AbRail Rail Databases - Livery Codes (Revised November 5th 2008)
Code Description
01 Grey with
BR/Railfreight Distribution Logos & large bodyside numbers - D3529
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 Light Grey with Black roof, Blue bodyside stripe & Ilford
Level branding
06 Virgin Trains/British Transport Police - White with Orange
and Yellow bands and Police markings
07 Europhoenix - Silver Grey with Blue cab roofs & lower body
stripe. Europhoenix branding
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 Red & Yellow stripe
13 Dark Blue with Grey roof. No numbers are carried
14 Blue with White cab roof
15 Dark Blue body with Grey cab and numbered H024
16 Caledonian Railway style Blue
17 LNWR style Black
18 As FR but with large bodyside numbers & Light Blue solebar
19 Purple with Yellow cabs and Artemis branding
23 As SB but with Transrail Logos
24 Dark Blue with Railfreight Distribution Logos
25 Blue & Red with Foster Yeoman & Deutsche Bundesbahn Logos
26 Royal Purple
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
32 Adtranz Blue with White Stripe
41 LMSR Red with 2 narrow and 2 wide Gold Stripes. Based on
1930's LMSR Streamline Livery
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
AC ACTS - (Netherlands) Deep Blue with broad Yellow band &
Black ACTS (for Class 58 on contract to Holland)
AD Advenza Freight - Deep Blue with Green Advenza Freight branding
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
AV Arriva Trains - Turquoise Blue with White swirl at unit
ends and Pale Blue
doors
AZ* Central Trains/Anglia - As AR but with Central Trains
branding and White swirls at unit ends
BA Bardon Aggregates - Blue bodyside, Green roof. Freightliner
and Bardon branding
BB Black
BG* BR - Blue & Grey lined out in White
BI* Wessex Trains - "visitbristol" livery - Deep Blue with
various images
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 Purple with Metallic Grey doors and Pink c2c
branding
CA Individual Colours relating to Preservation Site/Industrial
User
CB* Wessex Trains Rural - Black with Gold trim and Scenic Lines
of Devon & Cornwall branding
CC BR - Carmine & Cream lined out in Black & Straw (Blood &
Custard)
CD Continental Airlines - Blue with Light Blue crossed swathes
between coaches and Continental Airlines 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
CG ScotRail Caledonian Sleepers - Two tone Purple with Silver
stripe and branding
CH BR or GWR - Chocolate & Cream lined out in Gold
CI Caledonian Railway - Brown and Light Blue
CM Central Trains - Class 170 - As MM but with CT branding
CN SouthEastern Trains - White with Black window
surrounds and fading Grey lower band.
Yellow & White doors and Connex branding -
sliding door stock
CO Centro - Grey/Green with Light Blue, White & Yellow stripes
CP First ScotRail Caledonian Sleeper (Revised) - All over Blue
with broad White centre band & First branding
CR Chiltern Railways - Blue and White with thin Red stripe &
Black CR branding
CS* Connex South Eastern - White with Blue window
surrounds, Yellow lower body vignette
CT Central Trains - Blue and Two Tone Green with Yellow doors and Black
window surrounds. Central Logos and branding
CU Corus - Silver Grey with Corus Logos and branding
CV Central Trains/Centro - Green with broad Blue lower band
and Yellow doors. Blue Central swirls at driving end &
Centro branding
CW Cotswold Rail - Silver Grey with Blue roof, full Yellow
ends & Red Cotswold Rail
branding
CX* South Central (GoVia) - White with Yellow lower body
vignette and Blue solebar
DA Gatwick Express - Delta Airlines - Blue & White with Delta
Airlines branding
DB DB Schenker - Light Blue with DB Schenker branding in White
DC 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
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 - Stobart Pullman - Blue with Stobart
Pullman branding
DZ* Direct Rail Services - (revised) - Deep Blue with Large
Turquoise bodyside panel and Green
DRS Compass logo branding
EA East Midlands Trains - Connect -
Dark blue body
with Yellow doors and Orange and Red 'swish' cabsides
EB Eurotunnel - Two tone Grey with Blue Swathe and Eurotunnel
branding
EE EWS Executive - Management Train - Silver with EWS 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 - Mainline - White base colour with
Orange and Red 'Swish' cabsides plus blue lower
body and skirts
EN Enron Teesside Operations - Trafalgar Blue with Red lower
body stripe and ICI branding
EP European Passenger Services - Two Tone Grey with Blue roof
& EPS Logos and White with Green and Blue bands
ES Direct Rail Services - "Stobart Rail" - Blue and White with
Stobart Rail branding
