
Last update 4 January 2021
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Code | Signal Box | Note | ELR | Mileage | Opened | Closed | Control to |
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EB | Factory Junction | Later code | ATL VIR |
6m 64ch 1m 61ch |
25 January 1953 | 17 May 1980 | Victoria Signalling Centre (VS) |
G | Believed to be earlier code | ||||||
A | Automatic signals | ||||||
F | Fairfield Junction | HAJ | 3m 56ch | by January 1907 | 6 May 1984 | Ashburys (AS) | |
FJ | Fairwood Junction | WEY | 111m 16ch | 1 January 1933 | 11 May 1984 | Westbury [new] (W) | |
- | Falmer | BTL | 3m 44ch | 23 February 1930 | 30 March 1985 | Three Bridges [new] (T) | |
F | Falsgrave | YMS | 41m 63ch | 1908 | 1 November 2010 | Seamer [reopened] (YS) | |
FH | Fareham | SDP2 | 84m 10ch | 1903 | 20 June 1982 | Eastleigh [new] (E) | |
FJ | Farington Junction | CGJ5 | ≈19m 2ch | Preston (PN) | |||
MW | Farlington Junction | WPH2 | 40m 38ch | 1 January 1860 | 5 May 1968 | Portsmouth (PW) | |
TW | Farnborough | BML1 | 33m 23ch | 25 September 1904 | 20 November 1966 | Basingstoke [panel] (YW) | |
WA | Automatic signals | ||||||
WZ | Farncombe | Named Farncombe West to 29 April 1934 | WPH1 | 33m 45ch | May 1897 | ||
WA | Automatic signals | ||||||
Farncombe West | See Farncombe | ||||||
FN | Farnham | PAA2 | 40m 40ch | May 1901 | 27 August 2013 | Woking ASC (WK) | |
FD | Farnham Depot Shunt Panel | PAA2 | ≈41m 6ch | 13 June 2005 | |||
EM | Farningham Road | VIR | 20m 26ch | ≈1876 | 12 June 1983 | Victoria Signalling Centre (VS) | |
A | Automatic signals | ||||||
FJ | Farnley Junction | Leeds (L) | |||||
D | Down line automatic signals | ||||||
U | Up line automatic signals | ||||||
EY | Faversham | VIR | 52m 7ch | 24 May 1959 | 24 December 2011 | East Kent Signalling Centre (EK) | |
A | Automatic signals | ||||||
Fawkham | See Longfield | ||||||
FN | Fawkham Station | VIR | 23m 22ch | by 1873 | 28 November 1965 | Victoria Signalling Centre (VS) | |
Fawley | TTF | 91m 42ch | 20 July 1925 | ||||
- | Faygate | TBH1 | 34m 27ch | 1877 | 20 April 1986 | Three Bridges [new] (T) | |
F | Featherstone | Downgraded to gate box 17 May 1969 | WAG1 | 53m 72ch | 29 March 1987 | Oakenshaw (O) | |
FF | Felin Fran | Downgraded to ground frame 16 June 1973: line controlled by Port Talbot (PT) | SDI2 | 2m 23ch | 1913 | Wales Rail Operating Centre (PT) (planned) | |
FB | Felixstowe Beach | Code shown in 1970 weekly notice | FED | ≈84m 60ch | 1888 | 24 July 1971 | Felixstowe Beach [new] (F) |
F | Felixstowe Beach [new] | FED | 84m 69ch | 25 July 1971 | 14 March 1999 | Colchester [new] (CO) | |
NQ | Felixstowe North Quay Freightliner Depot | also had draw-ahead signals from 16 February 1987 labelled A-G with no number | FED | 86m 0ch | 1987 | ||
FL | Felling | Unclear whether one or both codes used | LEN3 | 15 December 1929? | 17 July 1965 | Gateshead (G) | |
F | |||||||
F | Feltham | RDG1 | 14m 59ch | 8 September 1974 | |||
BEF | Shepperton branch. Code used from 24 June 2019. Temporary code until taken over by Basingstoke Signalling Control Centre | ||||||
FX | Proposed code shown on plans of Staines-Heathrow "Airtrack" extension | ||||||
