
Last update 1 December 2020
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Code | Signal Box | Note | ELR | Mileage | Opened | Closed | Control to |
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WM | Waddon Marsh | CMJ | 1m 13ch | 25 May 1930 | 23 May 1982 | Victoria Signalling Centre (VC) | |
EBG | Wadhurst | TTH | 39m 25ch | 1893 | 20 April 1986 | Tonbridge (PE) | |
WY | Wadsley Bridge | Two codes quoted, unclear which used | MAC3 | 38m 37ch | 1912 | 11 August 1985 | Woodburn Junction (W) |
WB | |||||||
W | Wainfleet | GRS4 | 4m 15ch | August 1899 | |||
Wakefield East | See Wakefield Kirkgate East | ||||||
K | Wakefield Kirkgate | MVN2 | 47m 76ch | 25 April 1982 | 23 December 2007 last train; 27 December 2007 official |
Wakefield Kirkgate [new] (K) | |
K | Wakefield Kirkgate [new] | MVN2 | 47m 69ch | 27 December 2007 | |||
WK | Former Oakenshaw area signals | ||||||
WE | Wakefield Kirkgate East | Also known as Wakefield East | MVN2 | ≈47m 76ch | 1901 | 25 April 1982 | Wakefield Kirkgate (K) |
WW | Wakefield Kirkgate West | Also known as Wakefield West | MVN2 | 25 April 1982 | Wakefield Kirkgate (K) | ||
Wakefield West | See Wakefield Kirkgate West | ||||||
WN | Wakefield Westgate North | DOL2 | 175m 75ch | 1893 | 22 May 1971 | Leeds (L) | |
WS | Wakefield Westgate South | DOL2 | 175m 55ch | 1910 | 28 November 1970 | Wakefield Westgate North (WN) | |
CF | Wales Rail Operating Centre Formerly named South Wales Control Centre |
Cardiff area signals. Code used from 28 January 2013 | SWM2 | 170m 67ch | 4 January 2010 | ||
CWM | Canton depot carriage washing machine signals. Code used from 29 December 2016 | ||||||
FH | Fflint to Holyhead section. Code used from 26 March 2018 | ||||||
NS | Newport to Shrewsbury section (planned) | ||||||
NT | Newport area signals | ||||||
PT | Port Talbot area signals. Code used from 4 March 2019 | ||||||
SC | Shrewsbury to Crewe section. Code used from 14 October 2013 | ||||||
WN | Walkden | WBS1 | 7m 33ch | 1888 | 29 July 2013 delayed from 25 March 2013 |
Manchester Piccadilly (MP) | |
Walnut Tree Junction | CAM | 7m 20ch | ≈1910 | 27 January 1997 | Radyr (VR) | ||
WL | Walsall | BJW1 | 0m 59ch | 6 December 1965 | 27 August 2013 | West Midlands Signalling Centre (SB/BP/PD/RR/DR/WR) | |
RWL | Banner repeater signals | ||||||
WLR | Repeater signals | ||||||
Walsall No 1 | See Walsall Yard | ||||||
WD | Walsall Yard | Formerly named Walsall No 1 to 26 March 1966 | BJW2 | Walsall (WL)? | |||
DM | Waltham | Down main line automatic signals | MLN1 | 26m 21ch | 19 January 1925 | 31 July 1961 | Maidenhead West (MW) |
DR | Down relief line automatic signals | ||||||
UM | Up main line automatic signals | ||||||
UR | Up relief line automatic signals | ||||||
WX | Waltham Cross | BGK | 12m 70ch | 1881? | 11 January 1969 | Liverpool Street (L) | |
WA | Walton | ECM1 PMJ |
78m 52ch 19m 76ch |
22 March 1971 | 20 December 1976 | Peterborough (P) | |
WJ | Walton Junction | SJO2 WJK |
3m 35ch 33m 1ch |
1903 | 10 February 1994 | Merseyrail (ML) | |
WT | Code reported in error | ||||||
WDM | Walton On Thames | BML1 | 17m 16ch | ≈1882 | 22 March 1970 | Surbiton [new] (S) | |
WS | Walton Street Junction | Possibly downgraded to gate box 30 March 1980 (some doubt) | HBS | 1m 29ch | Hessle Road Junction (HR) | ||
RWS | Distant signals | ||||||
WR | Wantage Road | MLN1 | 60m 21ch | 7 October 1932 | 30 May 1965 | Reading (R) | |
UM | Up main line automatic signals | ||||||
W | Wardley | FEP | 19m 76ch | 1954 | 13 July 1997 | ||
WY | |||||||
B | Wardley Colliery Bunker Panel | Also had draw-ahead signals in colliery sidings lettered A to D and W to Z, with no number | FEP | ≈19m 38ch | 14 May 1989 | Line closed | |
WA | Ware | Codes used from 24 January 1960 | HEB | 22m 21ch | 24 January 1960 | 27 May 2003 | Liverpool Street (L) |
RWA | Repeater signals | ||||||
U | Up line automatic signals | ||||||
WR | Wareham | BML2 | 120m 63ch | 25 March 1928 | 19 May 2014 | Basingstoke Signalling Control Centre (PW) | |
WFL | Warminster | SAL | 114m 40ch | 19 June 1904 | 3 June 1979 | Westbury (W) | |
WS | Warmsworth | Name board has "Warmsworth Siding". Also known as Warmsworth Lime Sidings | PED5 | 20m 20ch | 1880 | 22 April 1979 | Hexthorpe Junction (HJ) |
Warmsworth Lime Sidings | See Warmsworth | ||||||
Warmsworth Siding | See Warmsworth | ||||||
WM | Warnham | BTH3 | 33m 50ch | 1877 | 22 August 2005 | Three Bridges [new] (T) | |
WN | Warrington | CGJ3 | 182m 5ch | 4 September 1972 | |||
R | Repeater signals | ||||||
WC | Warrington Central | MAJ | 18m 34ch | 11 November 1973 | |||
