AbRail Rail Databases - Livery Codes (Revised March 17th 2009)               

Code  Description

01    Yellow with Red bodyside band and TOTON No1

02    Light Grey with Black underframes & roof - D3575
03    Euro Cargo Rail - Light Grey with Euro Cargo Rail in Maroon lettering and EWS logos on cabsides
04    Royal Blue with Grey roof and NRM branding
05    Devon & Cornwall Railway - BR Green with DCR and British American Railway Services branding
06    Virgin Trains/British Transport Police - White with Orange and Yellow bands and Police markings
07    Malcolm - Yellow, Blue and Green
08    White with no numbers
09    Black with Japanese type flag on Black background
10    Lafarge Aggregates (revised) - White with Green cabs and solebars. Lafarge Cement branding
11    "Day-Glo" Orange
12    As SB but with Black roof and Red & Yellow stripe
13    Yellow and White with HNRC branding
14    Blue with White cab roof
15    Dark Blue body with Grey cab and numbered H024
16    Medite Shipping Co. - Black with Yellow cabs and lining plus Medite logos and branding 
17    LNWR - Brown & White
18    As FR but with large bodyside numbers & Light Blue solebar
19    GWR lined out Green with cast name and number plates
20    Two tone Grey body with Darker Grey roof. Plain Yellow ends.
21    BR Central Services - Red and Grey
22    Light Blue
23    Corus/TATA RAIL - Blue with 3 Yellow stripes and TATA RAIL branding
24    Dark Blue with Railfreight Distribution Logos
25    Blue & Red with Foster Yeoman & Deutsche Bundesbahn Logos
26    Railcare - Red, White & Blue
28    Felixstowe Dock & Railway Company - Blue with Green stripe picked out in White - Carries No.
      H4323
    
29    Creative Logistics - Blue and Green
30    Wessex Traincare - Grey/Dark Blue/White/Dark blue/Grey with Red & Blue stripes & WT Logos - D3816
43    All over Yellow with half Black cab sides
46    Glaxochem - Grey, Blue and Black (no Glaxochem branding)
47    Alstom Springburn - Oxford Blue roof, Light Grey upper body, Dark Brown lower body

AB    Arriva Trains Wales - Executive - Dark Blue with Light Blue centre section and White Arriva branding    
AC    ACTS - (Netherlands) Deep Blue with broad Orange band & Black ACTS (for Class 58 on contract to Holland)    
AI    Aggregate Industries - Bright Blue upper body/Green lower body with Silver centre band,
      AI branding and small yellow front panel
AL    Advertising/Promotional Livery - Various Company Logos and Schemes
AN*   Anglia Railways - Turquoise Blue/White with Blue Vignette (Class 170)
AR*   Anglia Railways - Turquoise Blue with White mid-height Stripe & Anglia branding
      (Locos - Turquoise Blue with Dark Blue cabs extending into central section)
AV    Arriva Trains - Turquoise Blue with Cream swirl at unit ends and White doors
AZ   
Cotswold/Advenza Freight - Deep Blue with Green Advenza Freight branding
BA    Bardon Aggregates - Blue bodyside, Green roof. Freightliner and Bardon branding

BB    Black
BG*   BR - Blue & Grey lined out in White
BL*   BR Revised - Blue with Yellow cabs, Grey roof, large numbers and full bodyside height BR Logos
BP*   Blue Pullman - Nanking Blue with White window surrounds (overall Blue for locos)
BR*   BR - Standard Blue with Red solebar stripe
BU    All over Blue
BZ    BZK Bulgaria - Green and Yellow with Red BZK logo and branding
C2*   c2c - Metallic Blue with Metallic Grey doors and Pink c2c branding
CA    Individual Colours relating to Preservation Site/Industrial User
CC    BR - Carmine & Cream lined out in Black & Straw (Blood & Custard)
CD    Cotswold Rail - Silver Grey with Blue roof, full Yellow ends & Red Cotswold Rail branding
CE*   BR - Civil Engineers - Falcon Grey lower bodysides & Yellow upper bodysides - Dutch Livery with
      Black cab doors
CF    Colas Rail (Seco-Rail) France - Yellow, Orange and Black with Colas Rail branding
CH    BR or GWR - Chocolate & Cream lined out in Gold
CI*   Central Trains/Centro - Green with broad Blue lower band and Yellow doors. Blue Central swirls