WBK | Feltham West | Downgraded to gate box 8 September 1974 | RDG1 | 14m 78ch | ≈1880 | 10 January 1975 | Feltham (F) |
Fence Houses | See Fencehouses | ||||||
F | Fencehouses | Also known as Fence Houses. Code used from 31 March 1987 | FEP | 12m 43ch | 1914 | 18 May 1991 | Line closed |
F | Fenchurch Street | FSS1 | 0m 20ch | 14 April 1935 | 22 July 1994 | Upminster [new] (UR) after temporary line closure |
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D | Down line automatic signals | ||||||
U | Up line automatic signals | ||||||
UF | Up fast line automatic signals | ||||||
US | Up slow line automatic signals | ||||||
Fencote | Still standing 2007 | BYB | 140m 10ch | 1 September 1897 | 15 September 1952 | Line closed | |
F | Feniton | Gate box: line controlled by Honiton (HN) | BAE2 | 159m 26ch | 9 June 1974 | 26 March 2012 | Basingstoke Signalling Control Centre (SE) |
FC | Fenny Compton | Code used by 8 November 1953 | DCL SJT1 |
94m 76ch 22m 41ch |
6 March 1960 | 1 May 2004 last train; 4 May 2004 official |
Leamington Spa (OL) |
FS | Fenny Stratford | BBM | 1m 13ch | 1883 | 23 July 2004 last train; 6 September 2004 official |
Marston Vale (MV) | |
FE | Ferme Park | ECM1 | 3m 55ch | 1976 | |||
FP | Ferme Park North Down | ECM1 | 3m 68ch | June 1893 | 7 December 1974 | Wood Green (WG) | |
F | Ferrybridge | SMJ2 | 2m 10ch | 1956 | 18 April 2006 | Ferrybridge [new] (FE) | |
BS | Code used for at least one up line signal | ||||||
D | Down direction automatic signals | ||||||
R | Distant signals | ||||||
U | Up direction automatic signals | ||||||
FE | Ferrybridge [new] | SMJ2 | 2m 33ch | 18 April 2006 | |||
FPS | Ferrybridge Power Station | JMM | ≈1m 60ch | ? | 8 April 2006 | ||
FB | Unclear exactly where these signals used (or if used by Ferrybridge) | ||||||
E | Position light and flashing red light signals | ||||||
T | Unloading control signals | ||||||
F | Ferryhill | Named Ferryhill No 2 to 28 November 1971 | ECM5 | 56m 70ch | December 1953 | 10 February 2021 (planned) | York Rail Operating Centre (NF) |
D | Down line automatic signals. Code used from 1971 | ||||||
RU | Banner repeaters for up line automatic signals. Code used from 1971 | ||||||
U | Up line automatic signals. Code used from 1971 | ||||||
Ferryhill No 2 | See Ferryhill | ||||||
F | Ferryhill No 3 | Code used from February 1966 | ECM5 | ≈56m 35ch | 28 November 1971 | Ferryhill (F) | |
D | Down line automatic signals. Code used from February 1966 | ||||||
RU | Banner repeaters for up line automatic signals. Code used from February 1966 | ||||||
U | Up line automatic signals. Code used from February 1966 (unclear whether used at all) | ||||||
FS | Ferryside | SWM2 | 238m 47ch | 1884 | Wales Rail Operating Centre (PT) (planned) | ||
F | |||||||
FF | Fiddlers Ferry Power Station | Code not carried | SDJ2 | 14m 46ch | c July 1967 | ||
S | Fiddlers Ferry power station control room | by 1987 | |||||
FE | Filey | HBS | 44m 36ch | 1911 | 25 June 2000 | Seamer [temporary panel] (SR) | |
Filton Incline | BSW | 4m 14ch | 8 July 1917 | 17 October 1970 | Bristol (B) | ||