WCR | Repeater signals | ||||||
W | Warsop Junction | HIM | 10m 59ch | January 1899 | 29 January 1983 | Shirebrook Junction (SJ) | |
WR | Warwick Road | CDM1 | ≈2m 32ch | by April 1969? | Manchester Piccadilly (MP) | ||
WH1 | Washwood Heath No 1 | DBP3 | 39m 62ch | 1899 | |||
WW1 | Unclear whether code used | ||||||
WH2 | Washwood Heath No 2 | DBP3 | 39m 45ch | 3 August 1986 | Saltley (SY) | ||
WH3 | Washwood Heath No 3 | DBP3 | 39m 20ch | Washwood Heath No 1 (WW1)? | |||
WH4 | Washwood Heath No 4 | Details presumed | DBP3 | Washwood Heath No 1 (WW1)? | |||
WH5 | Washwood Heath No 5 | DBP3 | ≈39m 18ch | 16 October 1994 | |||
W | Waterbeach | BGK | 61m 1ch | 1882 | 23 February 1985 | Cambridge (CA) | |
WB | Wateringbury | PWS1 | 39m 72ch | 1893 | |||
Waterloo | HXS3 | 5m 39ch | 1881 | 11 March 1994 | Merseyrail (ML) | ||
WB | Waterloo | Code used to 1989/90 | BML1 | 0m 17ch | 18 October 1936 | 30 September 1990 | Waterloo [temporary panel] (WO) |
WO | Code used from 1989/90 | ||||||
WA | Automatic signals | ||||||
WO | Waterloo [temporary panel] | BML1 | ≈0m 17ch | 30 September 1990 | 21 April 1991 | Wimbledon (W) | |
W | Waterloo [Waterloo & City] | DRN | ≈0m 8ch | 11 July 1898 | 28 May 1993 | Waterloo [Waterloo & City] [new] (WK) | |
A | Automatic signals | ||||||
WK | Waterloo [Waterloo & City] [new] | In former staff gymnasium | DRN | ≈0m 8ch | 12 July 1993 | Transferred to London Underground 1 April 1994 | |
WL | Waterloo Loop | NWL | 0m 20ch | 27 November 1961 | 17 March 1984 | Newport (N) | |
TM | Waterloo Tunnel Mouth | EWG | ≈0m 62ch | 8? December 1973 | Edge Hill (EH) | ||
WTM | |||||||
WL | Watery Lane | Downgraded to ground frame 14 August 1965: line controlled from Wolverhampton (WN) | RBS2 | 7m 75ch | 1942 | ||
WD | Watford | LEC1 | Watford Junction (WJ) | ||||
HS | Watford High Street | CWJ | 16m 50ch | 1 November 1970 | Watford Junction (WJ) | ||
RWF | Repeater signals | ||||||
RHS | |||||||
WJ | Watford Junction | LEC1 | 17m 24ch | 5 July 1964 | 7 June 2004 in part; 29 December 2014 remainder |
Rugby Signalling Control Centre (WT/TK)/ Wembley Mainline (WS/WT) |
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R | Banner repeater signals | ||||||
WJR | Repeater signals | ||||||
WD3 | Watford No 3 | WSA | ≈0m 20ch | 25 November 1973 | Watford Junction (WJ) | ||
WF | Watford No 4 | CWJ | 17m 38ch | 8 January 1967 | Watford Junction (WJ) | ||
RWF | Repeater signals | ||||||
W | Wath Central Station | Code used from 20 June 1982 | PED4 | 13m 45ch | 1907 | 24 July 1988 | Line closed |
WC | Earlier code | ||||||
WH | Code used to 20 June 1982, replaced by W | ||||||
WN | Wath North | TJC3 | ≈169m 24ch | 12 November 1899 | 29 March 1981 | Sheffield (S) | |
WR | Wath Road | Code used by 1973 | SMJ1 | 167m 79ch | 30 June 1901 | 23 November 1980 | Sheffield (S) |
S | Wath Staithe Crossing | Code probably used from 1980 | PED4 | 14m 26ch | 1907? | 10 May 1980? | Sheffield (S) |
W | Watton | Code probably not carried | HDB | 24m 7ch | 22 October 1874 | 21 March 1971 | Kings Cross (KC) |
E | Waverley East | Code used from 1938 | ECM9 | 0m 21ch | 6 November 1938 | 30 January 1977 | Edinburgh (E) |
WE | |||||||
W | Waverley West | Code used from 1936 | ECN1 | 0m 13ch | 11 October 1936 | 14 November 1976 | Edinburgh (E) |
WW | Code used by December 1973 | ||||||
EH | Wavertree | Temporary code used from 1960 until taken over by Edge Hill | WJL3 | Edge Hill (EH) | |||
W | Wearmouth | LEN3 | 13 October 1984 | Monkwearmouth (MW) | |||
WJ | Weaver Junction | CGJ1 | 174m 41ch | 13 March 1961 | 14 September 1997 | Winsford (WD) | |
W | Weaverthorpe | YMS | 32m 69ch | 1873 | |||
WJ | Weddington Junction | AJW | 0m 59ch | ||||
WY | Wednesbury | DPJ | 3m 26ch | March 1993 | |||
Weeton | PBN | 10m 9ch | 25 July 1993 | Poulton No 3 (PT) | |||
Welbeck Colliery Junction | HIM | 13m 20ch | July 1915 | 20 December 1997 | Clipstone Junction (C) | ||
D | Welbury | Down line automatic signals | LEN3 | ≈48m 21ch | Low Gates (LG) | ||
U | Up line automatic signals | ||||||
WL | Welling | BEX | 11m 34ch | 1 May 1895 | 1 November 1970 | Dartford (D) | |
WN | Wellington | Named Wellington No 2 to 30 September 1973 | WSJ2 | 161m 21ch | 20 March 1953 | 16 December 2002 | Madeley Junction (MJ) |
Wellington No 2 | See Wellington | ||||||
W | Wellowgate | Code possibly not carried | MAC3 | 109m 14ch | 1880 | 26 September 1993 | Pasture Street (P) |
W | Welton | Gate box: line controlled by Brough East (BE) | HUL1 | 9m 35ch | 1904 | 23 November 2018 last train; 26 November 2018 official delayed from 3 April 2018 |
