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Phil Deaves, Swindon, Wiltshire
I am always grateful for additional information, whether entirely new records (particularly historical records), or information to fill in gaps or correct errors, via the email address above. Thank you.
Presented here is a "straight" list of PRIDE codes, used to identify each of Network Rail's routes. The discerning reader will also notice some other routes have acquired PRIDE codes, for example Luton to Dunstable. Included where known is the route availability figure for each route.
What is Route Availability? It is a measure of the load that the infrastructure can safely bear. Generally speaking, the higher the RA figure, the stronger the infrastructure, and thus the heavier trains using that route can be. The weakest load-bearing structure (for example, bridge or embankment) on a route determines the maximum RA of that route. Items of rolling stock also have an RA figure associated with them. Assuming other constraints (overhang on curves, for example) are acceptable, then any train with the same or lower RA as the route may travel on that line. There are, though, occasions where local exceptions allow certain locomotives with a higher RA to traverse a route.
Please note that certain routes have transferred in whole or in part between zones/regions, and so it is possible that different names have been used. For example, GW730 "Shrewsbury Severn Bridge Junction to Newport Maindee West Junction" was previously known as "Sutton Bridge Junction (excl) to Newport Maindee West Junction". At this stage, I have not tried to record all these changes.
Note too that PRIDE numbers are now known as line of route (LOR) numbers. The name has changed, but the codes are unchanged.
Please select from the list below:
Introduction EA codes GW codes LN codes MD codes NW and NZ codes SC codes SO and SW codes
| EA | = | South Eastern: East Anglia area | ||
| GW | = | Great Western | ||
| LN | = | London & North Eastern | ||
| MD | = | North West: former Midlands lines | ||
| NW | = | North West | ||
| NZ | = | North West: lines taken over from London & North Eastern | ||
| SC | = | Scotland | ||
| SO | = | South Eastern: Kent and Sussex areas | ||
| SW | = | South Eastern: Wessex area |
Richard Smith, Geoff Blyth (GWR) and Dysgraphyk for additional data and corrections.