Signal box prefix codes

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'Boxes beginning D

Last update 6 November 2009

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Phil Deaves, Swindon, Wiltshire

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Code Signal Box Note ELR Mileage Opened Closed Control to
DD Dagenham Dock   TLL 10m 49ch   25 May 1996 Upminster (UR)
DD Dagenham Dock Ground Switch Panel   TLL 11m 9ch 27 May 1996   Upminster (UR)
DH Dagenham Heathway/East   FSS2 c11m 4ch   ? Upminster (UM)?
DW Dairycoates West   PHC 1m 11ch   10 June 1984 Hessle Road Junction (HR)
DS Daisyfield At least 3 colour light signals DJH 11m 25ch 1873    
DJ Dalmeny Junction       1890 13 May 1979 Edinburgh (EY)
DP Dalmuir Park   NEM5 10m 3ch 20 April 1897 2 July 1989 Yoker (YY)
D Dalry Junction Formerly Dalry No 2 AYR4 22m 54ch 1906 6 April 1986 Paisley (PG)
D Dalston Junction Was Dalston Western Junction to 9 August 1987 BOK1 2m 21ch 1891    
DW Unclear whether code used
DWJ  
DWJR Banner repeater signals
DJ Dalton Junction Code used from 2008 CBC1 24m 37ch 16 April 1902    
DE Dalwhinnie Original code 1978-2002 HGL2 58m 53ch 17 May 1909    
DW Code from 2002
DM Darfield Main   PED3 10m 54ch   1983  
DGS Darlaston Green Sidings   PBJ       Wolverhampton (WN)
D Darlington Code from 13 May 1972 ECM5 43m 70ch 7 May 1939 10 May 1991 Tyneside (T)
DS Code to 13 May 1972 when named Darlington South
D Down line automatic signals (until 13 May 1972)
RU Up line banner repeater signals
U Some up line automatic signals (until 13 May 1972; some doubt over existence)
DN Darlington North   ECM5 44m 27ch   13 May 1972 Darlington (D)
DE Darnall East Junction   MAC3 43m 38ch   12 October 1969? Darnall West (DW)
DW Darnall West Junction   MAC3 43m 4ch   ? Sheffield (S)
D Dartford   HDR 17m 23ch 1 November 1970 17 April? 2001 Ashford North Kent (NK)
A Automatic signals
DC Semi-automatic signals controlled from Ground Frame C
DD Semi-automatic signals near Ground Frame N
DH Semi-automatic signals controlled from Ground Frame H
DJ Semi-automatic signals controlled from Ground Frame J
DK Semi-automatic signals controlled from Ground Frame K
DT Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal (DIRFT) control centre   HNR 80m 40ch 20 April 1997
(commissioning date)
   
DN Dawdon Codes used from 1986.  To become gate box LEN3 84m 22ch 1905   Tees Signalling Control Centre (NS) (proposed)
D Some up line signals and colliery branch
B Dawdon Colliery Bunker line signals
(also had draw-ahead signals lettered A to D and W to Z with no number)
         
