
Last update 1 December 2020
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Code | Signal Box | Note | ELR | Mileage | Opened | Closed | Control to |
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BSC | Lackenby No 2 Grid | DSN2 | ? | ||||
LG | Ladbroke Grove | MLN1 | 1m 65ch | 1927 | 18 September 1967 | Old Oak Common [new panel] (OO) | |
Lady Anne Crossing | See Batley | ||||||
L | Ladybank Junction | Named Ladybank North to 13 February 1966 | ECN2 | 38m 67ch | 22 September 1888 | 12 October 1980 | Edinburgh (EB) |
EB | Temporary code until area taken over by Edinburgh | ||||||
Ladybank North | See Ladybank Junction | ||||||
L | Ladyburn | GOU2 | 121m 74ch | 26 August 1900 | 11 June 1967 | Paisley (P) | |
LA | Laindon | FSS2 | 22m 68ch | 4 June 1995 | Upminster [new] (UR) | ||
D | Down direction automatic signals | ||||||
DE | At least one down direction controlled signal set within several automatic signals | ||||||
U | Up direction automatic signals | ||||||
L | Laira Junction | MLN1 | 244m 2ch | May 1903 | 10 November 1973 | Plymouth (P) | |
LE | Laisterdyke East | Downgraded to ground frame 11 July 1970. Code used from 6 July 1969 | LBE2 | 190m 24ch | 1892 | 11 December 1970 | Hammerton Street (HS) |
D | Down line automatic signals. Code used by 1966 | ||||||
U | Up line automatic signals. Code used by 1966 | LBE1 | 6m 49ch | ||||
L | Lakenheath | ETN | 82m 49ch | 1883 | 20 August 2012 delayed from 25 June 2012 |
Cambridge (EN) | |
LH | Code used by 1980 | ||||||
LR | Lancaster No 1 | CGJ7 | Preston (PN) | ||||
CCD | Lancing | Code used to 14 May 1988 | BLI1 | 8m 15ch | 15 June 1963 | ||
LG | Code used from 14 May 1988 when new panel installed | ||||||
LS | Landor Street | DBP3 | 40m 64ch | 23 August 1969 | Saltley (SY) | ||
Lane Head | Gate box: line controlled by Low Row (LR) | NEC2 | 45m 38ch | ? | |||
LM | Langham Junction | GSM2 | 95m 5ch | 27 October 1890 | |||
L | Langley | ECM1 | 27m 4ch | 24 May 1917 | 29 February 1976 | Hitchin (HT) | |
LG | Langley Green | Named Langley Green Middle to 29 April 1979 | GSJ2 | 134m 46ch | October 1904 | 11 August 1990 | Stourbridge Junction (SJ) |
Langley Green Middle | See Langley Green | ||||||
L | Langside Junction | Code possibly not carried on signals | GBA LFS2 |
0m 61ch 0m 61ch |
27 May 1917 | 7 August 1973 | Glasgow Central (G) |
LCS | Langwith Colliery Sidings | also had signal LCSZ, with no number | 28 April 1946? | 16 February 1975 | ? | ||
L | Langworth | NOB3 | 35m 29ch | 1890 | |||
LJ | Lansdown Junction | This 'box may have closed and reopened, as it is also reported as closing on 23 November 1968 | BAG2 | 86m 73ch | 26 July 1942 | 12 November 1977 | Gloucester (G) |
UM | Up main line automatic signals | ||||||
LH | Lapworth | Also known as Lapworth Station | DCL | 116m 36ch | 10 July 1932 | 30 August 1969 | Saltley (SY) |
LS | Code used from 13 October 1957 | ||||||
Lapworth Station | See Lapworth | ||||||
LJ | Larbert Junction | Code used from 2001 | SCM3 | 109m 41ch | 1871 | 12 May 2007 last train; 14 May 2007 official delayed from 26 September 2006 |
Larbert North (LN) |
LN | Larbert North | Code used from 2002 | SCM3 | 110m 30ch | 19 October 1892 | 27 December 2017 | Edinburgh (ECL) |
Larbert South | SCM3 | 110m 18ch | 24 January 1892 | 25 February 1973 | Larbert North (LN) | ||
