TELEGRAPHIC CODES M-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.
TO = Telegraph Office.
Macclesfield PO ................................ MC
Maidenhead PO .................................. MAS
Maidstone PO ................................... MA
Manchester GN Central .......................... MC
Manchester Deansgate Office .................... MZ
Manchester London Road ......................... ML
Manchester PO .................................. MR
Manchester Victoria ............................ MV
Mansfield PO ................................... MN
Mantles Wood Box ............................... MW
March .......................................... MH
Margate PO ..................................... ME
Market Harborough .............................. MK
Marshmoor ...................................... MF
Marylebone ..................................... MYB
Merthyr Tydfil PO .............................. MT
Middlesbrough LNE .............................. MB
Middlesbrough PO ............................... MI
Milford Haven PO ............................... MF
Milford Junction GN ............................ MI
Mint Street GN ................................. M
Moat Lane GW ................................... E
Montrose PO .................................... MO
Motherwell PO .................................. MOO
Neath PO ....................................... NM
Netherfield & Colwich .......................... CX
Newark TO ...................................... FJ
Newark South box ............................... NE
New Barnet North SB ............................ BN
New Barnet South SB ............................ BZ
Newbury GW ..................................... NY
Newbury PO ..................................... NU
Newcastle upon Tyne Central .................... NC
Newcastle upon Tyne New Bridge Street .......... NE
Newcastle upon Tyne PO ......................... NT
New England Inspector's Office ................. FO
Newmarket GE ................................... NA
PO ............................................. NR
Newport (Essex) ................................ NA
Newport (Mon) GW ............................... NP
Newport (Mon) PO ............................... NE
Newton Abbot GW ................................ NN
Northampton Castle TO ......................... NH
Northampton PO ................................. NH
North Walsham PO ............................... NWV
Northwich PO ................................... NO
Norwich PO ................................................ NC
Norwich Thorpe ................................. TP
Nottingham PO .................................. NG
Nottingham GN Old Office ....................... NM
Victoria ........................ JO
Nottingham Midland TO .......................... NG
Nuneaton ....................................... NB
Nuthall Sidings ................................ NU
Oakington ...................................... OG
Oakleigh Park .................................. OH
Oban PO ........................................ OB
Oldham PO ...................................... OL
Old North Road ................................. NR
Omagh PO ....................................... OM
Ordall Lane .................................... OE
Ormskirk PO .................................... OR
Oswestry GW .................................. T
Oxenholme ...................................... OE
Oxford GW ...................................... OX
Oxford LMS ..................................... OD
Oxford PO ...................................... OF
Oxley Sidings .................................. OR
Paddington ..................................... PT
Parkestone Quay ................................ PR
Peakirk ........................................ PK
Penrith LMS .................................... PH
Penrith PO ..................................... PI
Penzance GW .................................... PZ
Perth PO ....................................... PH
Peterborough East ................. PO, formerly PR
LMS ............................................ PB
North .......................................... PE
PO ............................................. PE
Spital ......................................... ZA
Peterhead PO ................................... PJ
Pinchbeck ...................................... PK
Pontypool Road GW .............................. PO
Pontypridd PO .................................. PN
Poplar Dock GN ................................. P
Portadown PO ................................... PO
Portrush PO .................................... PO
Portsmouth PO .................................. PT
Potters Bar .................................... PO
Plymouth PO .................................... PY
Preston LMS .................................... PR
Preston PO ..................................... PR
Quadring Siding ................................ UG
Quainton Road box .............................. Q
Radcliffe ...................................... RA
Ramsey GN ...................................... RY
Rayners Lane Junction Box ...................... RL
Reading GW ..................................... RG
Reading PO ..................................... RG
Rectory ........................................ WY
Redditch PO .................................... RJ
Redhill PO ..................................... RCC
Retford PO ..................................... RF
North box ...................................... YY
TO ............................................. RF
Yard ........................................... YU
Rhyl ........................................... RL
Roade Jct SB ................................... OA
Rochdale PO .................................... RO
Romford PO ..................................... RM
Rugby LMS ...................................... RY
Rugby PO ....................................... RY
Ruislip (Station Box) Met ...................... RI
(Booking Office) ............................... RS
St Albans PO ................................... SB
St Andrews PO .................................. SXC
St Austell PO .................................. SAJ
St Helens PO ................................... VS
St James Deeping ............................... ID
St Mary's GN ................................... TM
St Pancras ..................................... LS
Salisbury GW ................................... SA