  Dawlish   MLN1 206m 7ch 9 September 1920 17 November 1986 Exeter (E)
EBZ Deal   BME2 90m 43ch 1939    
DS Deal Street   MVE1 0m 32ch 10 March 1929 31 July 1998 Manchester North (MN)
D DSE 31m 18ch
DJ Deansgate Junction   CDM1 7m 6ch 1957    
D Dearne Junction   SMJ1 168m 52ch   3 May 1981 Sheffield (S)
SMJ2 17m 27ch
DV Dearne Valley Colliery Sidings         6 March 1983 Sheffield (S)
DY Decoy No 1   ECM1 c154m 13ch   9 September 1979
(delayed from 7 July 1979)
Doncaster (D)
D2 Decoy No 2   ECM1 c154m 22ch   20 May 1979 Decoy No 1 (DY)
DM Dee Marsh Junction   WDB2 13m 78ch 1930    
D Deepcar   MAC2 33m 34ch 1906 16 May 1983 Sheffield (S)
DJ Deepdale Junction   PDB 1m 31ch   ?  
DW Deep Wharf Crossing Stop boards TLL 16m 68ch 27 May 1996    
DY Deganwy   LLJ 1m 22ch 1914    
DX Denaby Crossing   PED5 17m 12ch c1885 15 December 1981 Sheffield (S)
DT Denton Crossing Reduced to gate box 16 May 1971 HDR     1973 Dartford (D)
DJ Denton Junction   DJO1 4m 13ch 1888    
DNJ Some signals on up main line
  Denton Village Gate box: line controlled by Low Row NEC2 43m 65ch ? 6 April 2009 (planned) Low Row (LR)
DY Derby   SPC7 128m 13ch 12 July 1969    
DR Derby Road   FEL c74m 67ch 1891 14 March 1999 Colchester (CO)
D Derwenthaugh Temporary panel and code in use from 12 August 1973 NEC1 c3m 79ch     Newcastle (N)
WBU Devonport Kings Road   DAC 239m 61ch 1890? 14 March 1965 Plymouth (P)
D Later code
  Dewsnap Sidings Code unknown but believed used HAJ 5m 61ch   4 March 1984 Guide Bridge (GB)
DE Diggle Junction   MVL3 14m 59ch 1885    
D Unclear if code carried
D Dilston   NEC2 c18m 20ch   31 January 1987 Hexham (H)
  Dinnington Colliery Junction   BKS 3m 29ch 1907 29 November 1997 Worksop (WP)
DG Dinting Later code HAJ 11m 72ch 1905    
D Code when named Dinting Station GWD 0m 76ch
D Dinwoodie   WCM1 31m 66ch ? 3 October 1972 Lockerbie (L)
  Disley   BEJ 6m 3ch 1906 30 May 1999 Furness Vale
D Diss   LTN1 c95m 4ch   5 October 1986 Colchester (CO)
DN Ditton Formerly Ditton Junction WJL2 183m 0ch 18 December 2000    
DJ Unclear whether code ever carried
DN1 Ditton Junction No 1   WJL2 182m 71ch 1956 11 December 2000 Ditton (DN)
DN2 Ditton Junction No 2   WJL2 183m 12ch 7 November 1960 11 December 2000 Ditton (DN)
  Dr Days Junction   BSW 0m 51ch 21 February 1932 7 March 1970 Bristol (B)
  Dodworth   PED2 3m 67ch 1959 10 April 1998 Barnsley (BY)
D Doncaster   ECM1 155m 65ch 8 July 1979    
DS Skellow interlocking
DG Up Hull line automatic signal
(unclear if this comes under Goole's interlocking)
RD Repeater/distant signals
X Arksey and Bentley Crossing signals (may be separate gate boxes)
C Doncaster C Box   ECM1 156m 4ch   16 September 1979 Doncaster (D)
DN Doncaster North   ECM1 156m 7ch February 1949 7 July 1979 Doncaster (D)
N Doncaster North Ground Frame [Gate 5]   ECM1 c156m 26ch      
DS Doncaster South   ECM1 155m 68ch 9 January 1949 7 July 1979 Doncaster (D)
DS Donnington Telford International Rail Freight Park       2009    
WFW Dorchester Junction   BML2 136m 11ch c1896 1986 Dorchester South (DR)
D Distant signals
DWA Distants to automatic signals WEY 162m 10ch
WA Automatic signals
DR Dorchester South Downgraded to ground frame 28 June 1970; reinstated 1985 BML2 135m 56ch 22 February 1959    
D Dore Formerly Dore & Totley Station Junction DWS c0m 50ch   January 1972? Sheffield (S)
CBK Dorking Code used from new BTH3 22m 1ch 15 May 1938    
CA Automatic signals
DR Dorrington   SHL 6m 25ch 1872    
DN Unclear whether code used
