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P156KWJ

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Hi
Does anyone know where I can find out train identification codes or whatever they're called (eg 1A51 or 1S48)? If you could this wopuld be great! thanks
 
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laseandre

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They're called headcodes and I'm sure there was a site with some of them on it...
 

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Headcodes are listed in a lot of places. The Scot-Rail website has headcodes for almost all Scottish trains, and although these are not up to date, I would imagine that they haven't changed much (as the timetable is similar). Some headcodes are up to date, and the others could be easily done I would imagine given the wealth of knowledge on there.

This page also had some diagrams, but these are now out of date again and son't seem to be getting updated any time soon.

The only other page I know of is this one. Some have been updated here, whilst others haven't.

Diagrams sometimes take a wee while to come up, and tend to change with each timetable. It's unusual to find a new diagram up on the internet until a few months after each timetable change, and some don't seem to appear at all.
 

1D53

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Journeyplan contains all headcodes.
 

Tom C

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They're called headcodes and I'm sure there was a site with some of them on it...

Depends on where you come from :D

On the SR they are Train Reporting Numbers, a headcode is what is carried on the front of the train (e.g 83 Blackfriars to Sevenoaks via Catford Loop).
 
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