      at driving end & Centro branding    
CN    SouthEastern Trains - White with Black window surrounds, Grey lower band and Yellow doors 
      Yellow & White doors and SouthEastern branding - sliding door stock
      branding
CM    SouthEastern Trains - White with Light Blue doors - No branding
CR    Chiltern Railways - Blue and White with thin Red stripe & Black CR branding 
CT*   Central Trains - Blue and Two Tone Green with Yellow doors and Black window surrounds. Central
      Logos and branding
CU    Corus - Silver Grey with Red Corus Logos and branding
CV    Caledonian Railway - Brown and Cream
CX*   Connex - White with Yellow lower body vignette and Blue solebar
DB    DB Schenker - New - Verkehrsrot Red with Grey Solebar and Roof. White DB Schenker branding
DC    DB Schenker - Light Blue with DB Schenker branding in White
DD    DB Schenker - Maroon with DB Schenker branding in White
DG*   BR - Departmental - Plain Dark Grey with Black cab doors and window surrounds  
DL    MOD - Defence Logistics Organisation - Purple and White
DM    W H Malcolm - DRS Blue with W H Malcolm branding (66405). Black with Red solebar stripe (66414)
DR*   Direct Rail Services - Deep Blue with Light Blue or Dark Grey roof & DRS branding
      (LHCS with Light Blue horizontal stripes)
DS    Direct Rail Services - (revised) - Deep Blue with Large Light Blue bodyside panel and Green
      DRS Compass logo branding
DU    DRS - Blue (unbranded)
EA    Electric Traction Services - Silver body with Red Cabs and ETL branding
EB    Eurotunnel - Two tone Grey with Blue Swathe and Eurotunnel branding
EC    Europhoenix - Grey and Blue with Red & White Phoenix logos
EE*   EWS Executive - Management Train - Silver with EWS branding
ED    East Coast - As XE but with East Coast branding
EF    ETF France - Yellow with White roof, Green bodyside stripe, Blue sole bar & ETF branding
EG*   EWS - Two tone Railfreight Grey with full height EWS logo vinyls
EL    BR Electric Blue - Light Blue with White cab window surrounds and half height Yellow ends
EM    East Midlands Trains - Connect - Dark blue body with Yellow doors and Orange and Red 'swish'
      cabsides
EN    Enron Teesside Operations - Trafalgar Blue with Red lower body stripe and ICI branding
EP    European Passenger Services - Two Tone Grey with Dark Blue roof & EPS Logos
ES    Direct Rail Services/DB Schenker West- "Stobart Rail" - Two Tone Blue and White with Stobart Rail branding
ET    Euro Cargo Rail - Maroon bodyside & roof with Zig-Zag Gold Stripe. Large numbers - Silver
      branding
EU    Eurostar - White with Dark Blue window surrounds and Grey & Yellow lower bodysides, Eurostar
      Logos & branding
EW*   DB Schenker - EWS - Maroon bodyside & roof with Gold Stripe. EWS lettering and large numbers
EY    Euro Cargo Rail - as EZ but with Euro Cargo Rail branding and large white cabside
      numbering/detail panel
EZ*   EWS - Maroon bodyside & roof with Zig-Zag Gold Stripe. EWS lettering and large numbers
F1    First Group Dark Blue
F2    BR - Trainload Freight - Two Tone Grey with
      Grey cab roof and Black cab doors.   Various logos
FA*   BR - Trainload Construction - Two Tone Grey with Trainload Construction Logos
FB*   First Great Western - Pink, Purple & Blue with Gold band and Great Western lettering
FC*   (Locos only) BR - Trainload Coal - Two Tone Grey with Trainload Coal Logos
FD    First Great Western - Dynamic Lines - Indigo Blue with thin multicoloured lines on lower bodyside
FE*   BR - Railfreight Distribution International - Two Tone Grey with Red & Yellow logos and
      Blue cab roof & Euro branding   
FF*   Freightliner 1995 - Two Tone Grey with Black cab doors & Freightliner Red Triangle Logos
FG*   First Group - Intercity - Indigo Blue with White roof and Gold, Pink and White stripes
FH    Freightliner - Powerhaul - Green with Yellow cabs. Green and Grey swirls at each end and Freightliner branding
FI    First Group "Local Lines" - DMU - Graduated Indigo Blue base colour with local visitor attraction
