TELEGRAPHIC CODES A-Z
All codes are for railway establishments, except those marked PO. This list has been converted rapidly from a word-processed document, without time for reformatting.
GC = Great Central Railway
GE = Great Eastern Railway
GN = Great Northern Railway
GW = Great Western Railway
LMS = London Midland & Scottish Railway
LNE = London & North Eastern Railway
SB = Signal Box
SR = Southern Railway
TO = Telegraph Office.
Aberdeen LNE .................................. AN
Aberdeen PO ................................... AB
Abergavenny PO ................................ AG
Aberystwyth GW ................................ D
Aberystwyth PO ................................ AE
Acton Bridge SB ............................... AN
Aldershot PO .................................. AT
Allington Junction ............................ AL
Altrincham PO ................................. IM
Amersham Station Box .......................... M
Ardsley Loco Office ........................... XF
Ardsley TO .................................... AD
Arksey box .................................... AS
Ashburton Grove SB ............................ AB
Ashford (Kent) PO ............................. AD
Ashton under Lyne PO .......................... AU
Aslockton ..................................... AS
Attleborough PO ............................... AJ
Audley End .................................... AY
Avonmouth GW .................................. AV
Awsworth Junction ............................. AF
Aylesbury Joint station box ................... AW
Aylesbury South Box ........................... AY
Ayr PO ........................................ AY
Banbury GW .................................... BA
Banbury LMS ................................... AN
Banbury PO .................................... BB
Bangor LMS .................................... BN
Bangor PO ..................................... BG
Barking ....................................... BG
Barmouth GW ................................... BM
Barnsley PO ................................... BY
Barnstaple PO ................................. BP
Barrow in Furness PO ..................... BBZ, RB
Barry GW ...................................... BR
Barry PO ...................................... BXY
Bartlow ....................................... BO
Basford ....................................... BF
Bath GW ....................................... BH
Bath PO ....................................... BA
Bathgate ...................................... BU
Bawtry box .................................... BW
Beattock PO ................................... BCK
Bedford PO .................................... BF
Bedford Midland TO ............................ BF (formerly DD)
Belfast PO .................................... BE
Bellwater Junction ............................ BT
Biggleswade South SB .......................... BG
Birkenhead GW ................................. BD
Birkenhead Woodside ........................... BC
Birmingham New Street ......................... NS
Birmingham PO ................................. BM
Birmingham Snow Hill Down ..................... VL
Up ....................... IM
Bishop Auckland ............................... BP
Bishops Stortford LNE ......................... BS
PO .......................... BHR
Blackburn PO .................................. BK
Blackpool PO .................................. BJ
Bletchley ..................................... FG
Blisworth ..................................... YN
Blotoft Siding ................................ BF
Bolton PO ..................................... BL
Boston ........................................ BO
Bournemouth PO ................................ BH
Bracknell PO .................................. BLR
Bradford GN City Road ......................... OF
Goods Office ....................... GO
Loco Dept .......................... BC
Passenger .......................... BF
PO ................................... BD
Bread Street, London .......................... B
Bridgend PO ................................... BNP
Brighton PO ................................... BR
Brighton SR ................................... IG
Bristol Temple Meads GW ....................... BY
Bristol PO..................................... BS
Broad Street .................................. B
Bromley PO..................................... MB
Builth Wells GW ............................... BL
Burnley PO..................................... BU
Burntisland ................................... BS
Burton Goods Office GN ........................ VQ
Passenger Office ....................... BT
Burton on Trent PO ............................ BT
Bury St Edmonds TO ............................ BY
Buxton PO ..................................... BX
Camberley PO .................................. CAM
Cambridge Hills Road Goods ................................................G
GE ............................................ KM
GN ............................................ CB
PO ............................................ CB
Camden ........................................ CN
Canterbury PO ................................. CU
Canterbury West SR ............................ CU
Canterbury East SR ............................ CTY
Cardiff General GW ............................ CC
Cardiff Queen Street GW ....................... CCQ
Cardiff PO .................................... CF
Carlisle LMS .................................. CE
Carlisle LNE .................................. CD
Carlisle PO ................................... CE