LN | Largin | MLN3 | 270m 1ch | 24 Januaary 1906 | 9 December 1991 | Lostwithiel (LL) | |
L | Larkfield Junction | WCM2 | 100m 78ch | 22 March 1908 | 25 February 1973 | Glasgow Central (G) | |
LJ | Latchmere Junction | CKL | 2m 64ch | 6 March 1904 | 24 April 1983 | Victoria Signalling Centre (VC) | |
LK | Laurencekirk | Code used from 2002 | ECN5 | 210m 62ch | 28 December 1910 | ||
Lawrence Hill | BSW | 1m 6ch | 1890 | 22 March 1970 | Bristol (B) | ||
LE | Leagrave | SPC1 | 32m 55ch | 31 May 1980 | West Hampstead (WH) | ||
RLE | Banner repeater signals | ||||||
LN | Leamington North | Named Leamington Spa North to 10 July 1966 | DCL | 106m 24ch | 7 August 1910 | 8 September 1985 | Leamington Spa (LN) |
LN | Leamington Spa | Original code | DCL | 106m 14ch | 8 September 1985 | 8 August 2016 | West Midlands Signalling Centre (LN/OL) |
OL | Oxford to Leamington section. Code used from 4 May 2004 | ||||||
Leamington Spa North | See Leamington North | ||||||
Leasowe | CWK3 | 5m 61ch | 1938 | 21 August 1994 | Merseyrail (ML) | ||
CBH | Leatherhead | Named Leatherhead South to 10 July 1927 | BTH3 | 17m 74ch | 1902 | 5 August 1990 | Wimbledon (W) |
CA | Automatic signals | ||||||
D | Distant signals | ||||||
Leatherhead South | See Leatherhead | ||||||
Lebberston Road | Gate box: line controlled by Seamer West (SW) | HBS | 46m 72ch | ? | |||
LJ | Leckwith Junction | SWM2 | 171m 49ch | 29 November 1931 | 27 March 1966 | Cardiff (C) | |
L | Ledbury | WAH | 136m 6ch | 1885 | |||
LD | Reported, but unclear if carried on signals | ||||||
L | Leeds | HUL4 | 20m 47ch | 1 May 1967 | 19 August 2001 in part; 16 June 2002 remainder |
York [IECC] (L) | |
D | Down line automatic signals | ||||||
DV | Down viaduct line automatic signals | ||||||
E | Signal at Wintersett may be a grafittied "L" plate |
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R | Repeater signals | ||||||
RL | Some banner repeater signals | ||||||
RU | Banner repeater to up line automatic signals | ||||||
U | Up line automatic signals | ||||||
UV | Up viaduct line automatic signals | ||||||
WST | Notice board at Wintersett | ||||||
LJ | Leeds City Junction | DOL2 | ≈185m 44ch | by 30 April 1967 | Leeds (L) | ||
E | Leeds East | Code used from June 1936 | HUL4 | 20m 29ch | 18xx (shortened 1936) | 30 April 1967 | Leeds (L) |
P | Leeds Parcels Concentration Depot | Shunt signals | by 1 May 1967 | Depot closed, area rebuilt and reopened as Leeds station, platforms 1-6 controlled by York [IECC] (L) | |||
PD | |||||||
W | Leeds West | DOL2 | 185m 60ch | 5 April 1937 | 30 April 1967 | Leeds (L) | |
Leek Brook Junction | Disused since 8 February 1989 | CVL SCQ2 |
17m 50ch 6m 58ch |
1872 | 21 August 1993 | Line closed | |
LR | Leicester | Code used from 1987 | SPC5 | 99m 30ch | 29 June 1986 | 2 January 2012 | East Midlands Control Centre (LR) |
LRR | Banner repeater signals | ||||||
X | "Creep" signals at Kettering | ||||||
LN | Leicester North | SPC5 | 14 May 1911 | 29 June 1986 | Leicester (LR) | ||
Leigh | NSS | 10m 24ch | by 1879 | 11 July 1999 | Caverswall (CL) | ||
LE | Leigh-on-Sea | FSS2 | 32m 30ch | 9 July 1995 | Upminster [new] (UR) | ||
LN | Leighton Buzzard No 1 | LEC1 | ≈40m 5ch | Bletchley (BY) | |||
L | Leighton Buzzard No 2 | LEC1 | ≈40m 22ch | 3 July 1965? | Bletchley (BY) | ||
L | Leith Docks | LHS1 | 0m 53ch | 1 August 1903? | Edinburgh (EP) | ||