      names on lower bodysides
FJ    Fastline (Jarvis) - Grey/Black with Yellow and White diagonal bands and Fastline branding
FK    Floyd ZRT - Black with Pink central stripe, Grey window surrounds and Floyd branding
FL    Freightliner 1995 - Dark Green with wraparound angled Yellow cabsides. Freightliner Logos and
      branding
FO*   BR - Railfreight - Grey bodyside, Yellow cabs, Red buffer beam, large double arrow Logos
FP*   BR - Trainload Petroleum - Two Tone Grey with Trainload Petroleum Logos
FQ*   BR - Railfreight - Grey Bodyside, Yellow cabs, Red buffer beams/stripe at solebar level and large
      double arrow
FP*   First Great Western - Dark Green and Ivory with thin Green and broad Gold stripes. First Logos in
      gold
FR*   FM Rail - Black with Grey roof, FM Rail loge and fmrail.com branding
FS    First Group "Barbie" Regional/Suburban - Indigo Blue with Pink, Purple and White bodyside stripes
      and cabside swirls & relevant TOC branding
FT    First Group - Dynamic Lines - Trans Pennine/Hull Trains - Graduated Blue bodysides. Pink doors.
      White neon reflective stripes and operator branding.
FU    First Group - First Capital Connect - Graduated Blue with Pink, Purple & Blue blocks on lower bodysides.
      Pink doors
FV    Fertis (France) - Grey with narrow Red & Blue sole bar stripes and Fertis logos
FY    Foster Yeoman - Blue & Silver with cast number plates, "Y" Logos and branding
FZ*   National Express - Interim - All over Blue with White doors
GB    First GBRf - Blue with Mustard Yellow Cabs, Orange cantrail & solebar stripes and First GBRf
      branding
GC    Grand Central Railway - All over Black with Light Blue thin horizontal stripes and Grand Central
      branding. (Locos, no stripes) (Orange lower band of DMU's)
GD    First GB Railfreight - Dark Blue with Pink & White cabside swirls and White GBRf branding and numbers
GE*   First Great Eastern - Light Grey/Green/Blue/Light grey/White with angled stripes on cab end. GE
      branding
GF*   EWS European - Continental Rail - Blue with Yellow lower body stripe and Grey roof    
GL*   First Great Western - All over Dark Green with Gold band and Great Western Lettering and Logos
GN*   National Express - GNER - Dark Blue with Red stripe & GNER Logos
      Red stripe replaced with White stripe & National Express East Coast branding (until re-liveried
      as XE)
(being replaced by East Coast branding)
      door stock
GR    Green (Plain or Two Tone (BR/SR/GWR style)
GS    Great Scottish & Western Railway/Royal Scotsman - Maroon with small Gold cabside numbers
GV    Gatwick Express (Revised) - Red & White with Indigo Blue lower body and Mauve & Blue doors
GW*   First Great Western - Green lined out with Black and Orange, Cast number plates and First
      branding
GX    Gatwick Express - Emirates - White with Deep Blue lower body, Red flash on cab sides - Emirates
      branding - Different country branding for some units
GY    Eurotunnel - Grey & Yellow
HA    Hanson Group - Dark Blue and Silver with Orange roof
HB    HBSC Rail - Oxford Blue and White
HC    Heathrow Connect - Grey with Deep Blue window surrounds and Orange doors. Heathrow Connect
      branding
HG    Hanson Traction - Dark Blue and Silver with Orange roof
HN    Harry Needle Railroad Co. - Orange/Grey lined out in Black with HNRC branding
HX    Heathrow Express - Silver with Black window surrounds, Blue doors & Grey roof, HE Logos & branding
IC*   BR - Original InterCity - Dark Grey/White/Red/Light Grey
IM*   BR - InterCity Mainline - Dark Grey/White/Red/Light Grey
LA    Lafarge - White, Orange and Blue with Lafarge branding
LE*   One - Metallic Slate Blue/Grey with broad Black window area band. Rainbow cab ends and "ONE"
      branding. (Also former business name  e.g. WAGN, ANGLIA, GREAT EASTERN will be shown). (Rainbow  
      cab ends being removed and provisional with NE/EA lettering added prior to full National Express
      East Anglia branding)
LH*   BR - Loadhaul - Black with Orange cabsides & Loadhaul Logos