FJ | Filton Junction | Code used from 19 October 1970 | BSW | 4m 54ch | 7 April 1903 | 20 February 1971 | Bristol (B) |
F | Unclear if code used | ||||||
DFR | Down Filton relief line automatic signals. Code used from 19 October 1970 | ||||||
UFM | Up Filton main line automatic signals. Code used from 19 October 1970 | ||||||
Filton West Junction | AFR | 112m 73ch | 24 April 1910 | 20 February 1971 | Bristol (B) | ||
F | Finningley | Panel fitted 4 December 1977. Downgraded to gate box 9 September 1979: line controlled by Doncaster (D) | SPD4 | 112m 7ch | May 1877 | ||
FP | Finsbury Park | ECM1 | ≈2m 45ch | 27 April 1975 | 7 August 1976 | Kings Cross (K) | |
F2 | Finsbury Park No 2 | ECM1 | ≈2m 33ch | 10 June 1974 reopened | 13 September 1975 | Finsbury Park (FP) | |
F3 | Finsbury Park No 3 | ECM1 | 2m 32ch | 6 July 1911 | 27 April 1975 | Finsbury Park (FP) | |
F4 | Finsbury Park No 4 | ECM1 | 2m 31ch | 1894 | 20 April 1974 | Finsbury Park No 6 (F6) | |
F5 | Finsbury Park No 5 | ECM1 | 2m 51ch | 6 July 1911 | 27 April 1975 | Finsbury Park (FP) | |
F6 | Finsbury Park No 6 | ECM1 | 2m 49ch | 29 January 1891 | 8 June 1975 | Finsbury Park (FP) | |
S6 | Code reported in 1975 notice, believed in error | ||||||
D | Finsbury Park No 7 | Down line automatic signals | HBB | 2m 73ch | 1876 | 8 June 1975 | Line closed |
U | Up line automatic signals | ||||||
FK | Firbeck | Named Firbeck A to 7 August 1983. Unclear if code carried | BKS | 11m 20ch | 1 October 1926 | 7 October 1984 | Maltby Colliery (M) |
Firbeck A | See Firbeck | ||||||
FB | Fishbourne Crossing | TBH2 | 29m 28ch | 1881 | 23 October 1992 | Chichester (CC) | |
DFB | Distant signal (code probably not carried) | ||||||
FS | Fiskerton | Downgraded to gate box 13 August 1994?: line controlled by Fiskerton Junction. Also known as Fiskerton Station | NOB1 | 12m 42ch | 6 July 1902 | 22 October 2016 | East Midlands Control Centre (NN) |
FJ | Fiskerton Junction | NOB1 | 12m 4ch | 7 April 1929 | 22 October 2016 | East Midlands Control Centre (NN) | |
FB | Code reported but believed not carried | ||||||
Fiskerton Station | See Fiskerton | ||||||
Flax Bourton | MLN1 | 124m 28ch | 21 September 1958 | 4 December 1971 | Bristol (B) | ||
Flaxton | YMS | 9m 21ch | 11 June 1989 | Strensall (S) | |||
UW | Fleet | BML1 | 36m 34ch | 25 September 1904 | 21 February 1960 | Farnborough (TW) | |
R | Distant signals | ||||||
WA | Automatic signals | ||||||
WAR | Distant to automatic signals | ||||||
FL | Fletton | ECM1 | 74m 78ch | 6 August 1890 | 28 April 1973 | Peterborough (P) | |
FY | Foley Crossing | NSS | 1m 56ch | 1889 | |||
R | Banner repeater signals | ||||||
YE | Folkestone East | XTD | 70m 79ch | 18 February 1962 | |||
EBB | Folkestone Harbour | Last use May 2008? | FFH2 | 71m 75ch | 17 December 1933 | 29 September 2011 line officially taken out of use |
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ZE | Folkestone Junction | Code used from 1960 | XTD | 71m 2ch | 14 November 1908 | 18 February 1962 | Folkestone East (YE) |
A | Automatic signals | ||||||
FB | Ford Bridge | SHL | 40m 66ch | 2 October 1988 | Moreton On Lugg (ML) | ||
FR | Forders Sidings | Believed code not carried | BBM | 11m 74ch | 1930 | 23 July 2004 last train; 6 September 2004 official |