DP Douglas Park   WCM2 91m 51ch 12 July 1893 1 March 1970 Motherwell (M)
EDB Dover Marine   FDM 78m 17ch 1914 5 July 1995  
XTD 76m 59ch
DP Dover Priory Code from 1980 FDM 77m 18ch 1930 1998 Folkestone East (YE)
EBW Code to 1980
DJ Dovey Junction   DJP c79m 3ch     Machynlleth (DJ)
SBA2 c79m 3ch
DM Downham Market   BGK 86m 4ch 1881    
D Down Yard Ground Frame [Old Oak Common]   OOC1       Old Oak Common (OO)?
  Drakelow Power Station   ? ? 1969    
D Drax   DRA2 ? 11 June 1972    
L
RD Distant signals
DT Draycott   SPC6 122m 20ch 9 February 1891 29 September 1969 Trent (TT)
  Drayton   TBH2 26m 48ch 1876 1986 Chichester (CC)
D Driffield Code used from 12 April 1987 HBS 19m 25ch 1875    
DG Drigg   CBC1 59m 78ch 1874    
  Dringhouses Hump Control Tower Unclear whether same as Dringhouses South Shunters Panel       3 March 1985  
D Dringhouses South Shunters Panel   ECM4 c187m 40ch     York (Y)
DS Droitwich Spa   OWW 126m 26ch 1907    
DJ Dryclough Junction   MRB 31m 36ch   26 July 1970 Halifax (H)
DR Duddeston Road   DBP3 40m 41ch 1955 23 August 1969 Saltley (SY)
DH Dudding Hill Junction   CAW 6m 3ch 1902    
DC Dudley Colliery Code used from June 1962 ECM7 7m 73ch   2 December 1979 Benton (B)
D Down line automatic signals
U Up line automatic signals
DP Dudley Port   RBS2 c7m 33ch   8 January 1966 Birmingham New Street (NS)
  Duke Street   HXS3 17m 65ch 1921 11 March 1994 Merseyrail (ML)
DR Dullatur Code used from 1966 EGM1 c12m 70ch 6 June 1913 13 December 1971 Greenhill Junction (GJ)
D Code used to 1966
DM Dullingham   CCH 10m 55ch 1883    
DH Unclear whether code used
D Dumbarton Code used from 1960 NEM7 15m 75ch 28 October 1960 22 February 1992 Yoker (YD)
DS Dumfries South Code used from 1955 GSW 92m 46ch 30 October 1955 (12 April)? 1997 Dumfries Station (DS)
DS Dumfries Station New code from 26 October 2002 GSW 91m 59ch 5 May 1957    
DE Eastriggs interlocking area from 4 August 2008
D Original code 1957-2002 (some signals remain with old code)
DB Dunblane Code used from 2002 SCM3 123m 29ch 9 June 1902    
D Dundee Code used from 1985 ECN2 59m 17ch 17 March 1985    
D1 Dunford Bridge No 1 Mileage accuracy unknown MAC1 22m 35ch   ?  
DE Dunford East Possibly same box as Dunford No 5 MAC1 24m 6ch   18 July 1981 Line closed
D2 Dunford No 2 Mileage accuracy unknown MAC1 23m 16ch   ?  
D5 Dunford No 5 Mileage accuracy unknown
Possibly same box as Dunford East
MAC1 24m 4ch   ?  
DW Dunford West   MAC1 22m 35ch by 14 June 1954 18 July 1981 Line closed
DK Dunkeld Code used from 2002 HGL2 15m 25ch 1919    
DS Dunlop Sidings   DBP3 c37m 50ch   ? Saltley (SY)
  Dunning   SCM4 141m 56ch 12 August 1951 1997 Hilton Junction (HJ)
DR Dunragit Code used from 2002 STR3 47m 72ch 19 June 1927    
DB Dunston & Barlow North   CHR c147m 40ch   12 November 1981 Sheffield (S)
ME Dunton Green   XTD 20m 37ch c1905 2 August 1973 Ashford (AD)
DN Durham North   ECM5 c66m 23ch   23 November 1969 Tyne Yard (TY)
U Up line automatic signals
DS Durham South   ECM5 c66m 8ch   23 November 1969 Tyne Yard (TY)
DJN Duston Junction North Unclear if code carried NMH c0m 30ch     Northampton No 1 (NH1)
DY Dyce Reopened Dyce Junction 'box ANI1 6m 11ch 26 November 2007    
D Dyce Junction 2002 code ANI1 6m 11ch 1880 29 October 2007 Dyce [temporary] (DY)
DY Code from 14 December 2002
DY Dyce [temporary]   ANI1 c6m 11ch 29 October 2007 26 November 2007 Dyce (DY)
DJ Dynevor Junction   RSB 19m 22ch   ? Port Talbot (PT)

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