Marine Junction North to Jersey Marine Junction South |
| 170 | Barry to Bridgend (to 1971) |
| 171 | Felin Fran to Clydach-On-Tawe North |
| 172 | Grovesend Colliery Loop to Hendy |
| 173 | Llantrisant East to Coed Ely (to 1971) |
| 173 | Landore to Swansea |
| 174 | Swansea Loop East to Swansea Loop West |
| 175 | Craven Arms to Llanelli (Llandeilo Junction) |
| 176 | Bridgend to Caerau (to 1971) |
| 176 | Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen to Pantyffynnon |
| 177 | Tondu to Blaengarw (to 1971) |
| 177 | Abernant to Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen |
| 178 | Tondu, Ogmore Junction to Wern Tarw (to 1971) |
| 178 | Pontardulais Junction to Gorseinon |
| 179 | Tondu, Ogmore Junction to Nantymoel (to 1971) |
| 180 | Cynheidre to Llanelli West Junction |
| 181 | Cwmmawr to Pembrey |
| 182 | Carmarthen Junction to Carmarthen Station |
| 183 | P&T Loop Junction, Carmarthen to Carmarthen Bridge |
| 184 | Whitland to Pembroke Dock |
| 185 | Clarbeston Road to Milford Haven |
| 186 | Court Sart Junction to Morlais Junction (to 1971) |
| 186 | Gulf Oil Branch Junction to Gulf Oil Refinery |
| 187 | Herbranston Branch (1974-) |
| 188 | Dynevor Junction to Port Tennant Junction (to 1971) |
| 188 | Letterston Junction to Trecwn Sidings |
| 189 | Craig-Y-Nos to Jersey Marine South Junction (to 1971) |
| 190 | Glyn Neath to Neath N&B Junction (to 1971) |
| 194 | Felin Fran to Clydach-On-Tawe North (to 1971) |
| 198 | Craven Arms to Llanelli (Llandilo Junction) (to 1971) |
| 199 | Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen to Pantyffynnon (to 1971) |
| 201 | Pontardulais Junction Ground Frame to Gorseinon (to 1971) |
| 208 | Whitland to Pembroke Dock (to 1971) |
| 209 | Clarbeston Road to Milford Haven (to 1971) |
| 211 | Herbrandston Branch (1973) |
Early PRIDE/LOR codes can be found at the bottom of the East Anglia LOR page.