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Phil Deaves, Swindon, Wiltshire
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| Code | Signal Box | Note | ELR | Mileage | Opened | Closed | Control to |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJ | Radford Junction | MJT1 | 125m 55ch | 19 December 1969 | Trent (TT) | ||
| MJT2 | 125m 55ch | ||||||
| RAC | 125m 55ch | ||||||
| RA | Radley | DCL | 58m 35ch | c1896 | 23 May 1965 | Reading (R) | |
| RY | |||||||
| VR | Radyr | "Valleys - Radyr" | CAM | 5m 28ch | 27 January 1997 | ||
| DT | Down Treforest line automatic signals | ||||||
| YR | Ystrad Rhondda area signals | ||||||
| RJ | Radyr Junction | CAM | 5m 28ch | June 1961 | May 1998 | Radyr (VR) | |
| RQ | Radyr Quarry Junction | RAD | 4m 2ch | 1899 | May 1998 | Radyr (VR) | |
| UT | Up Treforest line automatic signals | ||||||
| RJ | Rainford Junction | WKL2 | 24m 35ch | 1933 | |||
| EU | Rainham | VIR | 39m 0ch | 26 (or 12?) April 1959 | |||
| A | Automatic signals | ||||||
| R | Rainham (Essex) | TLL | 12m 60ch | 27 May 1996 | Upminster (UR) | ||
| RL | Rainhill | DSE | 9m 4ch | 26 March 2007 | Huyton (HN) | ||
| RF | Raiths Farm [Dyce] freight terminal | ANI1 | 26 November 2007 | ||||
| HE | Ramsgate | ACR | 85m 66ch | 2 July 1926 | |||
| A | Automatic signals | ||||||
| Ranelagh Road | Gate box: line controlled by Colchester (CO) (?) | IPD | 0m 56ch | 1927 | |||
| Rangeworthy | BGL2 | 117m 8ch | 25 January 1942 | 19 October 1969 | Bristol (B) | ||
| RL | Ranskill | Gate box: line controlled by Doncaster (D) | ECM1 | 143m 79ch | 1875 | ||
| R | Unclear if code used | ||||||
| RA | Code shown on signalling plan | ||||||
| A | Ratcliffe Power Station control room | Coal line A | |||||
| B | Coal line B | ||||||
| C | Departure line | ||||||
| D | Dust line D | ||||||
| E | Dust line E | ||||||
| F | Dust circle line F/Flyash arrival line | ||||||
| S | Shunt signals | ||||||
| RY | Rauceby | GRS2 | 118m 34ch | 1880 | |||
| R | Rawcliffe | Gate box | WAG1 | 70m 75ch | 14 June 1986 | Goole (G) | |
| RM | Rawmarsh Station | Rawmarsh South to 1935 | TJC3 | 163m 72ch | 1902? | 1973? | Sheffield (S) |
| WL | Raynes Park | BML1 | 8m 47ch | by 1902 | 1 March 1970? | Wimbledon (W) | |
| R | Reading | MLN1 | 36m 1ch | 24 April 1965 | |||
| DM | Down Main line automatic signals | ||||||
| DR | Down Relief line automatic signals | ||||||
| DW | Down Westbury line automatic signals | ||||||
| DX | Down Oxford line automatic signals | ||||||
| DS | Down southern line automatic signals | ||||||
| FY | "Creep" signals at Theale Foster Yeoman sidings | ||||||
| UG | Up Goods line automatic signals | ||||||
| UM | Up Main line automatic signals | ||||||
| UR | Up Relief line automatic signals | ||||||
| UW | Up Westbury line automatic signals | ||||||
| UX | Up Oxford line automatic signals | ||||||
| RE | Reading Main Line East | MLN1 | 35m 63ch | 1896 | 24 April 1965 | Reading (R) | |
| RJ | Rectory Junction | Closed c.February 1996; reopened | NOG1 | 123m 76ch | 1889 | ||
| WBX | Redbridge | BML2 | 81m 79ch | by 1900 | 28 February 1982 | Eastleigh (E) | |
| R | Redcar | Code used from 19 July 1970 | DSN3 | 22m 71ch | 14 March 1937 | ||
| BSC | Redcar British Steel | DSN2 | c21m 6ch | 9 August 1976 | |||