EBC | Lenham | Code used from opening | SBJ | 49m 7ch | 23 July 1961 | 28 April 1984 | Maidstone East (ME) |
LS | Lenton South Junction | TSN1 | ≈125m 30ch | Trent (TT) | |||
LE | Lenzie | EGM1 | 6m 23ch | March 1914 | 13 December 1971 | Greenhill Junction (GJ) | |
LE | Leominster | Named Leominster South End to 16 October 1966 | SHL | 38m 60ch | 1875 | Wales Rail Operating Centre (NS) (planned) | |
Leominster South End | See Leominster | ||||||
L | Lesmahagow Junction | WCM2 | 89m 49ch | 2 February 1913 | 17 December 1972 | Motherwell (M) | |
LE | Letchworth | SBR | 34m 43ch | 16 June 1907 | 22 November 1975 | Hitchin (HT) | |
LE | Leuchars | ECN2 | 50m 79ch | 12 September 1920 | |||
L | Lewden Crossing | PED2 | 7m 18ch | by 1904 | 20 July 1981 | Barnsley (BY) | |
Lever Brothers Sidings | See Port Sunlight Sidings | ||||||
LW | Lewes | Named Lewes Main Junction to 1922, then Lewes Junction to 20 March 1963, then Lewes B to 6 August 1972 | KJE1 | 50m 3ch | 1888 | 1 December 2019 delayed from 27 February 2015 and again from 11 March 2019 |
Three Bridges Rail Operating Centre (TLW) |
Lewes B | See Lewes | ||||||
Lewes Junction | See Lewes | ||||||
Lewes Main Junction | See Lewes | ||||||
Ley Crossing | Gate box: line controlled by Gloucester (G) | SWM2 | 120m 20ch | 14 May 2012 | Gloucester (G) | ||
LC | Lichfield City | Named Lichfield City No 1 to ≈25 November 1973 | BJW3 | 16m 61ch | 12 October 1992 | Aston (AN) | |
Lichfield City No 1 | See Lichfield City | ||||||
TV | Lichfield Trent Valley Junction | BJW3 | 18m 13ch | 1897 | |||
LD | Lichfield Trent Valley Low Level | LEC2 | 116m 23ch | 1911 | 27 May 2008 | Rugby Signalling Control Centre (LS/NL) | |
LDR | Banner repeater signals | ||||||
LN | Code used from 11 December 2007 | ||||||
LN | Lidlington | Believed code not carried | BBM | 8m 49ch | 6 September 2004 | Marston Vale (MV) | |
L | Lightmoor Junction | MJI1 | 160m 15ch | 1951 | 23 October 2006 | Madeley Junction (MJ) | |
LK | Lime Kiln Crossing | Named Lime Kiln Sidings to 25 February 1994. Code used by 1969. Downgraded to Gate Box 14 December 1997, mostly out of use since then. | WVL | 6m 14ch | 1887 | 30 November 2007 demolished 20 June 2007 |
Park Junction (PJ) |
DM | Down main line automatic signals | ||||||
UM | Up main line automatic signals | ||||||
Lime Kiln Sidings | See Lime Kiln Crossing | ||||||
LH | Limestone Hall | Gate box: line controlled by Silecroft (ST) | CBC1 | 47m 44ch | |||
Limpley Stoke | Out of use for long time before closure | BFB | 4m 24ch | 25 April 1910 | 24 August 1969 | Bathampton Junction (BH) | |
BL | Lincoln Control Centre | Barnetby to Lincoln section | SPD3 | 83m 30ch | 1 September 2008 | ||
LG | Lincoln to Gainsborough section | ||||||
NL | Newark to Lincoln section | ||||||
SL | Spalding to Lincoln section | ||||||
WS | Werrington Junction to Sleaford Junction section | ||||||
HS | Lincoln High Street | SPD3 | 82m 49ch | 1874 | 31 August 2008 | Lincoln Control Centre (LG) | |
Lincoln Road [Enfield] | Downgraded to gate box 26 November 2001: line controlled by Liverpool Street [new] (L) | ENT | 10m 25ch | ? | |||
LR | Lincoln Road [Retford] | ECM1 | 133m 4ch | 21 August 1938 | 24 October 1976 | Retford (RD) | |
LS | Lincoln Street Crossing | RAC | 127m 60ch | 1916 | 29 September 2001 | Trent (TT) | |
CT | Lindsey Oil Terminal Control Tower | ≈103m 53ch | by 26 October 1967 | ||||