LM    London Midland - White with Green unit ends, broad Black window surrounds and
      Dark Green doors. London Midland branding
LN    LNER Tourist Style Green & Cream
LO    London Overground - All over White with Blue/Orange lower stripes, Black window surrounds and
      Orange doors. London Overground branding
LT    London Transport Red (483007 has 1938 London Transport and Underground branding on sides and
      windows)
MA    Maintrain - Light Blue
MC    DRS/Malcolm - Revised - Dark Blue with Two Tone Blue cabs and White Malcolm Rail branding
ME    Merseytravel - Revised - 2003 - Silver, offset with Yellow doors and "M" logos
MG*   BR - Mainline Freight - Two Tone Grey with Mainline Freight Logos and Black door surrounds
ML*   BR - Mainline Freight - Aircraft Blue with Silver stripe & Mainline Logos & branding
MM*   Midland Mainline - Teal Green with Silver Gleam lower body sides & 3 Tangerine Stripes - MM
      branding
MN    Maroon lined out in Straw and Black (BR or LMSR style)
MR    Mendip Rail - Mid Green with Orange & Silver band, Silver roof and Red MR Logos & branding 
MS*   Midland Mainline - Revised - Locos - Ocean Blue with Silver & White stripes. LHCS - White with
      Ocean Blue & Silver stripes 
MT    First GBRf - Metronet - Blue with Orange Cabsides, Orange cantrail & solebar stripes and
      Metronet/First GBRf branding
MY*   Merseytravel - Revised - Yellow with White window surrounds and Blue/Grey stripe
N1*   BR - Original Network South East - Blue upper body, White and Grey lower body with Red stripe and
      no branding
NA    Northern Rail - Advertising/Promotional - Dark Blue base with Lilac & White panel detailing
      Northern branding and various designs/pictures
NC    National Express - White Navy Blue doors. National Express and TOC branding
NO    Northern Rail - Deep Blue base with Lilac & White panels and Northern branding
               branding
NW*   North Western Trains/First North Western - Navy Blue with Gold Star & cantrail stripe & NWT
      branding
NX    National Express - East Anglia - White with Grey slashes at vehicle ends East Anglia branding    
PB    Porterbrook Leasing - Purple & White with Silver Porterbrook Motif & branding
PC    Pullman Car Company - Umber & Cream with Gold lettering
PO    Private Owners Livery
QR    Network Rail Rolling Stock - Blue with broad red and narrow white stripes & Network Rail branding
QY    Network Rail Locomotives/Departmentals - Yellow with Grey/Black roof and NR logos
RG*   Parcels Sector - 2/3 Red & 1/3 Grey
RK*   Railtrack - Green and Blue (or Orange with White/Grey stripes)
RM*   Royal Mail - Red with Yellow Stripes & RM Logos & branding
RO*   Railtrack - Orange with White/Grey stripes
RP*   Royal Train - Claret lined out in Red and Black with Royal Coat of Arms
RR*   Regional Railways - Dark Blue/Grey with Light Blue & White Stripes & RR branding
RT    Riviera Trains - Locomotives - Oxford Blue with Yellow cab fronts and window surrounds
RV    Riviera Trains - Coaching Stock - Oxford Blue and Cream lined out in gold
RX*   Rail Express Systems - 1/3 Dark Grey & 2/3 Red with Blue markings, Black cab doors and RES Logos
RY*   Parcels Sector - Red with Yellow stripes
RZ    Royal Train (revised) - Claret with Royal Coat of Arms
SB*   BR Standard Blue (with Small Logos on locos)
SC    Strathclyde PTE - Carmine body and Cream window surrounds. Cream doors and SPT branding
      (Black and Gold scheme shown as SC*)
SD    South West Trains - Outer Suburban - Deep Blue with Red doors and Orange & Red cab sides
SJ    ern High Speed - Hitachi Class 395 - Javelin Blue with Black window surrounds & Light Blue doors
SL*   Silverlink - Indigo Blue with White stripe, Green lower body Yellow doors & Silverlink County
      branding   
SM*   Silverlink - Indigo Blue with White stripe, Green lower body Yellow doors & Silverlink Metro
      branding
SN    Southern - White with Dark Green window surrounds, stylised "S" and Light Green unit ends.