York Rail Operating Centre (GH) |
WC | Welwyn Garden City | ECM1 | 20m 20ch | 19 September 1926 | 25 September 1976 | Kings Cross (K) | |
W | Welwyn North | ECM1 | 21m 75ch | 27 September 1882 | 14 September 1973 permanently switched out |
Welwyn Garden City (WC) | |
WM | Wem | Demolished 10 August 2015 | SYC | 21m 53ch | 1883 | 12 October 2013 | South Wales Control Centre (SC) |
WB | Wembley | CWJ | 8m 4ch | 1913? | 10 December 1988 | Willesden Suburban (WS) | |
RWB | Repeater signals | ||||||
WD | Wembley Depot | NAJ1 | ≈5m 27ch | 8 July 2005 | |||
WM | Wembley Mainline | LEC1 | 6m 40ch | 9 July 2000 | |||
SB | HS2 construction sidings stop boards | ||||||
WS | Former Willesden Suburban signals | ||||||
WT | Watford to Tring section | LLG | 1m 74ch | 18 July 2005 | |||
X | Draw ahead signals | ||||||
WY | Wembley Yard | LLG UHL |
1m 72ch 2m 12ch |
28 November 1993 | |||
Wennington Junction | Last regularly manned 12 May 1988, mostly switched out since then | SKW1 | 249m 42ch | 1890 | 14 January 2006 | Carnforth Station Junction (CS) and Settle Junction (SJ) | |
U | Wendover | Up direction automatic signals | MCJ2 | 34m 14ch | 16 August 1892 | 1 July 1984 | Marylebone (M) |
RU | Repeaters to up direction automatic signals | ||||||
WJ | Wensum Junction | Code used from 1976 | NOL | 0m 54ch | ≈1910 | 4 July 1982 | Norwich Crown Point Depot Control Cabin (CP) |
WW | Wentworth Junction | PED2 | 3m 73ch | ≈1928 | 5 May 1979 | Barnsley (BY) | |
WJ | Werrington Junction | ECM1 | 79m 34ch | 1 March 1891 | 25 February 1973 | Peterborough (P) | |
West Blyth Staithes | Had draw-ahead signals lettered A to C, with no number | WTB | Closed | ||||
WB | West Burton | MAC3 | 71m 40ch | 11 October 1964 | 23 September 2013 | Thrumpton (TN) | |
D | Down line automatic signals | ||||||
U | Up line automatic signals | ||||||
C | West Burton Power Station | Line C signals | WBC | 11 October 1964? | |||
D | Line D signals | ||||||
E | Line E signals | ||||||
F | Line F signals | ||||||
K | Line K signals | ||||||
L | Line L signals | ||||||
WB | Former West Burton signals | ||||||
VD | Westbourne Park | MLN1 | 6 March 1971 | Old Oak Common [new panel] (OO) | |||
A | Automatic signals | ||||||
D | Semi-automatic signals (up and down lines) | ||||||
W | Westbury | Named Westbury North until 16 September 1978 | WEY | 109m 57ch | 1899 | 28 April 1984 | Westbury temporary block post (W) |
WY | Shunt signals. Code used by November 1983 | ||||||
Y | Code reported in error in November 1983, should be WY | ||||||
W | Westbury [new] | WEY | 109m 50ch | 13 May 1984 | |||
DA | Down Athelney line automatic signals | ||||||
DM | Down main line "set back" indicators | ||||||
DS | Down East Somerset line automatic signals | ||||||
DS | Down Salisbury line "set back" indicators | ||||||
DT | Down Trowbridge line automatic signals | ||||||
DW | Down Westbury line automatic signals | ||||||
R | Reported for some East Somerset line signals | ||||||
US | Up East Somerset line automatic signals | ||||||
UT | Up Trowbridge line automatic signals | ||||||
UW | Up Westbury line automatic signals | ||||||
WY | Westbury Ground Frame | SBA1 | 10m 25ch | 1874 | 21 October 1988 | Machynlleth (MH) | |
Westbury North | See Westbury | ||||||
W | Westbury temporary block post | WEY | ≈109m 64ch | 28 April 1984 | 13 May 1984 | Westbury [new] (W) | |
WU | West Byfleet | BML1 | 21m 63ch | ≈1880 | 22 March 1970 | Surbiton [new] (S) | |
WC | West Calder | Code used from 1981 | EGS2 | 18m 26ch | 28 June 1889 | 23 November 1981 | Edinburgh (EJ) |
NC | West Croydon | Named West Croydon A to 18 October 1981 | NFE | 10m 18ch | 16 May 1915 | 8 April 1984 | Three Bridges [new] (T) |
West Croydon A | See West Croydon | ||||||
WC | West Croydon B | Named West Croydon South to 2 October 1949 | NFE | 10m 39ch | 16 May 1875 | 18 October 1981 | West Croydon A (NC) and Victoria Signalling Centre (VC) |
West Croydon South | See West Croydon B | ||||||
WD | West Drayton East | MLN1 | 13m 11ch | 25 May 1936 | 9 February 1964 | Slough (S) | |
WE | West Ealing | MLN1 | 6m 56ch | 1898 | 16 March 1968 | Old Oak Common [new panel] (OO) | |
DR | Down relief line automatic signals | ||||||
XE | Westenhanger | XTD | 64m 12ch | ≈1900 | 3 November 1968 | Ashford (UE) | |
A | Automatic signals | ||||||
W | Westerfield Junction | ESK | 72m 23ch | 1913 | 14 March 1999 | Colchester [new] (CO) | |
Westerleigh East | SWB | 106m 29ch | 1 July 1942 | 8 May 1971 | Bristol (B) | ||
WW | Westerleigh West | Codes used from 19 January 1970 | SWB | 107m 7ch | 1 May 1903 | 8 May 1971 | Bristol (B) |