- | Lingfield | HGG1 | 26m 15ch | 10 March 1884 | 11 July 1987 | Oxted [new] (OD) | |
Lingwood | Downgraded to gate box 10 May 1967: line controlled by Brundall Junction (BL) | NAY | 8m 2ch | 1882 | 17 February 2020 | Colchester [new] (YL) | |
D | Linlithgow | Down direction automatic signals | EGM1 | 29m 54ch | ≈1897 | 10 February 1979 | Edinburgh (EL) |
LP | Lipson Junction | MLN1 | 244m 29ch | February 1891 | 26 November 1960 | Plymouth (P) | |
LD | Liskeard Junction | MLN3 | 264m 66ch | 3 June 1915 | |||
RW | Liss | WPH1 | 51m 40ch | 1878 | 16 February 1975 | Petersfield (PF) | |
Little Barford CEGB | ECM1 | 49m 69ch | ? | Peterborough (P) | |||
PN | Littleborough | Temporary block post | MVN2 | ≈14m 40ch | 9 February 1985 | 19 August 1985 | Preston (PN)/ Smithy Bridge (SB) |
SB | |||||||
LB | Little Bytham | ECM1 | 92m 27ch | 1 December 1912 | 5 July 1975 | Peterborough (P) | |
D | Down direction automatic signals | ||||||
U | Up direction automatic signals | ||||||
L | Littlefield | Believed code not carried | MAC3 | 108m 73ch | 1884 | 26 September 1993 | Pasture Street (P) |
LH | Littlehampton | BLI2 | 61m 69ch | 1886 | |||
LHY | Littlehampton depot sidings | ||||||
CA | Automatic signals | ||||||
LH | Littlehaven | Downgraded to gate box 1986: line controlled by Horsham (CBP) | TBH1 | 36m 49ch | 13 March 1938 | 15 October 2012 | Three Bridges [new] (T) |
LT | Unclear whether code used | ||||||
L1 | Little Ilford No 1 | FSS2 | 6m 47ch | ? | ? | ||
FRL1 | Fog repeater signals | ||||||
L2 | Little Ilford No 2 | FSS2 | 6m 69ch | ? | 10 April 1961 | Barking (BK) | |
FRL2 | Fog repeater signals | ||||||
LM | Little Mill | Code used from September 1961 | ECM7 | ≈39m 33ch | 15 April 1978 | Alnmouth (A) | |
D | Down line automatic signals | ||||||
U | Up line automatic signals | ||||||
LM | Little Mill Junction | HNL1 | 30m 52ch | 1883 | Wales Rail Operating Centre (NS) (planned) | ||
DH | Down Hereford line automatic signals | ||||||
UH | Up Hereford line automatic signals | ||||||
L | Littleport | BGK | 75m 76ch | 1882 | |||
Little Steeping | GRS3 | 120m 20ch | June 1889 | 11 March 1989 | Bellwater Junction (BJ) | ||
X | Littleton Colliery | Draw ahead signals | RBS3 | 22m 74ch | Wolverhampton (WN) | ||
LCX | Setback signals | ||||||
LT | Littleworth | Code not carried on all signals | WEB | 87m 61ch | 1875 | 3 November 2014 delayed from 3 March 2014 |
Lincoln Control Centre (WS) |
L | Unclear whether code ever used | ||||||
LM | Littons Mill Crossing | Downgraded to gate box 9 July 2012: line controlled by Monks Siding (MS) | SDJ2 | 11m 45ch | 1890 | ||
Liverpool Edge Hill | See Edge Hill | ||||||
LE1 | Liverpool Exchange No 1 | Code used by 1973 | 30 April 1977? | Line closed | |||
LS | Liverpool Lime Street | WJL4 | 193m 37ch | 25 January 1948 | 13 July 2018 last train; 30 July 2018 official |
Manchester Rail Operating Centre (LL) | |
L | Liverpool Street | LTN1 | 0m 22ch | 11 September 1949 | 24 March 1989 | Liverpool Street [new] (L) | |
DE | Down electric (through) line automatic signals | ||||||
DM | Down main (local) line automatic signals | ||||||
DS | Down suburban line automatic signals | ||||||
US | Up suburban line automatic signals | ||||||
L | Liverpool Street [new] | LTN1 | 0m 22ch | 2 April 1989 | |||
DS | Down Southend line automatic signals | ||||||