Marston Vale (MV) |
CBW | Ford Junction | TBH2 | 19m 31ch | 10 March 1912 | 8 December 1979 | Arundel (AR) | |
F | Forest Gate | Later code | LTN1 | 5m 63ch | 1895 | 24 August 1996 | Liverpool Street [new] (L) |
FG | Earlier code | ||||||
DE | Down electric line automatic signals | ||||||
DM | Down main line automatic signals | ||||||
RF | Repeater signals | ||||||
UE | Up electric line automatic signals | ||||||
UM | Up main line automatic signals | ||||||
FH | Forest Hall | Downgraded to gate box 1940 | ECM7 | ≈4m 77ch | 6 February 1965 | Benton (B) | |
LC | Forest Hill | LBW | 5m 75ch | 8 October 1950 | 15 June 1969 | Norwood Junction (JC) | |
CA | Automatic signals | ||||||
JC | Temporary code for 14 June 1969 only, until taken over by Norwood Junction | ||||||
FJ | Fork Junction | Location not certain | LLS2 | 0m 10ch | 1881 | ≈19 March 1973 | Stratford (S) |
F | Forres | Named Forres East to 1967. Code used from 2002 to 2003 | ANI2 | 0m 17ch | 20 October 1896 | 7 October 2017 | Inverness (HE) |
FS | Code from 11 January 2002 | ||||||
Forres East | See Forres | ||||||
F | Forth | Believed code used from 12 April 1959 | NEN1 | 0m 55ch | 31 May 1908 | 6 February 1966 | Newcastle (N) |
FW | Fort William Junction | Named Mallaig Junction to 27 March 1988. Code used from renaming | MLG1 WHL |
0m 5ch 98m 65ch |
6 August 1894 | ||
FD | Fouldubs Junction | GMH | 1m 51ch | 12 January 1908 | |||
FO | Four Oaks | ALC1 | 6m 21ch | 12 October 1992 | Aston (AN) | ||
FD | Foxfield | CBC1 | 40m 40ch | 1879 | |||
F | Foxton | Downgraded to gate box 26 February 1983: line controlled by Cambridge (CA). Unclear whether code carried | SBR | 50m 73ch | 20 August 1878 | ||
FR | Fratton A | Stop boards | WPH2 | 43m 70ch | 1968 | ||
GF | Ground frame controlled signals | ||||||
F | Freemans | Code used by 1974 | WSB | 1m 31ch | 1956 | ||
FE | Freightliner Depot East End Ground Switch Panel | TLL | ≈10m 0ch | 27 May 1996 | |||
FW | Freightliner Depot West End Ground Switch Panel | TLL | 9m 50ch | 27 May 1996 | |||
FT | Freight Terminal Ground Frame [Kings Cross] | Upgraded to signal box ≈1987 | CRF3 | 29 September 1975 | 10 June 1989 | Kings Cross (K) | |
FD | Freshfield | Downgraded to gate box | HXS3 | 17m 78ch | 1878 | 1 May 1994 | Merseyrail (ML) |
Friargate | MAC3 | 109m 3ch | 1884 | September 1993 burnt out 12 April 1990 | Pasture Street (P) | ||
FJ | Friars Junction | MLN1 | 3m 53ch | 9 March 1902 | 8 October 1962 | Old Oak Common (OO) | |
UW | Frimley Junction | Code used from 1963 | AAV | 9m 61ch | June 1879 | 25 March 1973 | Ash Vale Junction (HW) |
F | Frinton | Gate box: line controlled by Thorpe-le-Soken (T) | TWN | 68m 76ch | ≈1924 | 4 May 2009 | Colchester [new] (CO) |
FY | Frisby | GSM3 | 110m 17ch | 23 February 1941 | |||
Frodingham Trent Junction | See Trent Junction | ||||||
FJ | Frodsham Junction | FJH | 1m 49ch | 1912 | |||
F | Fryston | NOC | 18m 3ch | 25 April 1987 | Castleford (C) | ||
FN | Normanton line signals | ||||||
F | Fulbourne | CCH | 4m 34ch | 1875 | 7 May 1983 | Cambridge (CA) | |
FV | Furness Vale | BEJ | 8m 57ch | 1887 |