Southern Railway EMU 1939-Nationalisation Numeric Headcodes

The early Southern Railway EMU stock used an alpha route indicator which was mounted on a single width fret and clipped to the illuminated middle panel on the front of the motor or trailer driving car. With the introduction in 1941 of the 4Sub units the alpha headcodes gave way to two-digit numeric headcodes although the older stock continued to use the alpha codes until withdrawal, in some cases lasting through to the 1960s. The following are the numeric headcodes in use on the SR between July 1939 and nationalisation. Where a number is followed by the word "bar" this denotes a bar was displayed above the number on the illuminated panel, e.g. 8 bar =
Western Section
2 Waterloo - Portsmouth Harbour via Chertsey 3 Waterloo - Portsmouth & Southsea via Epsom 4 Waterloo - Portsmouth Harbour via Epsom 5 Waterloo - Portsmouth & Southsea via Cobham 6 Waterloo - Portsmouth Harbour via Cobham 7 Waterloo - Portsmouth & Southsea via Woking Waterloo - Fratton depot (ECS workings) Alton - Woking (if Portsmouth train is coupled to rear at Woking) Waterloo - Portsmouth & Southsea (slow - with portion for Alton attached and detached at Woking) via Woking 8 Waterloo - Portsmouth Harbour (not stopping at Havant) via Woking 8 bar Waterloo - Portsmouth Harbour (ECS workings) 9 Waterloo - Portsmouth & Southsea via Chertsey 10 Waterloo - Woking 12 Waterloo - Alton (up trains coupling at Woking with Portsmouth portion behind to carry headcode 7) Alton - Durnsford Road depot (ECS workings) via Earlsfield 13 Waterloo - Woking via Chertsey 13 bar Virginia Water or Chertsey - Woking (ECS workings) 14 Waterloo - Virginia Water via Weybridge Weybridge - Chertsey or Virginia Water 14 bar ECS workings to Twickenham or Chertsey 15 Waterloo - Chertsey - Alton via Chertsey Waterloo - Effingham Junc via Epsom Farnham - Chertsey (ECS workings) 15 bar Durnsford Road depot - Effingham Junc (ECS workings) via Epsom Waterloo - Epsom - Effingham Junc (ECS workings) 16 Waterloo - Guildford via Epsom 17 Waterloo - Epsom - Dorking or Horsham Waterloo - Windsor via Brentford Waterloo - Weybridge or Chertsey via Brentford Staines - Weybridge (detached from or attached to service via Brentford) Staines - Windsor (detached from or attached to service via Brentford 17 bar Chertsey - Hounslow Loop (ECS workings) Chertsey - Waterloo (ECS workings) via Weybridge and Wimbledon 17 bar Chertsey - Hounslow Loop (ECS workings) Chertsey - Waterloo (ECS workings) via Weybridge and Wimbledon 18 Waterloo - Windsor via Richmond Waterloo - Chertsey or Weybridge via Richmond Staines - Weybridge (detached from or attached to service via Richmond) Waterloo - Chessington South Staines - Windsor (detached from or attached to service via Richmond Ascot - Reading (race day special workings) 18 bar Twickenham - Feltham (ECS workings) Waterloo - Weybridge (ECS workings) via Brentford Ascot - Reading (ECS workings) Durnsford Road depot - Chessington South (ECS workings) 19 Waterloo - Worcester Park or Epsom or Leatherhead 20 Waterloo - Ascot via Woking Guildford - Alton 20 bar Western section special ECS workings 21 Guildford - Aldershot 24 Waterloo - Shepperton via Kingston 25 Waterloo - Woking via Brentford and Ascot 26 Waterloo - Woking via Richmond and Ascot 26 bar Ascot - Woking (ECS workings) 27 Waterloo - Reading via Brentford Ascot - Aldershot (detached from or attached to service via Brentford) 28 Waterloo - Reading via Richmond Ascot - Aldershot (detached from or attached to service via Richmond) 30 Waterloo - Hampton Court 31 Durnsford Road depot - Hampton Court (ECS workings) 31 bar Waterloo - Hampton Court (ECS workings) 32 Waterloo - Alton 35 bar Worcester Park to Portsmouth area (special traffic empty workings) 37 Waterloo - Alton via Brentford and Ascot 38 Waterloo - Alton via Richmond and Ascot 42 Waterloo - Guildford via Cobham 42 bar Effingham Junc - Guildford (ECS workings) 43 Waterloo - Effingham Junc via Cobham	47 Waterloo - Shepperton via Richmond 51 Waterloo - Ascot (race day special workings) via Richmond 51 bar Ascot race day specials (ECS workings) 52 Waterloo - Aldershot or Farnham 53 Waterloo - Aldershot or Farnham via East Putney 57 Waterloo - Windsor via Brentford Waterloo - Portsmouth & Southsea (slow) 58 Waterloo - Windsor via Richmond 58 bar Waterloo - Windsor (ECS workings) 61 Waterloo - Waterloo via Kingston and Richmond Opposite direction - see 62 Durnsford Road depot - Earlsfield (passenger service commences) - Waterloo 62 Waterloo - Waterloo via Richmond and Kingston Opposite direction - see 61 62 bar Waterloo - Strawberry Hill (ECS workings) via Kingston Waterloo - Strawberry Hill (ECS workings) via Richmond Waterloo - Teddington (ECS workings) via Kingston Durnsford Road depot - Teddington or Strawbery Hill (empty stock workings) Kingston or Shepperton - Strawberry Hill (ECS workings) 63 Waterloo - Strawberry Hill via Kingston Kingston - Strawberry Hill 64 Waterloo - Strawberry Hill via Richmond 65 Waterloo - Littlehampton via Horsham 67 Waterloo - Bognor Regis via Horsham 68 Durnsford Road depot - Waterloo (ECS workings) 69 Waterloo -Bognor Regis via Horsham and Littlehampton 70 Waterloo - Portsmouth & Southsea (fast - calling at Havant) 71 Waterloo - Portsmouth & Southsea (semi fast - not calling at Havant) 80 Waterloo - Portsmouth Harbour (stopping at Havant) via Earlsfield and Woking 81 Portsmouth Harbour - Woking (couples to rear of Alton train) Waterloo - Portmsouth Harbour (slow - carries Alton portion on rear to Woking) 85 Waterloo - Wimbledon Park (special traffic workings) via East Putney 86 Waterloo - Wimbledon via East Putney Horsham or Dorking - Waterloo (special traffic workings) via East Putney Hampton Court - Waterloo (special traffic workings) via East Putney Shepperton - Waterloo (special traffic workings) via East Putney 86 bar Dorking North - Durnsford Road depot (ECS workings) Wimbledon Park sidings to Wimbledon Park (ECS workings) Waterloo - Hampton Court or Shepperton (ECS workings) via East Putney Miscellaneous ECS workings via East Putney 87 Waterloo - Wimbledon via East Putney Waterloo - Waterloo via Richmond, Hounslow and Brentford Opposite direction - see 89 89 Waterloo - Waterloo via Brentford, Hounslow and Richmond Opposite direction - see 87 89 bar Waterloo - Hounslow (ECS workings) via Brentford 96 Miscellaneous Western Section special workings 97 Waterloo - Twickenham (special workings) via Kingston , Wimbledon Park sidings - Wimbledon Park sidings (to turn stock) via Kingston, Richmond and Clapham Junc (reverse) 98 Miscellaneous Western Section special workings (ECS workings) 02 Waterloo - Alton via East Putney 03 Windsor - Portsmouth & Southsea (special traffic workings) via Woking 03 bar Miscellaneous ECS workings via East Putney 04 Windsor - Portsmouth Harbour (special traffic workings) via Woking 05 Waterloo - Portsmouth & Southsea (special traffic workings) via East Putney 06 Waterloo - Portsmouth Harbour (special traffic workings) via East Putney 07 Waterloo - Portsmouth & Southsea (special traffic workings) via Woking 08 Windsor - Portsmouth Harbour (special traffic workings) via Woking 09 Windsor - Ascot (special traffic workings) via Chertsey Waterloo - Ascot (special traffic workings) via Weybridge 09 bar Western section special empty workings

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