Southern Railway EMU Alpha 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 alpha headcodes in use on the SR and BR(S) between July 1939 and the mid-1960s. |
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South Western Section |
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Staines - Windsor (attached or detached Waterloo - Weybridge, via Brentford) |
| Waterloo - Hampton Court | |
| Waterloo - Weybridge or Chertsey, via Brentford | |
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Staines - Windsor (attached or detached Waterloo - Weybridge, via Richmond) |
| Virginia Water - Chertsey or Weybridge | |
| Waterloo - Chertsey or Weybridge, via Richmond | |
| Waterloo - Effingham or Guildford, via Cobham | |
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Waterloo - Weybridge empties, via Brentford |
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Chertsey - stns on Hounslow Loop empties |
| Durnsford Road depot - Hampton Court empties | |
| Effingham Junc - Guildford empties | |
| Twickenham - Feltham empties | |
| Waterloo - Weybridge empties, via Brentford | |
| Waterloo - Windsor empties | |
| Waterloo - Hampton Court empties | |
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Waterloo - Horsham via Earlsfield and Epsom |
| Waterloo and Woking via Brentford and Ascot | |
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Waterloo and Effingham Junc. via Earlsfield and Epsom |
| Waterloo and Woking via Richmond and Ascot | |
| Waterloo and Guildford via Earlsfield and Epsom | |
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Ascot and Farnham empties |
| Chertsey - Waterloo via Weybridge and Wimbledon empties to work back passenger | |
| Durnsford Road depot - Effingham Junc. via Epsom empties | |
| Waterloo - Durnsford Road depot via Wimbledon C box | |
| Waterloo - Worcester Park empties | |
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Portsmouth - Gillingham via Epsom (special) |
| Specials between Central and Western sections | |
| Specials (passenger or empty) | |
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Special workings on Western section (passenger or empty) |
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Empties to afterwork as J or J-with-bar (specials) |
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Ascot - Aldershot (attached or detached Waterloo train via Brentford) |
| Ascot - Reading (special) | |
| Waterloo - Motspur Park or Chessington South | |
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Ascot - Aldershot (attached or detached Waterloo train via Richmond) |
| Waterloo - Epsom or Leatherhead | |
| Waterloo - Reading via Richmond | |
| Waterloo - Worcester Park | |
| Waterloo - Effingham Junc. via Epsom empties | |
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Ascot - Reading empties |
| Durnsford Road depot - Chessington South empties | |
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Waterloo - Aldershot or Farnham via Earlsfield |
| Waterloo - Ascot via Richmond race specials | |
| Special workings | |
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Waterloo - Aldershot or farnham via East Putney |
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Waterloo - Alton via Earlsfield |
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Ascot race specials (empties) |
| Waterloo - Alton via East Putney | |
| Special workings (empties) | |
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Alton - Chertsey (passenger to Woking, then empty) |
| Waterloo - Alton via Earlsfield (Portsmouth portion in rear) | |
| Waterloo - Bognor Regis via Wimbledon and Horsham | |
| Waterloo - Hounslow via Brentford empties | |
| Waterloo - Waterloo via Hounslow and Richmond | |
| Woking - Alton (ex Waterloo - Portsmouth train) | |
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Chertsey - Farnham empties |
| Waterloo - Littlehampton via Wimbledon and Horsham | |
| Waterloo - Waterloo via Richmond and Hounslow | |
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Virginia Water or Chertsey - Woking empties |
| Waterloo - Hounslow via Brentford empties | |
| Waterloo - Bognor via Wimbledon, Horsham and Littlehampton | |
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Dorking North - Durnsford Road depot empties |
| Hampton Court or Shepperton - Waterloo via East Putney special | |
| Waterloo - Wimbledon via East Putney | |
| Wimbledon Park sidings - Wimbledon Park empties | |
| Waterloo - Hampton Court or Shepperton via East Putney empties | |
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Guildford - Aldershot |
| Waterloo - Wimbledon Park via East Putney special | |
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Wimbledon - Blackfriars via Tulse Hill and Herne Hill |
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Empties via Putney |
| Wimbledon Park - Wimbledon Park sidings emptiesS | |
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Waterloo - Shepperton via Earlsfield |
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Waterloo - Shepperton via Richmond |
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Empties to Shepperton |
| Wimbledon - Victoria via Streatham and Balham Junc. empties | |
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Waterloo - Portsmouth Harbour via Earlsfield and Worplesdon, semi fast not stopping at Havant |
| Waterloo - Windsor via Brentford | |
| Waterloo - Woking via Earlsfield | |
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Twickenham - Chertsey |
| Waterloo - Virginia Water via Weybridge | |
| Waterloo - Windsor via Richmond | |
| Weybridge - Chertsey or Virginia Water | |
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Waterloo - Portsmouth Harbour via Earlsfield and Worplesdon, semi fast, stopping at havant |
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Empty to work passenger Twickenham - Chertsey |
| Portsmouth Harbour - Woking (to couple to Alton train) | |
| Virginia Water or Chertsey - Woking empties | |
| Waterloo - Portsmouth Harbour empties | |
| Waterloo - Woking via Earlsfield | |
| Waterloo - Portsmouth Harbour via Woking, slow, with rear to Alton | |
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Waterloo - Twickenham via Teddington special |
| Special duties | |
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Twickenham - Waterloo via Teddington special |
| Specials | |
| Worcester Park - Portsmouth special emptiesS | |
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Twickenham - Victoria via Wimbledon and Streatham special |
| Special empties | |
| Wimbledon Park sidings - Wimbledon Park sidings via Teddington, Twickenham, Clapham Junc. and reverse (to turn stock) | |
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Durnsford Road depot - Waterloo (passenger from Earlsfield) |
| Waterloo ML - Waterloo WL via Earlsfield, Teddington and Richmond | |
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Waterloo WL - Waterloo ML via Richmond, Teddington and Earlsfield |
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Waterloo - Strawberry Hill via Earlsfield empties |
| Waterloo - Strawberry Hill via Richmond empties | |
| Waterloo - Teddington via Earlsfield empties | |
| Durnsford Road depot - Teddington or Strawberry Hill empties | |
| Kingston or Shepperton - Strawberry Hill empties | |
| Ascot - Woking empties | |
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Alton - Woking (if coupling to Portsmouth train) |
| Portsmputh & Southsea - Waterloo slow, if coupling at Woking | |
| Waterloo - Portsmouth & Southsea via Earlsfield and Woking with rear to Alton, detached at Woking, slow | |
| Empties to/from Durnsford Road depot including various to/from Lancing works | |
| Wimbledon Park sidings - Epsom Downs via Mitcham Junc (races) | |
| Woking - Portsmouth & Southsea slow (detached from Alton train) | |
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Waterloo - Portsmouth & Southsea via Earlsfield slow |
| Waterloo - Kingston via Richmond | |
| Empties | |
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Waterloo - Portsmouth & Southsea via Earlsfield and Worplesdon fast, calling at Havant |
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Waterloo - Portsmouth & Southsea via Earlsfield and Worplesdon semifast, not calling at Havant |
| Empties | |
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Kingston - Strawberry Hill |
| Waterloo ML - Strawberry Hill via Earlsfield | |
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Waterloo WL - Strawberry Hill via Richmond |
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Effingham Junc - Farnham via Guildford empties |
| Special empties |
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This page was last updated 3 December 2002