R | Some banner repeater signals (most used suffix R) | ||||||
RMD | Romford-Upminster line, Romford-bound. Code quoted in Crossrail works document but not shown on signalling plan | ||||||
UMD | Romford-Upminster line, Upminster-bound. Code quoted in Crossrail works document but not shown on signalling plan | ||||||
US | Up Southend line automatic signals | ||||||
S | North London Lines (controlled from Stratford North London Lines workstation in a separate part of the building to the Great Eastern and West Anglia workstations) | 4 January 2011 | Upminster [new] (NL) and Liverpool Street [new] (L) | ||||
LW | Liverpool Street West | LTN1 | 0m 22ch | 2 July 1894 | 25 September 1949 | Liverpool Street (L) | |
LL | Llandaff Loop Junction | CAM | 4m 37ch | 1900 | 12 May 1998 | Radyr (VR) | |
LJ | Code shown in 1966 plan | ||||||
UL | Up Llandaf line automatic signals | ||||||
LY | Llandarcy | Named Lonlas South to 1 May 1923. Downgraded to ground frame 25 February 1973 | SDI2 | 0m 37ch | December 1920 | Wales Rail Operating Centre (PT) (planned) | |
Llandeilo Junction | See Llandilo Junction | ||||||
Llandilo East Junction | See Llandilo Junction | ||||||
LJ | Llandilo Junction | Named Llandilo East Junction to 26 November 1966. Also known as Llandeilo Junction | SWM2 | 223m 50ch | 1913 | 8 December 1973 | Port Talbot (PT) |
LE | Llandre Crossing | Downgraded to ground frame ≈1966 | SBA2 | 89m 58ch | 21 July 1911 | Machynlleth (MH) | |
LJ | Llandudno Junction | CNH3 | 223m 55ch | 10 February 1985 | |||
CB | Former Colwyn Bay signals. Code used from 2 November 1991 to 10 November 1991 | ||||||
Llandudno No 2 | See Llandudno Station | ||||||
LS | Llandudno Station | Named Llandudno No 2 to 13 September 1970. Code not carried. Closed 19 February 1978, reopened 19 March 1978 | LLJ | 3m 0ch | June 1891 | Wales Rail Operating Centre (planned) | |
LO | Code shown on 2009 signalling plan | ||||||
Llanelli West | Downgraded to gate box 2 February 1969: line controlled by Port Talbot (PT). "Slots" signals 247, 286 | SWM2 | 225m 29ch | 1877 | |||
Llanfair P G | See Llanfairpwll | ||||||
Llanfairpwll | Downgraded to gate box 2 December 1973: line controlled by Bangor (BR). Name board has "Llanfair P G" | CNH3 | 242m 22ch | 1871 | |||
LR | Llanidloes Road | Gate box: line controlled by Machynlleth (MH) | SBA2 | 52m 70ch | ? | 19 February 2011 | Machynlleth (MH) |
LS | |||||||
LT | Llanrwst | Code in use by 2013 | LJT1 | 11m 8ch | 1880 | ||
LC | Llanstephan Crossing | Rebuilt July 1960. Code in use by March 1972 | SWM2 | 245m 58ch | by 1885 | 25 March 1979 | Carmarthen Junction (CJ) |
LJ | Llantarnam Junction | HNL1 | 36m 26ch | November 1913 | 29 November 1983 | Newport (N) | |
UH | Up Hereford line automatic signals | ||||||
LE | Llantrisant East | Downgraded to ground frame 25 April 1966 | SWM2 | 181m 43ch | 1891 | ≈10 November 1984 | Cardiff (C) |
LW | Llantrisant West | Downgraded to ground frame 5 May 1966 | SWM2 | 181m 76ch | 1876 | 18 September 2011 | Cardiff (C) |
Llanwern | SWM2 | 154m 70ch | 1891 | 17 April 1961 | East Usk (EU/U) | ||
S | Llanwern Spencer Works | ||||||
C | Coal hopper discharge bunker lines. Code used from 1988 | ||||||
L | Lockerbie | Code used from 1971 | WCM1 | 25m 58ch | 18 January 1892 | 29 April 1973 | Motherwell (MC) |
LS | Lockes Siding | MVN2 | 28 February 1982 | Wakefield Kirkgate East (WE) | |||
