Traincrew depot abbreviations.

[Galvanize]

Hi all.
Traincrew depots have two letter abbreviations often seen on Diagrams. Would be interesting to hear what they all are across the UK.

Starting off on GTR:
Thameslink:
Ashford-AD
Bedford-BF
Brighton-BD
Cricklewood-CW
Gillingham-GH
Horsham-HK
Luton-LU
Orpington-OR
St Albans-1S
Three Bridges-1T

Great Northern:
Cambridge-CA
Hitchin-HC
Hornsey-HE
Kings Cross-KX
Kings Lynn-KL
Peterborough-PE
Welwyn Garden City-WC

Southern:
Barnham-BH
Brighton-BI
Caterham-CT
Eastbourne-EB
Epsom-ES
Horsham-HR
London Bridge-LC
Norwood-NW
Redhill-RE
Selhurst-SU
Three Bridges-TB
Victoria-VC
Victoria Gatwick Express-VG I think?

Over to you for some of the other TOCs!

 

[NSE]

Yes, Gatwick is VG.

 

[lxfe_mxtterz]

South Western Railway:

Basingstoke - BV
Bournemouth - BM
Farnham - FN
Feltham - FE
Fratton - FR
Guildford - GF
Northam - NT
Salisbury - SA
Staines - SN
Strawberry Hill - VZ
Waterloo - WA
Weymouth - WH
Wimbledon - WM
Woking - WG
Yeovil - YE

 

[XFeed]

The only one I know is a TfW one

Chester - CH

 

[godfreycomplex]

The only one I know is a TfW one

Chester - CH

TfW
Chester - CH
Crewe - CE
Cardiff Mainline - CF
Cardiff Valleys - CV
Treherbert - TT
Rhymney - RH
Carmarthen - CN
Shrewsbury - SQ
Llandudno Junction - LJ
Holyhead - HD
Machynlleth - MN
Pwllheli - PW

SouthEastern

Ashford International - AD (AZ for high speed)
Charing Cross - CX
Dartford - DC
Dover Priory - DO
Faversham - FV (FZ for high speed)
Gillingham - GI
Grove Park - GV
Hastings - HH
Orpington - OP
Ramsgate - RM (RZ for high speed)
Slade Green - SG
Tonbridge - TG
Victoria - VE

Northern

Barrow - BW
Blackburn - NB
Blackpool North - BP
Buxton - BX
Carlisle - CL
Darlington - DA
Doncaster - DR
Harrogate - HJ
Huddersfield - HU
Hull - HL
Leeds - LD
Liverpool Lime Street - LP
Manchester Piccadilly - MP
Manchester Victoria - MV
Newcastle - NE
Sheffield - SH
Skipton - SK
Wigan Wallgate - WL
Workington - WK
York - YK

 

[craigybagel]

TfW
Chester - CH
Crewe - CE
Cardiff Mainline - CF
Cardiff Valleys - CV
Treherbert - TT
Rhymney - RH
Carmarthen - CN
Shrewsbury - SQ
Llandudno Junction - LJ
Holyhead - HD
Machynlleth - MN
Pwllheli - PW

You can also now add Barry (BY) and Taffs Well (TF) to that list

 

[dodecahedron67]

TPE
Cleethorpes CU
Glasgow GA
Hull HL
Liverpool LP
Manchester Airport MI
Manchester Piccadilly (Guards, Hull & Scarborough Link Drivers) ME
Manchester Piccadilly (West Coast Link Drivers) MP
Newcastle NE
Preston PN
Scarborough YS
Sheffield SH
York YK

For all of these add ‘D’ or ‘C’ to the end for Drivers/Conductors where appropriate

 

[whoosh]

LNER

Doncaster - DR
Edinburgh (Waverley) - EW
Kings Cross - KX
Leeds - LD
Newcastle - NE


Elizabeth Line

Abbey Wood - AW
Gidea Park - GP
Ilford - IF
Maidenhead - MH
Old Oak Common - OC
Plumstead - PU
Shenfield - SH (Yes, the same as Northern's Sheffield - and I think EMR's Train Managers and Customer Hosts at Sheffield too).


EMR

St Pancras - PS

 

[LowLevel]

EMR
Boston - LZ
Derby Intercity - DY
Derby Regional- DZ
Lincoln - LN
London - PS
Kettering - KT
Nottingham Regional - NM
Nottingham Intercity - NZ
Norwich - NR
Sheffield - SH

 

[whoosh]

Greater Anglia

(Former West Anglia)
Bishops Stortford - BE
Cambridge - CA
Liverpool Street - LS

(Former Great Eastern)
Clacton - CC
Colchester - CR
Ilford - IL
Southend Victoria - SV

(Former Anglia)
Ipswich - IP
Liverpool Street - LV
Norwich - NR


London Overground

New Cross Gate - XG
Willesden Junction - WN
Watford Junction - WF
Euston - EU (includes satellite Depot of Stratford, but has a different series of numbers for it's diagrams)

Chingford - CI

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WMR/LNWR

Birmingham Snow Hill - BJ
Birmingham New Street - NS
Bletchley - BY
Crewe - CE
Coventry - CY
Leamington- LM
Shrewsbury- SQ
Wolverhampton - WO
Worcester - WT

 

[gatters]

Chiltern
Aylesbury- AS
Birmingham Moor Street- BQ
Banbury- BU
London Marylebone- MB
Stourbridge- SB

Not sure what Bletchley is, I've never seen one of their diagrams

 

[Tomnick]

EMR
Boston - LZ
Derby Intercity - DY
Derby Regional- DZ
Lincoln - LN
London - PS
Kettering - KT
Nottingham Regional - NM
Nottingham Intercity - NZ
Norwich - NR
Sheffield - SH

Can add EK (Nottingham Eastcroft) and DB (Derby Etches Park) to that too.

 

[craigybagel]

Chiltern
Aylesbury- AS
Birmingham Moor Street- BQ
Banbury- BU
London Marylebone- MB
Stourbridge- SB

Not sure what Bletchley is, I've never seen one of their diagrams

Is Bletchley actually open and productive now?

 

[jimjim]

WMR/LNWR

Birmingham Snow Hill - BJ
Birmingham New Street - NS
Bletchley - BY
Crewe - CE
Coventry - CY
Leamington- LM
Shrewsbury- SQ
Wolverhampton - WO
Worcester - WT

Also SC only depots
Stourbridge-SJ
Northampton-NN (Dvr depot is a satellite of Bletchley with BY4xx diagrams I think)
Watford-WF

 

[gatters]

Is Bletchley actually open and productive now?

open, yes. productive, no. traction training and route learning are happening at the moment

 

[AlterEgo]

Is XC's Newcastle depot still YI? By far the best code I've seen.