uk.railway FAQ

Railway Company Codes

These codes are the Railtrack timetable codes. These codes may be used in the newsgroup to save typing out the full name of the company.

The freight companies codes and others marked * are included here to provide a full set of codes - but they are unofficial codes (mainly based on those used by Platform 5).

Code

Company

Alternative code(s)

AR Anglia Railways  
CH Chiltern Railways  
CT Central Trains  
CX Connex CSC, CSE, SC, SE
DR * Direct Rail Services DRS
EP Eurostar (UK) E*, ES, EPS
ET * Eurotunnel  
EW * English Welsh & Scottish Railway EWS
FL * Freightliners  
GE First Great Eastern GER
GR Great North Eastern Railway GNER
GW First Great Western GWT
GX Gatwick Express  
HX Heathrow Express  
IL Island Line  
LS LTS Rail LTS
LT London Transport LU, LUL
MD * Mendip Rail  
ME Merseyrail Electrics  
ML Midland Mainline MML
NP * National Power  
NS Northern Spirit  
NW First Western Trains NWT
RT Railtrack  
SR ScotRail  
SS Silverlink  
SW South West Trains SWT
TL Thameslink Rail  
TT Thames Trains  
VL Cardiff Railway (Valley Lines)  
VT Virgin Trains VXC, VWC, XC, WC
WN West Anglia Great Northern WAGN
WR West Coast Railway Co. WCRC
WW Wales and West Railway  

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