LL | Lock Lane Crossing | Downgraded to gate box 29 September 1969: line controlled by Trent (TT) | SSJ1 | 120m 30ch | January 1957 | 4 January 2010? | East Midlands Control Centre (SS) |
LW | Lockwood | Formerly named Lockwood No 2. Believed code used from 9 July 1961 | PEH | 1m 47ch | 1968 | Huddersfield (HU) | |
Lockwood No 2 | See Lockwood | ||||||
WC | Loco Junction | BML1 | 2m 1ch | 8 September 1918 | 16 June 1974 | Queens Road [London] (WD) | |
Lodge Farm Crossing | Downgraded to gate box 19 January 1930 | BTH3 | 25m 38ch | 1877 | 1 December 1985 | Holmwood (CBL) | |
LN | Lofthouse North | DOL2 | 178m 44ch | June 1893 | 28 November 1970 | Wakefield Westgate North (WN) | |
LM | Code reported in 1970 notice, probably in error | ||||||
LO | Lolham | Downgraded to gate box 13 April 1975: line controlled by Tallington (T) | ECM1 | 83m 32ch | 10 September 1898 | 20 May 1975 | Tallington (T) |
London Bridge | See London Bridge Eastern | ||||||
L | London Bridge | LBC LBW XTD |
0m 13ch 0m 13ch 2m 2ch |
19 July 1975 | 23 December 2017 in part 25 July 2020 final |
Three Bridges Rail Operating Centre (TL) | |
E | London Bridge Eastern | Named London Bridge to 19 July 1975 | LBC LBW XTD |
0m 20ch 0m 20ch 2m 9ch |
17 June 1928 | 15 April 1976 | London Bridge (L) |
A | Automatic signals | ||||||
R1D | Distant signals | ||||||
R2D | |||||||
LG | London Gateway Port | THN | ? | 24 June 2013 delayed from 2 April 2013 and 3 June 2013 |
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L1 | London Road No 1 [Manchester] | 31 October 1909 | 2 January 1960 | Manchester London Road (LR) | |||
LR | London Road Junction | SPC4 | 98m 74ch | 29 June 1986 | Leicester (LR) | ||
LR | London Road Junction | DBP1 SPC7 SPC8 |
0m 0ch 128m 23ch 127m 54ch |
12 July 1969 | Derby (DY) | ||
LG | Longannet | KNE1 | 5m 62ch | 9 September 1969 | |||
L | |||||||
S | Longannet SSEB control room | ||||||
L | Longbeck | Gate box before 1932. Code used from 8 February 1970 | DSN3 | 25m 32ch | 1932 | ||
LE | Longbridge | HND1 | Line closed | ||||
Longbridge East | Downgraded to shunt frame 27 April 1997 | HND1 | 0m 26ch | 12 November 1916 | Line closed | ||
Longbridge Shunt Frame | BAG2 | 49m 21ch | ? | Line closed | |||
LE | Long Eaton Town Crossing | TCC | ≈120m 52ch | 18 October 1969 | Trent (TT) | ||
EN | Longfield | Named Fawkham to 12 June 1961 | VIR | 23m 22ch | by 1873 | 28 November 1965 | Farningham Road (EM) |
A | Automatic signals | ||||||
LF | Longforgan | Code used from 2002 | SCM5 | 5m 55ch | 1929 | ||
OC | Longhedge Junction | FLL1 | 1m 64ch | 1890 | 23 July 1978 | Stewarts Lane (S/SL) | |
LT | Longhirst | Downgraded to gate box 12 November 1978: line controlled by Morpeth [new] (M). Code used from December 1962 | ECM7 | 20m 17ch | ≈2 October 1988 | Morpeth [new] (M) | |
D | Down line automatic signals | ||||||
U | Up line automatic signals | ||||||
LH | Longhoughton | Code used from September 1961 | ECM7 | ≈37m 60ch | Alnmouth (A) | ||
D | Down line automatic signals | ||||||
U | Up line automatic signals | ||||||
LL | Long Lane | LEN3 | 46m 34ch | 1873 | 29 November 1997 | Low Gates (LG) | |
D | Down line automatic signals | ||||||
U | Up line automatic signals | ||||||
Long Lane Crossing | See Craven Arms | ||||||
LT | Longport Junction | CMD2 | 16m 71ch | 31 December 1939 | 17 May 2002 last train; 27 May 2002 official |
