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From Bradshaw, the companion guide to On Our Lines
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'''HST''': [[High Speed Train]]
'''HST''': [[High Speed Train]]
'''IECC''': Intergrated Electronic Control Centre
'''IET''': Intercity Express Train


'''LO''': London Overground
'''LO''': London Overground
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'''LUL''': London Underground Limited
'''LUL''': London Underground Limited


'''MOM''': Mobile Operation Manager
'''MOM''': Mobile Operations Manager


'''NR''': [[Network Rail]]
'''NR''': [[Network Rail]]
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'''REC''': Railway Emergency Call
'''REC''': Railway Emergency Call


'''ROC''': [[SimSig:Railway Operating Centre|Railway Operating Centre]] (Discord server [[SimSig]] tool)
'''ROC''' ([[SimSig]]): [[SimSig:Railway Operating Centre|Railway Operating Centre]]  
 
'''ROC''' ([[Network Rail]]): Rail Operating Centre


'''ROC''': Rail Operating Center ([[Network Rail]] control center)
'''RVAR''': Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulation


'''SPAD''': Signal Passed At Danger
'''SPAD''': Signal Passed At Danger


'''SSR''': Subsurface Railway
'''SSR''': Sub-Surface Railway


'''T/Op''': Train Operator
'''T/Op''': Train Operator
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'''TD''': Train Describer  
'''TD''': Train Describer  


'''TD''': ([[London Underground]]: Train Description)
'''TD''' ([[London Underground]]): Train Description


'''TfGM''': [[Transport for Greater Manchester]]
'''TfGM''': [[Transport for Greater Manchester]]

Revision as of 03:02, 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

IECC: Intergrated Electronic Control Centre

IET: Intercity Express Train

LO: London Overground

LOS: Limit of Shunt

LTM: London Transport Museum

LUL: London Underground Limited

MOM: Mobile Operations Manager

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 Emergency Call

ROC (SimSig): Railway Operating Centre

ROC (Network Rail): Rail Operating Centre

RVAR: Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulation

SPAD: Signal Passed At Danger

SSR: Sub-Surface Railway

T/Op: Train Operator

TBC: Traction Brake Controller

TBTC: Transmission Based Train Control

TD: Train Describer

TD (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