DB | Down Badminton line automatic signals | ||||||
UB | Up Badminton line automatic signals | ||||||
W | Westerton | Named Milngavie Junction to 10 May 1959. Code used from renaming | NEM5 | 6m 16ch | 1900 | 21 October 1990 | Yoker (YH) |
FE | Westgate on Sea | VIR | 72m 43ch | 4 June 1972 | Margate (GE) | ||
W | West Ham | FSS1 | 4m 15ch | 1 May 1961 | Fenchurch Street (F) | ||
WH | West Hampstead | Panels 2-4 still in use | SPC1 | 4m 0ch | 21 October 1979 | 15 March 2015 panel 1 only | Three Bridges Rail Operating Centre (TWH) panel 1 only |
R | Banner repeater signals all variants reported in official documentation: unclear if all actually carried |
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RWH | |||||||
WHR | |||||||
WH | West Holmes | SPD3 | 83m 29ch | 31 January 1907 | 31 August 2008 | Lincoln Control Centre (LG/NL) | |
WK | West Kilbride | Code used from 1978 | LGS2 | 35m 22ch | 1 May 1878 inspected 24 April 1878 |
25 January 1981 | Hunterston (H) |
West Kirby | CWK3 | 10m 36ch | 1932 | 18 September 1994 | Merseyrail (ML) | ||
WE | West London Junction | BML1 | 3m 17ch | 11 February 1912 | 25 May 1990 | Wimbledon (W) | |
West Malling | SBJ | 34m 61ch | 1882 | 9 December 1983 | Maidstone East (EBX) | ||
AW | West Midlands Signalling Centre | Aston to Wichnor section. Code used from 27 December 2017 | DBP3 | 40m 38ch | 29 August 2007 | ||
BA | Barnt Green to Ashchurch section (planned) | ||||||
BB | Birmingham to Barnt Green/Redditch section (planned) | ||||||
BP | Bescot Junction to Pleck Junction section. Code used from 27 August 2013 | ||||||
BW | Birmingham New Street to Wolverhampton section. Code used from 5 May 2015 | ||||||
CB | Coventry to Birmingham section | ||||||
CN | Coventry to Nuneaton section | ||||||
DR | Droitwich to Ryecroft Junction section. Code used from 28 August 2012 | ||||||
GS | Galton to Smethwick section. Code used from 3 January 2018 | ||||||
HS | Hatton to Stratford section | ||||||
LC | Leamington Spa to Coventry section | ||||||
LJ | Leamington Spa to Jewellery Quarter section | ||||||
LL | Landor Street to Lifford section. Code used from 10 April 2012 | ||||||
LN | Former Leamington signals. Code used from 8 August 2016 | ||||||
MJ | Former Madeley Junction signals. Code used from 18 November 2012 | ||||||
NA | Northolt to Aynho section. Code used from 8 August 2016 | ||||||
NW | Nuneaton to Whitacre section. Code used from 28 November 2011 | ||||||
OL | Oxford to Leamington section. Code used from 8 August 2016 | ||||||
OS | Oxley to Shrewsbury section. Code used from 5 May 2015 | ||||||
PA | Proof House to Aston section. Code used from 27 December 2017 | ||||||
PC | Portobello Junction to Wolverhampton Crane Street section. Code used from 5 May 2015 | ||||||
PD | Pleck Junction to Darlaston Junction section. Code used from 27 August 2013 | ||||||
RC | Rugby to Coventry section | ||||||
RR | Rugeley to Ryecroft Junction section. Code used from 27 August 2013 | ||||||
SB | Stechford to Bushbury Junction section. Code used from 27 August 2013 | ||||||
SG | St Andrews to Grand Junction section. Code used from 10 April 2012 | ||||||
SJ | Former Stourbridge Junction signals. Code used from 28 August 2012 | ||||||
SP | Soho to Perry Barr section. Code used from 3 January 2018 | ||||||
TB | Tyseley to Bearley Junction section | ||||||
WB | Worcester to Bromsgrove section (planned) | ||||||
WM | Used between Birmingham Moor St and Jewellery Quarter | ||||||
WM | Wilmcote to Stratford-upon-Avon section. Code used from 1 November 2010 | ||||||
WP | Water Orton to Proof House Junction section. Code used from 10 April 2012 | ||||||
WR | Water Orton to Ryecroft Junction section. Code used from 10 April 2012 | ||||||
WS | Wolverhampton to Stafford section. Code used from 5 May 2015 | ||||||
WW | Wichnor to Water Orton section. Code used from 28 November 2011 | ||||||
CFE | West Norwood Junction | Short-lived temporary code | BBJ | 6m 61ch | 18 March 1870 | 13 April 1969 | Victoria Central (VC) |
W | Westoe Colliery | Code used from 8 August 1988 | BNY1? | ≈2m 60ch | Line closed | ||
G | West Of Scotland Signalling Centre | Former Glasgow Central Signalling Centre signals | PNS | 0m 27ch | 27 December 2008 | ||
GB | Barrhead interlocking. Code used from 2013 | ||||||
GC | Cathcart interlocking. Code used from 2013 | ||||||
GG | Glasgow Central interlocking | ||||||
GMC | Carstairs (and south) interlocking. Code used from 27 December 2019 | ||||||
GMH | Holytown interlocking. Code used from 30 August 2018 | ||||||