Salisbury PO ................................... SA
Sandy LMS ...................................... SA
Sandy LNE ...................................... FU
Saxham & Risby ................................. SM
Saxondale ...................................... SX
Sevenoaks PO ................................... SV
Scarborough PO ................................. SC
Selby Canal Jct box ............................ C
Severn Tunnel Junction GW ...................... SO
Shaftholme Jct box ............................. JC
Sheffield LMS .................................. SD
Sheffield LNE .................................. FD
Sheffield PO ................................... SF
Shelford ....................................... SL
Shoeburyness ................................... SY
Shrewsbury GW .................................. SY
Shrewsbury PO .................................. SY
Sittingbourne PO ............................... SB
Six Mile Bottom ................................ SB
Sleaford Junction .............................. JL
South .......................................... SJ
Slough GW ...................................... Z
Slough PO ...................................... SL
Southall GW .................................... SH
Southampton PO ................................. SO
Southampton SR ................................. SO
Southend on Sea PO ............................. SD, SMU
Southport PO ................................... SP
Spalding No. 1 Box ............................. SO
TO ............................................. NG
Spital GN ...................................... ZA
Stafford ....................................... SR
Stansted GE .................................... SA
Stevenage North SB ............................. SG
Stirling PO .................................... XR
Stockport ...................................... KT
Stockport PO ................................... SK
Stoke Mandeville station box ................... S
Stoke on Trent LMS ............................. ST
Stoke on Trent PO .............................. ST, STK
Stornoway PO ................................... SXU
Stranraer PO ................................... VR
Stratford LNE .................................. SX
Sunderland ..................................... SU
Sunderland PO .................................. SU
Swansea GW ..................................... SN
Swansea LMS .................................... SN
Swansea PO ..................................... SS, SX
Swavesey ....................................... SY
Swindon GW ..................................... SW
Tamworth LMS ................................... TW
Tamworth PO .................................... TH
Taunton GW ..................................... TN
Taunton PO ........................ TU, formerly TA
Tavistock PO ................................... TV
Tebay .......................................... YV
Thetford PO .................................... TD
Thornton Jct ................................... TY
Thrapston LMS .................................. RT
Tilbury Docks .................................. DC
Tilbury Town ................................... TT
Torquay PO ..................................... TA
Tring .......................................... Z
Truro GW ....................................... TO
Truro PO ....................................... TO
Tunbridge Wells PO ............................. TW
Tuxford North box .............................. TX
Uttoxeter GN ................................... UO
Uxbridge Station Box Met ....................... UB
Verney Junction station box .................... VJ
Waddesdon station box .......................... WG
Waddesdon Manor station box .................... WM
Wakefield Kirkgate ............................. WF
PO ............................................. WF
Walsall LMS .................................... WA
Walsall PO ..................................... WL
Warrington LMS ................................. WA
Warrington PO .................................. WA
Waterbeach ..................................... WH
Watford ........................................ WD
Watford PO ..................................... XD
Wellington (Salop) PO .......................... WS
Welwyn Garden City ............................. CT
Welwyn North ................................... YE
Wendover station box ........................... WR
Westbury GW .................................... WX
West Hartlepool ................................ WP
Weston Super Mare GW ........................... WS
Westwood box ................................... ST
Weybridge PO ................................... WY
Weymouth PO .................................... WE
Whitby PO ...................................... WB
Whitchurch ..................................... E
Whitehaven PO .................................. WN
Whittington Avenue GN .......................... AV
Whittlesford ................................... WB (?)
Wick PO ........................................ YA
Wigan .......................................... WI
Wigan PO ....................................... WI
Willesden ...................................... WL
Winchester PO .................................. WH
Winsford SB .................................... WS
Winslow Road station box ....................... LD
Wolverhampton HL ............................... WO
Wolverhampton LL ............................... WO
Wolverhampton PO ............................... WV
Wolverton Carriage Works ....................... WV
Wood Green no. 1 SB ............................ WO
Wood Green no. 3 SB ............................ YF
Wood Green no. 4 SB ............................ AU
Woodhall Jct ................................... KK
Woolmer Green SB ............................... WG
Worcester GW ................................... WU
Worcester PO ................................... WR
Workington ..................................... WG
Worthing PO .................................... WG
Wrexham PO ..................................... WX
Yeovil PO ...................................... YV
York LNE ....................................... YK
York PO ........................................ YO
<issue 7, 5.2.1989>
SECR and LBSCR directories, also GN lines lists not yet incorporated.
This list is not exhaustive by any stretch of the imagination, so amendments and additions will be welcomed gratefully by the compiler. Thanks!