Why does High Street Kensington have a NR 3-letter alpha code?

[Harlesden]

Also, despite being served only by LUL trains, it is included on the NT website http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/zhs/details.html with a few mysterious errors in the entry. It claims that
there are no self service ticket machines
staff help is available 24 hours per day
the station is unstaffed
there are no ticket gates

 

[Mojo]

Because it allows for an artificial timing point to be set for trains which share Network Rail infrastructure and need to appear on information systems, in the same way for Zelephant and Castle on the Bakerloo line.

 

[DavyCrocket]

Because it allows for an artificial timing point to be set for trains which share Network Rail infrastructure and need to appear on information systems, in the same way for Zelephant and Castle on the Bakerloo line.

I see. As High Street Kensington is one of the Train Descriptions able to be generated by the Signalman at Richmond?
So would Earl's Court, Mansion House etc also be on there?

 

[Eagle]

Every tube and DLR station has a three-letter code. Most are of the form Zxx; those that aren't are the ones where the tube trains use the NR station, such as Richmond and Wimbledon. (And for some reason North Greenwich, which is NGR.)

 

[Mojo]

Every tube and DLR station has a three-letter code. Most are of the form Zxx;

Correction London Underground and DLR have their own three letter codes. The codes you refer to are NR ones. And there's not a Z in sight

 

[Eagle]

Correction London Underground and DLR have their own three letter codes. The codes you refer to are NR ones. And there's not a Z in sight

I'm sorry, but the definitive list, which is the Bible for us on the Station Codes thread, disagrees with you. The Zxx are National Rail CRS codes for tube/DLR stations. I'm not sure if TfL use their own system.

There are CRS codes for surprisingly many things when you actually sit down and look at the lists. And you notice things, for instance T&W Metro stations are often of the form xxZ, and French and Dutch stations seem to appear disproportionately often compared to other Western European stations.

 

[swt_passenger]

Going back to the original question, why HSK even has a CRS code, might it be in NR's system to allow it as a destination for replacement buses during engineering work? When necessary these have to show up in journey planners, so if an LU station is a practical destination for a bus it would presumably need a code.

Just a suggestion though, I've no specific knowledge of how replacement buses get organised in this area...

 

[John @ home]

Sometimes these codes change. That seems odd to me.

In National Fares Manual NFM 02 CD (Jan-May 2009) the code ZCW was Colliers Wd Und. In the current NFM 10 CD it's Canada Water.

 

[yorkie]

I'm sorry, but the definitive list,

That's a list of National Rail codes (and a btinternet account owned by a private individual isn't definitive)

which is the Bible for us on the Station Codes thread, disagrees with you.

It doesn't disagree as it doesn't mention LU's own codes. As Mojo says, LU/DLR stations have their own codes, that are not prefixed with Z.

The codes that are prefixed with Z are NR codes for LU locations.

The Zxx are National Rail CRS codes for tube/DLR stations. I'm not sure if TfL use their own system.

Yes that's correct and Mojo confirmed this in post #5.