Carmarthen GW ................................. LJ
Carmarthen PO ................................. CT
Carnforth ..................................... CY
Cemetery SB ................................... CY
Chalfont Road Station Box ..................... FN
Chatham PO .................................... CH
Chelmsford PO ................................. CL
Cheltenham PO ................................. CM
Chester GW .................................... CH
Chester LMS ................................... CE
Chester PO .................................... CS
Chesterfield PO ............................... CD
Chippenham PO ................................. CP
Coatbridge .................................... CT
Colchester PO ................................. CO
Coleraine PO .................................. CLH
Colwich ....................................... CW
Colwick GN Inspector's Office ................. CF
Loco Dept ..................................... CL
Colwick ....................................... CF
Colwyn Bay PO ................................. CLF
Corby Glen box ................................ CY
Coventry PO ................................... CV
Crawley PO .................................... CY
Crescent Jct .................................. CJ
Crewe LMS ..................................... CR
Crewe PO ...................................... CW
Crouch End .................................... CH
Croydon PO .................................... CN
CTO (London) PO ............................... TS
Cuffley SB .................................... UF
Darlington LNE ................................ DA
Darlington PO ................................. DL
Dartford PO ................................... DT
Derby LMS ..................................... DY
Derby PO ...................................... DY
Didcot GW ..................................... DD
Ditton Jct SB ................................. O
Doncaster GN A box ............................ NO
North box ..................................... NU
South box ..................................... SB
TO............................................. DR
Decoy Office .................................. BV
PO ............................................ DC
Dorchester PO ................................. DO
Douglas PO ............................. DGI, also DO
Downham Market ................................ DM
Dublin PO ..................................... DN
Dublin TE ..................................... DN
Dudley PO ..................................... DD
Dullingham .................................... DL
Dumfries PO ................................... DS
Dundee LNE .................................... DE
Dundee PO ..................................... DE
Dunstable LMS ................................. DN
Dunstable LNE ................................. DU
Durham PO ..................................... DU
Dutchlands box ................................ D
Eastfield box ................................. EY
Edinburgh PO .................................. EH
Edinburgh St Margaret's ....................... MR
Edinburgh Waverley ............................ EL
Elsenham ...................................... EM
Ely TO ........................................ EY
Enniskillen PO ................................ EK
Epsom PO ...................................... EM
Euston ........................................ ES
Exeter GW ..................................... EX
Exeter PO ..................................... EX
Falkirk PO .................................... FK
Farringdon Street ............................. S
Faversham PO .................................. FV
Fenchurch Street .............................. FS
Finsbury Park no. 1 SB ........................ FK
Finsbury Park no. 2 SB ........................ FD
Finsbury Park no. 3 SB ........................ EO
Finsbury Park no. 5 SB ........................ GY
Finsbury Park no. 6 SB ........................ GB
Firsby East ................................... FE
Firsby South .................................. FU
Five Arched Bridge Office GN .................. FA
Fleetwood PO .................................. FL
Folkestone PO ................................. FO
Fort William PO ............................... FW
Fulbourn ...................................... FN
Galashiels PO ................................. GL
Garston ....................................... GR
Gateshead ..................................... GD
Glasgow Cowlairs .............................. CI
Glasgow Eastfield ............................. CG
Glasgow PO .................................... GW
Glasgow Queen Street .......................... GO
Gloucester GW ................................. GR
Gloucester PO ................................. GR
Gonerby ....................................... GY
Gorton ........................................ GT
Gosberton ..................................... GO
Grandboro' Road station box ................... GO
Grantham GN North ............................. AB
TO ............................................ GM
PO ............................................ GM
Gravesend PO .................................. GRV, GV
Grays Thurrock PO ............................. GRT
Great Chesterford ............................. CS
Great Missenden station box ................... GD
Greenock PO ................................... GK
Grimsby PO .................................... GY
Guernsey PO ................................... GU
Guildford PO .................................. GI