GML | Law Junction and Lanark Junction interlockings. Code used from 30 August 2018 | ||||||
GMM | Motherwell interlocking. Code used from 30 August 2018 | ||||||
GMN | Newton interlocking. Code used from 18 April 2017 | ||||||
GMW | Whifflet interlocking. Code used from 3 April 2018 | ||||||
GMX | Newton (and other) interlocking areas (temporary code used on plans only, not on signals) | ||||||
GMY | Mossend interlocking. Code used from 3 April 2018 | ||||||
GP | Paisley interlocking. Code used from 30 December 2011 | ||||||
GPA | Ayr interlocking. Code used from 27 December 2011 | ||||||
GPB | Barassie interlocking. Code used from 27 December 2011 | ||||||
GPD | Dunrod interlocking. Code used from 27 December 2011 | ||||||
GPE | Elderslie interlocking. Code used from 27 December 2011 | ||||||
GPG | Glengarnock interlocking. Code used from 27 December 2011 | ||||||
GPH | Hunterston interlocking. Code used from 27 December 2011 | ||||||
GPK | Kilwinning interlocking. Code used from 27 December 2011 | ||||||
GPL | Ladyburn interlocking. Code used from 27 December 2011 | ||||||
GPU | Gourock interlocking. Code used from 27 December 2011 | ||||||
GPW | Wemyss Bay interlocking. Code used from 27 December 2011 | ||||||
GR | Rutherglen interlocking. Code used from 16 July 2018 | ||||||
GS | Shields interlocking. Code used from 19 July 2011 | ||||||
Weston Rhyn | Downgraded to gate box 3 August 1991: line controlled by Gobowen North (GN) | WSJ2 | 191m 40ch | 1924 | 9 October 1991 delayed from 15 September 1991 |
Gobowen North (GN) | |
Weston Super Mare | Named Weston Super Mare East to 25 September 1955 | WSM | 137m 22ch | 23 April 1922 | 29 January 1972 | Bristol (B) | |
Weston Super Mare East | See Weston Super Mare | ||||||
WP | West Parade | HUL1 | 0m 46ch | 1928 | 30 March 1980 in part; December 1984 remainder |
Hessle Road Junction (HR) in part; Hull Paragon (HP) remainder |
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R | West Riding Junction | Banner repeater signals | 27 September 1965 | Oakenshaw North (ON) | |||
WR | West Ruislip | NAJ2 | 1m 68ch | 1905 | 11 August 1990 | Marylebone (ME) | |
WS | West Silkstone Junction | PED2 | 1m 36ch | 14 July 1880 | 17 August 1981 | Barnsley (BY) | |
WS | West Sleekburn | BWC | ≈0m 78ch | 7 July 1973 | Bedlington North (BN) | ||
West Street | See Cook Street | ||||||
West Street Junction | See Boston West Street Junction | ||||||
WT | West Thurrock Junction | TLL UPG |
18m 74ch 6m 46ch |
1892 | 8 April 1996 | Upminster [new] (UR) | |
WD | Westwood | ECM1 | 77m 5ch | 5 January 1873 | 20 March 1971 | Spital Junction (SJ) | |
WS | Wetmore Sidings | DBP1 | 9m 49ch | 12 June 1949 | 13 October 1985 | Derby (DY) | |
WS | Weybridge | BML1 | 19m 25ch | ≈1882 | 22 March 1970 | Surbiton [new] (S) | |
WW | Wharncliffe Wood | MAC2 | 34m 53ch | 18 September 1977 | Deepcar (DC) | ||
WN | Whifflet North Junction | SCM2 | 94m 12ch | 22 November 1891 | 16 December 1973 | Motherwell (M) | |
Whissendine | GSM2 | 99m 14ch | 10 November 1940 | ||||
WH | Whitchurch | Named Whitchurch Goods Yard to 15 June 1969. Latterly only open for emergency working, engineering work or S & T testing. Switched out at all other times. Permanently switched out from 19 April 2011 | SYC | 13m 35ch | 1897 | 12 October 2013 | South Wales Control Centre (SC) |
Whitchurch Goods Yard | See Whitchurch | ||||||
EN | Whitechapel | CDT | ≈1m 77ch | 1907 | |||
WBP | White Hart Crossing | Downgraded to gate box 2 June 1974 | RDG1 | 7m 65ch | ≈1880 | 19 December 1976 | Wimbledon A (WH) |
WJ | Whitehall Junction | TJC3 | 195m 55ch | 27 September 1908 | 29 April 1967 | Leeds (L) | |
L | Temporary code from ≈18 December 1966 until control passed to Leeds | ||||||
W | Whitehouse | DSN2 | 15m 77ch | 1874 | |||
WJ | Whitemoor Junction | WIG | 86m 18ch | September 1928 | 29 November 1987 | March East Junction [reopened] (ME) | |
WN | White Notley | Gate box | BRA | 21m 11ch | by 1893 | 12 June 1977 | White Notley [new] (WN) |
WN | White Notley [new] | Gate box with combined ticket office, still present in 2014 | BRA | ≈21m 10ch | 12 June 1977 | 26 May 1997 | Liverpool Street (L) |
W | Whitland | SWM2 | 258m 68ch | 2 September 1972 | |||
TY | Tenby point indicators | ||||||
Whitley Bridge | Downgraded to gate box 24 October 1968 | WAG1 | 62m 58ch | 1875 | 28 February 1988 | Sudforth Lane (S) | |
WH | Whitlingham Junction | NOL | 1m 69ch | 1909 | 26 June 2000 | Trowse Swing Bridge [new] (TB) | |
WJ | |||||||
BE | Whitstable | VIR | 58m 79ch | 23 June 1968 | Herne Bay (EK)/ Faversham (EY) |