ET
EWS/Euro Cargo Rail - Maroon bodyside & roof with Zig-Zag Gold Stripe. Large
numbers - NO BRANDING
EU Eurostar - White with Dark Blue window surrounds and Grey &
Yellow lower bodysides, Eurostar Logos & branding
EW EWS - Maroon bodyside & roof with Gold Stripe. EWS
lettering and large numbers
EX* Exhibition Van - Liveries vary according to contract
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* 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* BR - Railfreight Distribution - Two Tone Grey with Railfreight
Distribution Logos
FD First Group - Dynamic Lines First Great Western - All over
Dark Blue with thin multicoloured lines on
lower bodyside (not on locos)(Pink doors on LHCS)
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
FI Fertis (France) - Grey with narrow Red & Blue sole bar
stripes and Fertis logos
FJ Fastline (Jarvis) - Grey/Black with Yellow and White
diagonal bands and Fastline branding
FL Freightliner 1995 - Dark Green with wraparound angled
Yellow cabsides. Freightliner Logos and branding
FM* BR - Trainload Metals - Two Tone Grey with Trainload Metals logs
FM* FM Rail - Black with Grey roof, half Yellow ends, FM Rail
dragon loge in Red and FM Rail branding
FN First Group - Dynamic Lines - First Trans Pennine -
Graduated Blue bodysides. Pink doors, Operator branding,
White neon reflective stripes
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
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 "Local Lines" - Graduated Indigo Blue base
colour with reflective Pink & White
lower bodyside stripes. Pink doors and Operator specific branding
FU First Group - Urban Lights - Graduated Blue with Pink,
Purple & Blue blocks on lower bodysides. Pink doors
FW* First Great Western - Dark Green and Ivory with thin Green
and broad Gold stripes. First Logos in gold
FX* First Great Western - Blue/Mauve offset with Blue, Pink
and White stripes/swirls and Pink doors
FY Foster Yeoman - Blue & Silver with cast number plates, "Y"
Logos and branding
FZ National Express - Interim - All over Blue with White doors
GA Gatwick Express (Revised) - Red & White with Indigo Blue
lower body and Mauve & Blue doors
GB First GBRf - Blue with Mustard Yellow Cabs, Orange
cantrail & solebar stripes and First GBRf branding
GC Grand Central Railway - Deep Blue with Light Blue thin
horizontal stripes and Grand Central branding.
(Locos, no stripes)
GD First GB Railfreight - Dark Blue with Pink & White cabside
swirls and Orange cab front.
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 - Light Blue with wide Dark Blue band & White GIF
branding
GG EWS European - Revised - 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
GM First GBRf - Metronet - Blue with Orange Cabsides, Orange
cantrail & solebar stripes and
Metronet/First GBRf branding
GN GNER - Dark Blue with Red stripe & GNER Logos
Red stripe replaced with White stripe & National
Express East Coast branding (until re-liveried as XE
GO* Govia South Central - White with Dark Green window surround
and Light Green unit ends. Sliding door stock.
GP* Wales and Borders - Promotional Livery - "Ginsters Cornish
Pasties - Black & Red with various images/cartoons
GR Green (Plain or Two Tone (BR/SR/GWR style)
GS Great Scottish & Western Railway/Royal Scotsman - Maroon
with small Gold cabside numbers
GV* Govia South Central - Dark Green upper body, White lower
body with Light Green mid height
stripe broadening at set ends. Slam door stock
GW* First Great Western - Green lined out with Black and
Orange, Cast number plates and First branding
GX Gatwick Express - Emirates - Different country for each
unit
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
HN Harry Needle Railroad Co. - Orange/Grey lined out in Black
with HNRC branding
HT* Hull Trains - Turquoise lower body, White upper body and
Hull Trains branding
HU Hull Trains Pioneer Fleet - Silver with British Racing
Green and Gold end and lower body swirls
HW* Wales & Borders Rural - Orange with Yellow doors & Heart of
Wales branding
HX Heathrow Express - Silver with Blue window surrounds, Grey
roof, HE
Logos & branding
IC* BR - Original InterCity - Dark Grey/White/Red/Light Grey
IL Island Line - Light Blue with various overall illustrations
IM* BR - InterCity Mainline - Dark Grey/White/Red/Light Grey
IR Ian Riley Engineering (IRE) - Grey with Brunswick Green
upper body and lower body. IRE branding
IS* BR - InterCity Swallow - Dark Grey/White/Red/White.
InterCity Swallow & Logos may be applied
LA Lafarge - White, Orange and Blue with Lafarge branding
LC London Midland - City - White with Black doors and window
surrounds and Yellow body stripe.
