Bradshaw:Glossary

From Bradshaw, the companion guide to On Our Lines
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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