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A | Automatic signals | ||||||
W | Whittington | CHR | Sheffield (S) | ||||
Whittington Low Level | Downgraded to gate box 14 March 1992: line controlled by Gobowen North (GN) | WSJ2 | 187m 67ch | 1881 | 14 March 1992 | Gobowen North (GN) | |
WH | Whittlesea | EMP | 94m 55ch | 1887 | |||
W | |||||||
WL | Whitwell | Code used from 1966 | FEP | 6m 29ch | 1991 | ||
Whitwell | PSE | 150m 45ch | 1893 | 4 May 1997 | Elmton & Creswell Junction (E/EC) | ||
W | Whitwood | Code in use by December 1977 | MEW2 NOC |
0m 1ch 22m 4ch |
1890 | 13 September 1997 | Castleford (CD) |
W | Whixley | Gate box: line controlled by Cattal (C) | HAY1 | 11m 8ch | |||
WH | Code shown on 2020 plan | ||||||
Whyke Road | TBH2 | 27m 70ch | 1900 | 1 December 1985 | Chichester (CC) | ||
CM | Whyteleafe South Crossing | Code from 1983 | PAT | 18m 20ch | 19 December 1982 | ||
WL | Downgraded to gate box 1982: line now controlled by Three Bridges [new] (T). Controls signals T564, T565, T566, T567 | ||||||
DC | Wick | Down Charfield line automatic signals | BGL2 | 110m 30ch? | 4 November 1951 | 13 October 1968 | Wickwar |
W | Wickenby | Code used from 27 January 1990 | NOB3 | 30m 54ch | 1890 | ||
W | Wickford | Code used by 1938 | SSV | 29m 9ch | 1889 | 21 August 1993 | Liverpool Street (L) |
DS | Down Southend line automatic signals | ||||||
US | Up Southend line automatic signals | ||||||
Wickham Siding | PWS2 | 32m 49ch | ≈1899 | 22 November 1970 | Strood Junction (EQ) | ||
Wickwar | BGL2 | 115m 15ch | 4 October 1908 | 2 November 1965 | Rangeworthy | ||
W | Widdrington | Code used from December 1962 | ECM7 | 23m 22ch | 17 August 1980 | Chevington (CN) | |
D | Down line automatic signals | ||||||
WN | Widdrington North | Code used from December 1962. 'Box reused from Stonefall (Starbeck) | ECM7 | 24m 64ch | April 1952 | by 2 August 1980 probably late July 1980 |
Chevington (CN) |
WS | Widnes West Deviation Junction | SDJ2 | 17m 50ch | ≈27 December 1987 | Ditton Junction No 1 (DN1) | ||
WW | Wigan Wallgate | WBS3 | 18m 9ch | 1941 | |||
WN | Wigton | CBC3 | 16m 5ch | 1957 | |||
WR | Wilford Road | TSN2 | ≈123m 60ch | Trent (TT) | |||
U | Willerby & Kirk Ella Station | Up line automatic signals | HBR2 | ≈7m 7ch | Line closed | ||
- | Willesborough Crossing | Gate box. Last level crossing between London and Paris | XTD | 56m 74ch | 22 April 2001 | Ashford IECC (AD) | |
CM | Willesden Carriage Shed Middle | WCL | 2m 25ch | 1953 | |||
CN | Willesden Carriage Shed North | WCL | 2m 50ch | 1953 | |||
X | Set back signals | ||||||
N | Code mentioned in 1986 notice: possibly not carried | ||||||
CS | Willesden Carriage Shed South | WCL | 2m 0ch | 1953 | |||
S | Code mentioned in 1986 notice: possibly not carried | ||||||
X | Set back signals | ||||||
NI | Willesden Freightliner Terminal North End Overseer's Cabin | ||||||
SI | Willesden Freightliner Terminal South End Overseer's Cabin | ||||||
HL | Willesden High Level Junction | BOK3 | 5m 48ch | 1930 | 27 February 2011 | Upminster [new] (NL) | |
WN | Willesden New | CWJ | 5m 28ch | 10 December 1988 | Willesden Suburban (WS) | ||
WN | Willesden PSB | Demolished March 2009 | BOK3 | 5m 65ch | 12 July 1965 | 24 December 2000 | Wembley Mainline (WM) |
WNR | Banner repeater signals | ||||||
X | Draw ahead signals | ||||||
WS | Willesden Suburban | CWJ | 5m 26ch | 10 December 1988 | 18 July 2005 | Wembley Mainline (WS) | |
WB | Willey Bridge Junction | Code not confirmed | MAC2 | 29m 36ch | 13 August 1887 | 20 May 1973 | Barnsley Junction (BJ) |
WW | Wilmslow | CMP1 | 176m 65ch | 29 June 1959 | 11 December 2005 last train; 11 March 2006 official |
Manchester South (MS) | |
W | Wilstrop | Gate box: line controlled by Hammerton [new] (H) | HAY1 | 7m 45ch | |||
WN | Wilton | Named Wilton South to 27 March 1973. Code used from renaming. Box now on Mid Hants Railway | BAE2 | 86m 10ch | ≈1875 | 29 November 1981 | Salisbury (SY) |
WS | Code to 27 March 1973 | ||||||
Wilton South | See Wilton | ||||||
W | Wimbledon | BML1 | 7m 49ch | 16 April 1990 | |||
WH | Wimbledon A | BML1 | 7m 14ch | 22 February 1948 | 11 February 1991 delayed from 24 September 1990 |
Wimbledon (W) | |
WJ | Wimbledon B | BML1 | 7m 42ch | 27 February 1928 | 23 May 1982 | Wimbledon A (WH) | |
WK | Wimbledon C | BML1 | 7m 66ch | 28 April 1929 | 1 August 1982 | Wimbledon A (WH) | |
WBF | Wimbledon Park | PPW | 7m 49ch | 1889 | 11 February 1991 delayed from 24 September 1990 |
Wimbledon (W) | |
TY | Wimbledon Park Top Yard Shunters | BML1 | 6m 45ch | 22 February 1976 | |||