Halifax GN North Bridge Goods Office .......... NG
Passenger ..................................... HZ
PO ............................................ HX
Harringay Passenger SB ........................ DK
Harrogate PO .................................. HG
Harrow Station Box Met ........................ HO
North Junction Box Met ........................ HR
Harrow PO ..................................... HA
Hartford Jct................................... HS
Hastings PO ................................... HS
Hatfield no. 1 SB ............................. HD
no. 2 SB ...................................... HH
no. 3 SB ...................................... JV
no. 4 SB ...................................... HD
Hatfield TO ................................... XO
Haverhill ..................................... HV
Hawthorn Bank ................................. HK
Heanor ........................................ HO
Heaton Norris ................................. HN
Henley PO ..................................... HY
Hereford GW ................................... RD
Hereford PO ................................... HR
Higham GE ..................................... HM
Histon ........................................ SO
Hitchin PO .................................... HI
Hitchin TO .................................... HT
Hitchin Yard SB ............................... HC
Holbeck GN .................................... HB
Holloway East Goods Yard Office ............... HY
North Up SB ................................... HL
Holyhead LMS .................................. HL
Holyhead PO ................................... HO
Honeybourne GW ................................ HY
Horncastle .................................... OE
Hornsey Inspector's Office .................... NP
Up Goods SB ................................... HX
Hornsey no. 2 SB .............................. YZ
Hounslow PO ................................... HL
Huddersfield LMS .............................. HF
Huddersfield PO ............................... HF
Hull LNE ...................................... HU
Hull PO ....................................... HU
Hunslet Goods Office .......................... LP
SB ............................................ HT
Huntingdon PO ................................. HN
Inverurie ..................................... LG
Ipswich LNE ................................... IP
Ipswich PO .................................... IH
Inverness PO .................................. IV
Jersey PO ..................................... JE
Keighley GN Booking Office .................... VW
Goods Junction ................................ KE
Goods Office .................................. HL
Goods Yard .................................... KH
Kendal PO ..................................... KL
Kennett GE .................................... KT
Kettering TO .................................. G
Kilmarnock PO ................................. KK
Kimberley ..................................... KI
Kings Cross GN Goods .......................... KG
SB ............................................ BX
TO ............................................ KC
Kings Lynn PO ................................. LN
Kingston upon Thames PO ....................... KT
Kirby Le Thorp ................................ KL
Kirkcaldy PO .................................. KI
Kirkwall PO ................................... FX
Knottingley station GN ........................ KD
Kyle PO ....................................... KE
Laira GW ...................................... LR
Laisterdyke ................................... K
Lancaster LMS ................................. LA
Lancaster PO .................................. LA
Leamington PO ................................. LG
Leamington Spa General GW ..................... LE
Leeds Central GN Section ...................... LM
Leeds LMS ..................................... LD
Leeds NE Section .............................. LS
Leeds PO ...................................... LS
Leen Valley Junction .......................... LV
Leicester Central GC .......................... LC
GN ............................................ LR
LMS ........................................... LR
PO ............................................ LE
Leighton Buzzard .............................. IB
Lerwick PO .................................... LRM
Lincoln GN High Street ........................ HG
TO ............................................ LC
PO ............................................ LI
Linton GE ..................................... LY
Littleport .................................... LP
Littleworth ................................... LH
Liverpool Exchange ............................ LL
Liverpool Lime Street ......................... IT
Liverpool PO .................................. LV
Liverpool Street .............................. LV
Llandudno Jct ................................. CY
Llandudno PO .................................. LL
Lochmaddy PO .................................. LSW
London TS ..................................... TS
Londonderry PO ................................ LD
Longford TE ................................... LO
Long Stanton .................................. LA
Lords Bridge .................................. LB
Lowestoft PO .................................. LWV
Luton Midland Road ............................ LO
Luton PO ...................................... LU, LOL
<issue 7, 5.2.1989>
SECR and LBSCR directories, also GN lines lists not yet incorporated.