Stoke on Trent Signalling Centre (SOT) | |
CS | Longsight Carriage Maintenance Depot | Depot shunt signals | CMP2 | ?? | ?? | ||
CMN | North end signals. Code used from 12 October 1986 | ||||||
CMS | South end signals. Code used from 12 October 1986 | ||||||
LT | Longsight No 1 | CMP2 | Manchester Piccadilly (MP) | ||||
LN | Longtown Junction | Carlisle (CE) | |||||
LG | Longwood Goods | Believed code used from 9 July 1961 | MVL3 | 23m 34ch | ≈4 March 1978 | Huddersfield (HU) | |
L | Code used at closure | ||||||
Lonlas South | See Llandarcy | ||||||
LL | Lostwithiel | MLN3 | 277m 34ch | 1893 | |||
LH | Loughborough | SPC5 | ≈111m 58ch | 19 June 1892 | 11 April 1987 | Leicester (LR) | |
U | Loughborough Junction | HHH | 3m 37ch | ≈1870 | 29 November 1981 | Victoria Signalling Centre (VS) | |
A | Automatic signals | ||||||
LC | Loversall Carr | ECM1 | 152m 28ch | 17 May 1909 | 12 January 1975 | Rossington? (R) | |
LM | Lowdham | NOB1 | 7m 26ch | 14 June 1896 | 1 October 2016 | East Midlands Control Centre (NN) | |
LE | Low Ellers | Unclear if code carried | BKS | 15m 78ch | January 1909 | 20 May 1979 | Decoy No 1 (DY) |
L | Lowestoft | NOL | 23m 23ch | 1885 | 24 February 2020 | Colchester [new] (YL) | |
LF | Low Fell | ECM5 | 20 April 1963 | Tyne Yard (TY) | |||
LFS | Low Fell Sidings | Downgraded to ground frame 20 April 1963 | BLF | Tyne Yard (TY) | |||
L | Lowfield | BON | 7m 13ch | 3 January 1887 | 26 April 1987 | Line closed | |
LJ | Lowfield Junction | PED5 | 17m 48ch | 12 July 1908 | 8 June 1980 | Denaby Crossing (DX) | |
LG | Low Gates | LEN3 | 43m 25ch | 1956 | |||
LB | Former Boroughbridge Road signals | ||||||
D | Down line automatic signals | ||||||
U | Up line automatic signals | ||||||
LH | Low House Crossing | SAC | 299m 55ch | 1900 | |||
LM | Low Moor | Formerly Low Moor No 2 | MRB | 37m 38ch | 20 July 1986 | Mill Lane Junction (M) | |
LR | Low Row | NEC2 | 46m 24ch | 1874 | 6 April 2009 | Low Row [new] | |
LR | Low Row [new] | NEC2 | 46m 19ch | 6 April 2009 | |||
L | Low Street | TLL | 24m 11ch | 8 April 1996 | Upminster [new] (UR) | ||
LR | Lucker | Code used from March 1961 | ECM7 | 49m 17ch | 20 August 1978 | Chathill (CL) | |
CL | Temporary code for one day until transferred to Chathill | ||||||
D | Down line automatic signals | ||||||
U | Up line automatic signals | ||||||
- | Luffenham Junction | PMJ | ≈4m 10ch | 11 March 1990 | Manton Junction (MJ) | ||
LU | Lugton | Code used from 2002. Supposed to be permanently switched out from 4 December 2012 but cancelled | GBK | 13m 50ch | 5 May 1929 | ||
GL | Lydney | Downgraded to gate box 3 March 1969: line controlled by Newport (N) and Gloucester (G) | SWM2 | 133m 41ch | 1918 | 29 October 2012 | South Wales Control Centre (NT) |
LY | Lydney Junction | Downgraded to ground frame 22 February 1969: line controlled by Newport (N) | SWM2 | 133m 21ch | 1904 | Wales Rail Operating Centre (NT) (planned) | |
WDX | Lymington Junction | BML2 | 93m 65ch | 18 July 1915 | 17 October 1978 | Brockenhurst (BH) | |
RWA | Distant to automatic signals | ||||||
WA | Automatic signals | ||||||
CCS | Lyminster Crossing | BLI1 | 18m 1ch | 1877 | 22 January 1980 | Arundel (AR) | |
B | Lynemouth Alcan | Bunker line signals also had draw-ahead signals lettered A to D, F, H, J with no number |
BWC | 6m 12ch | 1956 |