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