Green front end swirls and London Midland City
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)
LG* BR - Loadhaul Grey - Two Tone Grey with Loadhaul Logos
LH* BR - Loadhaul - Black with Orange cabsides & Loadhaul Logos
LM London Midland - White/Grey base with Green unit ends,
Green horizontal stripe, Black window surrounds and
Yellow 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
LS* LTS Rail - Grey/White stripe/Green/White/Blue/White stripe with
LTS Rail branding
MA Maintrain - Light Blue
MB Statesman Pullman - Maroon & Beige
MC DRS/Malcolm - Revised - Dark Blue with Two Tone Blue cabs
and White Malcolm Rail branding
ME Medite Shipping Co. - Black with Yellow cabs and lining
plus Medite logos and branding
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
MX Merseytravel - Revised - 2003 - Silver, offset with Yellow
doors and "M" logos
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* Central Trains Class 150 - Light Green with broad Blue
lower bodyside band and Blue cab sections
NO Northern Rail - Dark Blue base with Lilac & White panels and Northern branding
NS* Northern Spirit/Arriva Trains Northern Railbus - Light Blue
with Lime Green "N" Logos, Arriva branding
NT* Network South East - Revised - Grey/Red/White/Blue/White
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
PA* ScotRail Intermediate - White with Purple doors and roof &
no branding
PB Porterbrook Leasing - Purple & White with Silver Porterbrook
Motif & branding
PC Pullman - Umber & Cream with Gold lettering
PD* ScotRail Intermediate - Indigo Blue with White doors & no
branding
PO Private Owners Livery
PS* Provincial Services - Dark Blue/Grey with Light Blue and White
stripes
QR Network Rail Rolling Stock - Blue with broad red and narrow
white stripes & Network Rail branding
QY Network Rail Locomotives - Yellow with Grey/Black roof and
NR logos
RC* Central Trains - As RE (Class 156/158) or RR (Class153) but with
Central Trains branding
RE* Provincial Express - Light Grey/Buff/Dark Grey with White/Dark
Blue/Light Blue stripes & Express branding
RG* Parcels Sector - 2/3 Red & 1/3 Grey
RF* Wabtec Rail - Dark blue with White angled stripe and RFS Logos
RK* Railtrack - Green and Blue (or Orange with White/Grey
stripes)
RL RMS Locotech - Blue and Red
RM* Royal Mail - Red with Yellow Stripes & RM Logos & branding
RN* North West Regional Railways - Dark Blue/Grey with Green & White
stripes & RR 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 (Blue only for logos)
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
S1* Strathclyde PTE - Original - Orange and Black lined out in
White
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
SE Seco France - Orange with broad Yellow horizontal band and
SECO branding
SJ SouthEastern - Hitachi Class 395 - Javelin Blue with Light
Blue doors (to be branded on entry into service)
SK* Stansted Skytrain - Grey with Yellow stripe and Stansted
Skytrain branding
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.
from Aug 2008 - New ScotRail - Dark Blue with
White/Pale Blue small circle design. Scottish Saltire and ScotRail -
Scotland's Railway branding.
SS South West Trains - Inner Suburban - Red with Blue doors
(Yellow doors surrounds). Blue & Orange cab
swirls and SWT branding
SW South West Trains - Mainline - White & Blue with Dark Blue window surrounds, Red doors, Red/Orange stripe at cab
ends & SWT branding
SX Stansted Express - Two tone Metallic Blue with Silver doors. Orange door surrounds and cabside stripes.
"One" Stansted
Express" branding
TC* BR Civil Engineers/Transrail - Yellow and Grey with Black cab
doors & window surrounds - Transrail "Big T" Logos
TG* Transrail - Two Tone Grey with Transrail "Big T" Logos
TL* Thameslink Rail - Dark Blue with wide Orange stripe, 2
narrow White stripes & White cantrail stripe and branding
TO TSO France - Yellow with White roof, Blue sole bar and TSO branding
TP* First Trans-Pennine Express - as TX but with First Group
Indigo Blue lower bodyside band
TR Thameslink Rail - Revised - Silver with Blue/Yellow window
surrounds, Blue vehicle ends and Blue doors
TS* First Great Western Link - "Thames Turbo" White with broad Blue
band, Green circles on doors,
First Great Western Link branding
TT First Great Western Link - "Thames Express" White with
broad Blue band, Green swirls by doors,
First Great Western Link branding
TX* Arriva Trains Northern Trans-Pennine Express - All over
Plum with large Gold "N" logo
UU Undercoat - Grey or White
V1* Virgin Trains - Red & Falcon Grey with 3 White Stripes &
Virgin branding
VI Victa Westlink Rail - Black with White cabs and Victa
Westlink Rail branding
VL* Valley Lines - Mid Green and Red, with White, & Light Green
stripes, Light Green doors.
Valley Lines and Welsh Dragon branding
VN VSOE North - Carmine and Lake
VO Vos Logistics - Black with broad Orange mid band and ACTS
branding
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
VU* Virgin Trains - Red & Falcon Grey with 3 White Stripes (As
V1 but with Virgin branding removed)
VW Arriva Trains Wales - "Visit Wales" livery - Green & Red
with various images and Arriva branding
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)
WD Class 350 WCML Desiro - Silver Grey with Blue doors and window
surrounds (for Central Trains/Silverlink)
WE* Arriva Trains Wales - As WB but with Arriva branding
replacing Alphaline branding
WG* FM Rail - Deep Pink with FM Rail branding (LHCS has Light
Pink doors)
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
WR Railtrack/Alstom - West Coast Route Modernisation - Pale
Blue lower with White window surrounds and Grey roof
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
Y1 Eurotunnel - Yellow
YM Northern Rail - WYPTE Metro - EMU 333 revised livery - Blue
with Red/White front ends & Silver doors.
Northern/WYPTE branding
YN Northern Rail - WYPTE Metro - EMU 333 livery - Maroon with
body height Silver N and Yellow doors
YP Northern Rail - WYPTE Metro - DMU livery - Red with Silver
Grey semi-circles, Grey doors and Metro logos
YR Northern Rail - WYPTE Metro - EMU 321 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