EE | Stop board near wheel lathe | ||||||
W | Winchburgh Junction | EGM1 | 34m 46ch | 4 March 1890 | 12 February 1979 | Edinburgh (EW) | |
VW | Winchfield | BML1 | 39m 65ch | 25 September 1904 | 30 October 1966 | Basingstoke A (YW) | |
VWR | Distant signals | ||||||
WA | Automatic signals | ||||||
RWA | Distant to automatic signals | ||||||
WN | Wincobank North Junction | TJC2 | 162m 29ch | 18 October 1896 | 21 March 1971 | Sheffield (S) | |
W | Wincobank Station Junction | TJC2 | 161m 59ch | 4 April 1897 | 14 January 1979 delayed from 7 May 1978 |
Sheffield (S) | |
WS | |||||||
WB | Windsor Bridge | MVE1 | 1m 66ch | 22 April 1989 | Manchester Piccadilly (MP) | ||
W | Winning | Earlier code | WSB | 0m 36ch | 1895 | ||
WG | Later code | ||||||
WD | Winsford | Renamed from Winsford Junction 8 October 1972 | CGJ1 | 166m 70ch | 1897 | ||
WS | Winsford Station | CGJ1 | 165m 7ch | 8 October 1972 | Winsford (WD) | ||
Winterbourne | SWB | 109m 73ch | 1 May 1903 | 6 June 1970 | Stoke Gifford East (SE) | ||
WH | Wisbech Junction | PMJ | 21m 39ch | 20 March 1971 | Spital Junction (SJ) | ||
W | Wishaw North | Possibly sometimes referred to as Wishaw Central | WWD | 86m 57ch | 1 April 1897 | 21 October 1973 | Motherwell (M) |
W | Witham | LTN1 | 38m 53ch | 19 November 1961 | 18 October 1997 | Liverpool Street (L) | |
D | Down line automatic signals | ||||||
RW | Banner repeater signals | ||||||
U | Up line automatic signals | ||||||
WT | Witham | WEY | 120m 76ch | by 1880 | 24 November 1984 | Westbury [new] (W) | |
Witton le Wear | Gate box: line controlled by Shildon (S); upgraded to full signal box 28 April 1990 | DAE3 | 1m 14ch | Line closed | |||
W | Wivenhoe | COC | 56m 8ch | 1886 | 23 July 1967 | East Gate Junction (EG) | |
RU | Repeaters to up line automatic signals | ||||||
U | Up line automatic signals | ||||||
WS | Woburn Sands | Believed code not carried | BBM | 4m 12ch | 1904 | 23 July 2004 last train; 6 September 2004 official |
Marston Vale (MV) |
WV | Woking | BML1 | 24m 32ch | 27 June 1937 | 22 August 1997 delayed from 1 April 1997 |
Woking ASC (WK) | |
WA | Automatic signals | ||||||
WK | Woking ASC | BML1 | 24m 20ch | 22 August 1997 | |||
WFF | Wokingham | Code used to 1973 | RDG2 | 62m 2ch | 23 April 1933 | ||
WM | Code used from 1973 | ||||||
- | Woldingham | SCU1 | 17m 12ch | 23 February 1885 | 2 November 1985 | Oxted (OD) | |
WJ | Wolvercot Junction | DCL | 66m 31ch | 1900 | 14 October 1973 | Oxford (OX) | |
DM | Down main line automatic signals | ||||||
UM | Up main line automatic signals | ||||||
WN | Wolverhampton | RBS2 | 12m 69ch | 16 August 1965 | 5 May 2015 delayed from 26 August 2014 |
West Midlands Signalling Centre (BW/OS/PC/SB/WS) | |
W | Code reported in 1988, but believed not carried | ||||||
WN2 | Wolverton No 2 | Downgraded to ground frame | LEC1 | ≈52m 25ch | 13 July 1986 | Wolverton Centre power ground frame | |
BY | Temporary code until taken over by Bletchley | ||||||
WN | Wolverton North | LEC1 | Bletchley (BY) | ||||
WS | Wolverton South | LEC1 | Bletchley (BY) | ||||
SGF | Wolverton South Ground Frame | LEC1 | 13 July 1986 | 29 December 2008 | Rugby Signalling Control Centre (KR) | ||
WL | Wombwell | PED3 | 10m 72ch | 1875 | July 1965 | Aldam Junction (A) | |
WM | Wombwell Main Junction | PED3 | 8m 32ch | 1 November 1905 | 14 February 1982 | Aldam Junction (A) | |
WH | Woodborough | BHL | 78m 71ch | 27 September 1944 | 20 January 1979 | Reading (R) | |
WJ | Woodburn Junction | MAC3 | 42m 28ch | ≈1906 | 6 December 1992 | Woodburn Junction [new] (W) | |
W | Woodburn Junction [new] | MAC3 | 42m 29ch | 6 December 1992 | York Rail Operating Centre (MS/W) (planned) | ||
MS | Meadowhall South area signals (for Sheffield Tram-Train operation) | ||||||
Woodgate Crossing | TBH2 | 22m 53ch | 1876 | 1 December 1985 | Barnham (BH) | ||
WP | Woodgrange Park | TAH4 | 12m 7ch | 1894 | after 1997 | Liverpool Street (L) | |
WG | Wood Green | Formerly named Wood Green No 4 | ECM1 | 4m 74ch | 4 October 1883 | 7 August 1976 | Kings Cross (K) |
W4 | Code when named Wood Green No 4 | ||||||
WG1 | Wood Green No 1 | ECM1 | 4m 66ch | 1892 | 7 September 1974 | Wood Green (WG) | |
W1 | Code shown in 1973/1974 weekly notices | ||||||
WG2 | Wood Green No 2 | ECM1 | 5m 8ch | 2 July 1871 | 14 September 1974 | Wood Green (WG) | |
R | Banner repeater signals | ||||||
Wood Green No 4 | See Wood Green (WG) | ||||||
W | Woodhead | MAC1 | 19m 11ch | 1953 | 18 July 1981 | Line closed | |
WH | Woodhouse Junction | Named Woodhouse East Junction to 21 March 1970 | MAC3 | 46m 52ch | 1926 | York Rail Operating Centre (WN) (planned) | |