| CA | Coal arrival line signals | ||||||
| L | Limestone line signals | ||||||
| Redcar Corus | Believed same as Redcar British Steel | DSN2 | |||||
| CA | Redcar Mineral Terminal | DSN2 | |||||
| L | |||||||
| RH | Redditch | BEA | 56m 21ch? | 10 August 1986 | Saltley (SY) | ||
| A | Redfearn National Glass Sidings | Unloading signals controlled from Hopper House | |||||
| B | |||||||
| C | |||||||
| R | Redford Junction | CWH3 | 33m 28ch | 29 January 1956 | 11 May 1981 | Edinburgh (ET) | |
| RH | Redhill 'A' | RED2 | 22m 30ch | 10 May 1985 | Three Bridges (T) | ||
| XC | Redhill 'B' | RED2 | 22m 53ch | 10 May 1985 | Three Bridges (T) | ||
| RJ | Reedham Junction | NOL | 12m 29ch | 1904 | |||
| RB | Reedham Swing Bridge | NOL | 13m 7ch | 1904 | |||
| Reepham | NOB3 | 36m 61ch | Langworth (L) | ||||
| RG | Reigate | RSJ | 24m 30ch | 1929 | |||
| RM | Relly Mill | ECM5 | c63m 61ch | 9 January 1971 | Tyne Yard (TY) | ||
| RW | Repton & Willington | DBP1 | 6m 0ch | 12 June 1892 | 28 June 1969 | Derby (DY) | |
| RD | Retford | ECM1 | c138m 60ch | 26 April 1986 | Doncaster (D) | ||
| RN | Retford North | ECM1 | c138m 57ch | 24 April 1986 | Retford (RD) | ||
| T | Retford Thrumpton | See Thrumpton | |||||
| RL | Rhyl No 1 | CNH3 | 208m 74ch | 1900 | |||
| Rhyl No 2 | CNH3 | 209m 8ch | 1900 | Rhyl No 1 (RL) | |||
| RY | Ribble Yard | CGJ5 | c21m 13ch | Preston (PN) | |||
| EBQ | Richborough Sidings | Burnt out 1988 | BME2 | 82m 70ch | 1962 | 1988 | Sandwich (SW) |
| GB | Richmond | Code from 1980 when new panel installed (possibly named after "Gunnersbury" branch) | SAR2 | 12m 22ch | 28 January 1940 | ||
| WBG | Code to 1980 when new panel installed | ||||||
| WA | Automatic signals | ||||||
| RT | Ridgmont | Thought that code not carried on signals | BBM | 6m 60ch | 1934 | 6 September 2004 | Marston Vale (MV) |
| RN | Rigton | LEH1 | 12m 14ch | c1873 | |||
| R | Unclear if code carried | ||||||
| R | Rillington | YMS | 25m 42ch | Malton (M) | |||
| RL | Ripple Lane | RLY | 9m 7ch | 27 May 1996 | Upminster (UR) | ||
| DG | Down goods line automatic signals | ||||||
| DM | Down main line automatic signals | ||||||
| RLP | Position light shunt signals | ||||||
| UG | Up goods line automatic signals | ||||||
| UM | Up main line automatic signals | ||||||
| HC | Ripple Lane Hump Cabin | RLY | Upminster (UR) | ||||
| RY | Ripple Lane Yard | RLY | 1957? | 24 October 1971 | Ripple Lane (RL) | ||
| RS | Rippleside Level Crossing | TLL | c8m 40ch | Barking (BK) | |||
| RB | Robertsbridge | TTH | 49m 54ch | 1894 | |||
| RE | Rochdale | Code used from 2008 | MVN2 | 10m 53ch | 1889 | ||
| MET | Stop boards on former Oldham line (from Metrolink) | ||||||
| ER | Rochester | VIR | 33m 42ch | 10 May 1959 | |||
| A | Automatic signals | ||||||
| RH | Rockcliffe Hall | CNH3 | 188m 74ch | 26 February 1995 | |||
| RF | Rock Ferry | MIR2 | 3m 35ch | 1957 | 18 September 1994 | Merseyrail (ML) | |
| R | Romford | LTN1 | 12m 11ch | 1931 | 29 March 1997 | Liverpool St (L) | |
| DE | Down electric line automatic signals | ||||||
| DM | Down main line automatic signals | ||||||
| RUM | Repeater to up main line automatic signals | ||||||
| UE | Up electric line automatic signals | ||||||
| UM | Up main line automatic signals | ||||||
