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From Bradshaw, the companion guide to On Our Lines
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'''4LM''': Four Lines Modernisation programme
'''4LM''': Four Lines Modernisation programme
'''ARS''': Automatic Route Setting
'''ARS''': Automatic Route Setting
'''ATC''': Automatic Train Control
'''ATC''': Automatic Train Control
'''ATO''': Automatic Train Operation
'''ATO''': Automatic Train Operation
'''ATP''': Automatic Train Protection
'''ATP''': Automatic Train Protection
'''AWS''': Automatic Warning System
'''AWS''': Automatic Warning System
'''CBTC''': Communications Based Train Control
'''CBTC''': Communications Based Train Control
'''CIS''': Customer Information System
'''CIS''': Customer Information System
'''CSA''': Customer Service Assistant
'''CSA''': Customer Service Assistant
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'''PSD''': Platform Screen Doors
'''PSD''': Platform Screen Doors
'''PSR''': Permanent Speed Restriction
'''PSR''': Permanent Speed Restriction
'''REC''': Railway Emergancy Call
'''REC''': Railway Emergancy Call
'''ROC''': [[SimSig:Railway Operating Centre]]
'''ROC''': [[SimSig:Railway Operating Centre]]
'''ROC''': Rail Operating Center
'''ROC''': Rail Operating Center
'''SPAD''': Signal Passed At Danger
'''SPAD''': Signal Passed At Danger
'''SSR''': Subsurface Railway
'''SSR''': Subsurface Railway
'''T/Op''': Train Operator
'''T/Op''': Train Operator
'''TBC''': Traction Brake Controller
'''TBC''': Traction Brake Controller
'''TBTC''': Transmission Based Train Control
'''TBTC''': Transmission Based Train Control
'''TD''': Train Describer ([[London Underground]]: Train Description)
'''TD''': Train Describer ([[London Underground]]: Train Description)
'''TfGM''': [[Transport for Greater Manchester]]
'''TfGM''': [[Transport for Greater Manchester]]
'''TfL''': [[Transport for London]
'''TfL''': [[Transport for London]
'''TPWS''': Train Protection and Warning System
'''TPWS''': Train Protection and Warning System
'''TSR''': Temporary Speed Restriction
'''TSR''': Temporary Speed Restriction
'''WDM'': Wrong Direction Move
'''WDM'': Wrong Direction Move

Revision as of 01:53, 15 February 2021

Not everyone knows all the hundreds of rail-specific acronyms, so if any pop up in conversation on the Discord server, add them and their meaning below so others can look them up.

Please keep these in alphabetical order so it is easy to find a specific term.


4LM: Four Lines Modernisation programme

ARS: Automatic Route Setting

ATC: Automatic Train Control

ATO: Automatic Train Operation

ATP: Automatic Train Protection

AWS: Automatic Warning System

CBTC: Communications Based Train Control

CIS: Customer Information System CSA: Customer Service Assistant CSDE: Correct Side Door Enable DCV: Door Closed Visual DLR: [[Docklands Light Railway] DRA: Driver Reminder Appliance DTG-R: Distance to Go Radio ESDC: Emergency Saloon Door Control ESR: Emergency Speed Restriction ETCS: European Train Control System ETRMS: European Rail Traffic Managment System GSM-R: Global System for Mobile Communications – Railway HST: High Speed Train LO: London Overground LOS: Limit of Shunt LTM: London Transport Museum LUL: London Underground Limited NR: Network Rail PEA: Passenger Emergency Alarm PED: Platform Edge Doors PIS: Passenger Information System PSD: Platform Screen Doors PSR: Permanent Speed Restriction

REC: Railway Emergancy Call

ROC: SimSig:Railway Operating Centre

ROC: Rail Operating Center

SPAD: Signal Passed At Danger

SSR: Subsurface Railway

T/Op: Train Operator

TBC: Traction Brake Controller

TBTC: Transmission Based Train Control

TD: Train Describer (London Underground: Train Description)

TfGM: Transport for Greater Manchester

TfL: [[Transport for London]

TPWS: Train Protection and Warning System

TSR: Temporary Speed Restriction

'WDM: Wrong Direction Move