WJ | |||||||
WE | Code reported in error? | ||||||
Woodhouse East Junction | See Woodhouse Junction | ||||||
WW | Woodhouse West Junction | MAC3 | 46m 22ch | ≈1900 | 21 March 1970 | Woodhouse Junction (WH) | |
WL | Wood Lane Crossing | HOU | 11m 69ch | ≈1882 | 13 December 1974 | Feltham (F) | |
WJ | Woodley Junction | RYH1 | ≈179m 44ch | 21 September 1985 | Romiley Junction (RJ) | ||
WS | Woodside | EEA | 12m 16ch | 1877 | 24 June 1984 | Addiscombe (AC) | |
W | Woofferton Junction | SHL | 32m 2ch | 1889 | Wales Rail Operating Centre (NS) (planned) | ||
WJ | |||||||
WF | Code shown in 1991 notice | ||||||
WO | Wool | BML2 | 125m 72ch | by 1889 | 19 May 2014 | Basingstoke Signalling Control Centre (PW) | |
W | Woolley Coal Siding | May be same as later 'box. Also had draw-ahead signals in colliery sidings lettered A to F, with no number | BAH2 | 48m 43ch? | April 1983 | 1996? | Woolley Coal Siding [new] (W)? |
W | Woolley Coal Siding [new] | BAH2 | 48m 43ch | 1996 | |||
G | Woolmer Green | ECM1 | 23m 39ch | 27 March 1890 | 5 October 1973 | Welwyn Garden City (WC) | |
WBE | Wootton Bassett East | Code used by 30 October 1953 | MLN1 | 83m 3ch | 13 July 1902 | 23 March 1968 | Swindon (SN) |
BW | Wootton Bassett West | MLN1 | 83m 22ch | 17 November 1901 | 23 March 1968 | Swindon (SN) | |
DM | Down main line automatic signals | ||||||
UM | Up main line automatic signals | ||||||
SH | Worcester Shrub Hill | OWW | 120m 31ch | October 1935 | |||
TJ | Worcester Tunnel Junction | OWW | 120m 72ch | 26 February 1905 | |||
WN2 | Workington Main No 2 | CBC2 | 6m 53ch | 1889 | |||
WM2 | Code reported, seems unlikely | ||||||
WN3 | Workington Main No 3 | Code presumed | CBC2 | 6m 74ch | 1886 | ||
WP | Worksop | MAC3 | 56m 57ch | 30 November 1997 | |||
W | |||||||
WE | Worksop East | Downgraded to gate box 16 August 1998: line controlled by Worksop (WP) | MAC3 | 56m 65ch | 1880 | 10 October 1999 | Worksop (WP) |
D | Down line automatic signals | ||||||
WS | Worksop Sidings | MAC3 | 56m 7ch | 1906 | 8 December 1985 | hand points, etc. | |
WW | Worksop West | MAC3 | 56m 42ch | 1874 | 25 April 1998 | Worksop (WP) | |
Worle Junction | MLN1 WSM |
135m 17ch 135m 17ch |
1 March 1884 | 29 January 1972 | Bristol (B) | ||
WY | Wormley | BGK | 16m 5ch | 1872 | 21 April 1985 | Broxbourne (BN) | |
D | Down line automatic signals | ||||||
U | Up line automatic signals | ||||||
WW | Worplesdon | WPH1 | 26m 66ch | 1 March 1883 | 3 January 1965 | Woking (WV) | |
WO | Worsborough Bridge Crossing | PED2 | 6m 18ch | 1981 | Barnsley (BY) | ||
WD | Worsborough Dale Crossing | PED2 | 6m 65ch | 30 September 1979 | Glasshouse Crossing (GC) | ||
WR | Worthing | Named Worthing B to 30 December 1975 | BLI1 | 10m 59ch | 1877 | 4 June 1988 | Lancing (LG) |
Worthing B | See Worthing | ||||||
ZW | Worting Junction | BML1 | 50m 22ch | 30 May 1897 | 20 November 1966 | Basingstoke [panel] (YW) | |
W | Wortley (Station?) | MAC2 | 32m 45ch | after 1969 | Deepcar (D) | ||
WN | Wortley North [Leeds] | Code not certain | LBE1 | 30 April 1967 | Leeds (L) | ||
WW | Wortley West [Leeds] | LBE1 | 0m 53ch | 1 November 1893 | 6 July 1969 | Leeds (L) | |
W | Code shown in notice in error | ||||||
WJ | Wrawby Junction | NOB3 | 12m 55ch | 7 May 1916 | 30 December 2015 | York Rail Operating Centre (BD/BG/BL/CB) | |
WY | Wrenbury | SYC | 8m 52ch | 1882 | 12 October 2013 | South Wales Control Centre (SC) | |
W | Wressle | HUL1 | 25m 3ch | ≈1873 | 13 July 1987 | Hemingborough (H) | |
WE | Wrexham Exchange | WDB1 | ≈0m 66ch | 26 March 1988 | Croes Newydd North Fork (CN) | ||
Wrotham | See Borough Green | ||||||
WY | Wyberton | Downgraded to gate box 3 May 1981: line controlled by Boston West Street Junction (WS) | GRS2 | 135m 57ch | November 1904 | 18 December 1983 | Boston West Street Junction (WS) |
EBT | Wye | ACR | 60m 35ch | 1893 | 15 December 2003 delayed from 10 November 2003 |
Canterbury Wye Area Control Centre (EBT) | |
WE | Wye | Gate box: line controlled by Canterbury Wye Area Control Centre (EBT). Panel in booking office. Code not carried | ACR | ≈60m 32ch | 15 December 2003 | ||
WV | Wye Valley Junction Ground Frame | SWM2 | 140m 52ch | ||||
WM | Wylam | Code used on all signals by 2008 | NEC2 | 8m 35ch | 1897 | ||
W | Code used from 1969 | ||||||
WY | Wylye | Formerly named Wylye No 2 | SAL | 124m 41ch | 4 March 1877 | 19 April 1982 | Salisbury (SY) |
Wylye No 2 | See Wylye | ||||||
W | Wymondham South Junction | ETN | 113m 69ch | 1877 | 2 December 2012 | Cambridge (EN) |