SO    Serco Railtest - Red/Grey with Serco Logos and Serco Railtest branding
SP*   Strathclyde PTE 2000 - Carmine and Cream with Turquoise stripe and Strathclyde PTE branding.
      Cream doors
SR    ScotRail Railways - White/Terracotta/Purple & Aquamarine with ScotRail branding.
SS    South West Trains - Inner Suburban - Red with Blue doors (Yellow doors surrounds). Blue & Orange
      cab swirls and SWT branding
ST    Stagecoach - Mainline - White with Blue window surrounds and lower body, Red/Orange stripe at
      ends, Red doors and TOC (SWT or EMT) branding. Coaches - White with Blue window surrounds and
      lower cab  body, Orange stripe and Red doors
SU    Stansted Express - Revised - Light Blue with Dark Blue lower bodyside stripe and Light Grey doors
SX*   Stansted Express - Two tone Metallic Blue with Silver doors. Orange door surrounds and cabside
      stripes. "One" Stansted Express" branding
SZ    ScotRail - Dark Blue with White/Pale Blue small circles design. Scottish Saltire and ScotRail -
      Scotland's Railway branding
TG*   Transrail - Two Tone Grey with Transrail "Big T" Logos 
TO    TSO France - Yellow with White roof, Blue sole bar and TSO branding
TR*   Transmart - Green with Transmart Trains logos
TW    Thameslink - Modified - Dark Blue with broad White lower bodyside stripe
UU    Undercoat - Grey or White
VN    VSOE North - Crimson Lake and Cream
VP    Virgin Pitstop - Black with large chequered flag on bodyside
VT    Virgin Trains - Silver with Black window surrounds, White cantrail stripe and red roof and Red &
      White front end swirls. Black and White striped doors
WA    Wabtec Rail Limited - Black with Red & White Wabtec Logos & branding
WB*   Wales & Borders - Metallic Silver, Yellow and White with Dark Blue Doors, Silver roof and ATW
      branding
WC    West Coast Railway Company - Maroon with Black mid-height bodyside stripe, Yellow ends and WCRC
      branding. (LHCS - Maroon with WCRC branding)
WM*   Central Trains - Network West Midlands - Light Blue with White upper and Green lower bands.
      Grey doors and NWM branding 
WN*   WAGN - Outer Suburban - White with Brown, Blue and Yellow stripes & Red doors
WP*   WAGN - Inner Suburban - Two-tone Metallic Deep Purple with Grey or Lilac doors and White FCC
      branding
WS    Wrexham, Shropshire & Marylebone - Silver & Slate Grey (Locos with Slate Grey front end &
      branding. LHCS with Slate Grey doors
WT*   Wessex Trains - Silver Grey, Yellow and White with Maroon/Pink doors
WW*   Wessex Trains - Heart of Wessex - Pink with branding and list of station names (Bristol/Weymouth)
WY*   West Yorkshire PTE - Red/Cream with thin Yellow stripe & Metrotrain Logos & branding
WZ*   Wessex Trains - Promotional - Claret with various images
XC    Arriva Cross Country - Two Tone Silver base with Plum unit ends, Pink doors & Black window
      surrounds. Cross Country branding
XE*   National Express - East Coast - White with Grey slashes at vehicle ends. National Express East
      Coast branding
XX    NOT YET ALLOCATED
YR    Northern Rail - WYPTE Metro - EMU 321/333 livery - Red base colour with Lilac and Grey upward
      stripes on driving cars only. Wrap round Yellow ends and Northern/Metro branding

*    Obsolete style - No longer used for repaints/refurbishment

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