| RJ | Romiley Junction | TTA1 | 178m 31ch | 1899 | |||
| RY | Unclear whether code carried | ||||||
| WBW | Romsey | RTJ | 7m 4ch | c1871 | 17 October 1982 | Eastleigh (E) | |
| R | Roskear Junction | MLN4 | 313m 19ch | 1895 | |||
| R | Rossington | ECM1 | c1978 | Decoy No 1 (DY) | |||
| R | Ross Junction | HMN1? | 26 August 1973 | Motherwell (M) | |||
| Rosyth Dockyard | 'Box closed 1 February 1923-15 June 1941 | RHD2 | 1m 21ch | 11 February 1917 | 6 July 2008 | ||
| RR | Rotherham Road | Demolished 30 January 1988 | WME | 5m 40ch | 10 May 1987 (originally planned 12 April 1987) |
Sheffield (S) | |
| RC | Rothersthorpe Crossing | BPH | 1969? | ||||
| R | Rotherwood | MAC3 | 45m 64ch | Sheffield (S) | |||
| R | Roundwood | TJC3 | c164m 60ch | 7 March 1965 | Aldwarke Junction (A) | ||
| RG | Rounton Gate | LEN3 | c50m 12ch | 6 August 1967 | Low Gates (LG) | ||
| D | Down line automatic signals | ||||||
| U | Up line automatic signals | ||||||
| RS | Roxton Siding | MAC3 | 102m 54ch | 1884 | |||
| R | Code reported but unclear if used | ||||||
| RN | Roydon | BGK | 20m 10ch | 1876 | 27 May 2003 | Liverpool St (L) | |
| D | Down line automatic signals | ||||||
| R | Repeater signals (unspecified) | ||||||
| RRN | Repeater to controlled signals | ||||||
| U | Up line automatic signals | ||||||
| R | Royston | SBR | c44m 66ch | Kings Cross (K) | |||
| RJ | Royston Junction | TJC3 | 178m 28ch | 1901 | Oakenshaw (O) | ||
| RD | Rufford | FCO | 17m 53ch | 1988 | |||
| RY | Rugby | Code introduced 1964 | LEC1 | 82m 26ch | 14 September 1964 | In stages from 5 September 2004 | Rugby Signalling Centre (KR/HN) |
| RYR | Distant signals | ||||||
| CN | Rugby Signalling Centre | Coventry-Nuneaton section (from 8 September 2008) | LEC1 | 82m 60ch | c2002 | ||
| KR | Milton Keynes-Rugby section | ||||||
| HN | Hanslope-Northampton section | ||||||
| LS | Lichfield-Stafford section (from 29 May 2008) | ||||||
| NL | Nuneaton-Lichfield section (from 29 May 2008) | ||||||
| NR | Northampton-Rugby section (from 24 November 2008) | ||||||
| NW | Nuneaton-Whitacre section (from 25 March 2008) | ||||||
| RC | Rugby-Coventry section (from 27 May 2008) | ||||||
| RN | Rugby-Nuneaton section (from 27 May 2008) | ||||||
| TK | Tring-Milton Keynes section | ||||||
| WN | Wigston-Nuneaton section (from 25 March 2008) | ||||||
| WT | Watford-Tring section | ||||||
| RY1 | Rugeley No 1 | LEC2 | 124m 0ch | 12 June 2005? | Colwich (CH) | ||
| RY2 | Rugeley No 2 | LEC2 | 124m 23ch | 12 June 2005? | Colwich (CH) | ||
| S | Rugeley Power Station | ||||||
| RN | Runcorn | WJL1 | 180m 33ch | 1944 | |||
| RS | Ruscombe | MLN1 | 29m 38ch | by 1909 | 23 October 1961 | Reading (R) | |
| RL | Rushall | BJW3 | 8m 8ch | 19 March 1984 | Walsall (WL) | ||
| RJ | Rutherglen Junction | WCM2 | 98m 67ch | 19 August 1906 | 8 April 1973 | Glasgow Central (G) | |
| WFP | Ryde St Johns Road | IOW | 1m 22ch | 1928 | |||
| WA | Automatic signals | ||||||
| RY | Rye | ATH | 71m 34ch | 1894 | |||
| RJ | Ryecroft Junction | BJW2? | 4 June 1967 | Walsall (WL) | |||
| RG | Ryhope Grange | LEN3 | 87m 63ch | 1905 | |||
| R | Code not confirmed | ||||||
| U | Up main line automatic signals | ||||||
Introduction A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Non-National Rail