Operator Codes

Code	Trading Name	End of Franchise	Possible Extension	Franchisee

1A	One Anglia	01-Apr-04		Now National Express (see EA)
1G	One Great Eastern	01-Apr-04		Now National Express (see EA)
1S	One Stansted Express	01-Apr-04		Now National Express (see SX)
1W	One West Anglia	01-Apr-04		Now National Express (see EA)
AD	Adtranz
AE	AEA Technology Rail
AF	Advenza Freight Ltd.			Cotswold Rail Eng. Ltd.
AM*	Arriva Trains Merseyside	20-Jul-03		To ME* then ME
AN	Arriva Trains Northern	12-Dec-04		Now Northern Rail/TransPennine
AT	Angel Trains Contracts
AW	Arriva Trains Wales/Trenau Arriva Cymru	Oct 2018		Deutsche Bahn/Arriva Trains UK Ltd.
AY	Amey Fleet Services
BB	Balfour Beatty Rail Plant
C2	c2c Rail	Sept 2014		National Express Group (26/05/1996). To be re-named Essex Thameside.
CA	Carillion Rail Plant
CC	Central City Link	11-Nov-07		Now EM/LM/XC
CO	Colas Rail			Colas Group
CR	Chiltern Railways	31-Dec-21		Deutsche Bahn/Arriva UK Trains (01/01/2011)
CS	Caledonian Sleeper	01-Apr-18		First Group (from 17/10/2004)
CS*	Connex South Eastern	09-Nov-03		Now SouthEastern
CT	Central Trains	11-Nov-07		Now EM/LM/XC
CW	Cotswold Rail (Includes Advenza from March 2005)
CX	Connex South Central	26-Aug-01		Now Southern
DB	DB Schenker			DB Schenker Rail (UK) Ltd.
DR	Direct Rail Services			Direct Rail Services
EA	National Express East Anglia (NXEA)	04-02-2012		National Express Group (from 01/04/2004)
EC	InterCity East Coast	31-Dec-18		Owned by Directly Operated Rlys from 14/11/2009
EM	East Midlands Trains (previously Midland Mainline and Eastern part of Central Trains)	11-Nov-13	31-Mar-15	Stagecoach Holdings (from 11/11/2007)
EP	Europorte2			Eurotunnel
EU	Eurostar			Eurostar (UK) (from 14/11/1994)
EW	EWS International			DB Schenker Rail (UK) Ltd.
FC	First Capital Connect (previously Thameslink/WAGN)	30-Sep-13	Sept 2014	First Group (from 01/04/2006)
FG	First Great Western (previously First Great Western/Wessex Trains	31-Mar-13	July 2016	First Group (from 01/04/2006)
FK	First Great Western Link (previously Thames Trains)	01-Apr-06		Now First Capital Connect
FL	Freightliner			Freightliner Group
FM	FM Rail (Fragonset Merlin Railways)
FT	HSBC Rail UK Ltd
GA	Abellio Greater Anglia	31-Jul-14	Oct 2016	Abellio
GB	GB Railfreight			Europorte
GC	Grand Central	Open Access		Arriva UK Trains (from 04/11/2011)
GE	First Great Eastern	01-Mar-04		Now National Express East Anglia
GN	GNER	08-Dec-07		Now National Express East Coast
GS	The Great Scottish & Western Railway Co.
GW	First Great Western	31-Mar-06		Now FG
GX*	Gatwick Express	22-Jun-08		Now GX
GX	Gatwick Express	30-Sep-09		Govia (from 22/06/2008)
HC	Heathrow Connect			British Airports Authority/First Group (from 12/06/2005)
HD	Hastings Diesels
HE	Heathrow Express	Open Access		British Airports Authority (from 23/06/1998)
HS	HSBC Rail
HU	First Hull Trains	Open Access		First Group/Renaissance Trains (from 25/09/2000)
IL	Island Line Trains	01-Feb-17		Stagecoach Group (from 04/02/2007)
IL*	Island Line	04-Feb-97		Now IL
JA	Fastline (ex Jarvis Rail)			Administration - 31/03/2010
LO	London Overground (previously Silverlink Metro)	31-Mar-14		MTR/Deutsche Bahn
LM	London Midland (previously Silverlink County and West Midlands part of Central Trains)	11-Nov-13	19-Sep-15	Govia (Go Ahead/Keolis)
LS	Locomotive Support Coach
MA	Mainline Rail			ECT Group
ME	Merseyrail	19-Jul-28		Serco/Abellio
MM	Midland Main Line	11-Nov-07		Now East Midlands Trains
MR	Midland Main Line (Project Rio services)	??
NL	North London Railways
NO	Northern (Ex Arriva Trains North/First North Western	01-Apr-14	Feb 2016	Serco/Abellio
NR	Network Rail (ex Railtrack)
NS	Northern Spirit	01-Feb-00		To AN then NO
NW*	North Western Trains	01-Mar-98		To NW then NO/TP
NW	First North Western	12-Dec-04		Now Northern Rail/TransPennine
NY	North Yorkshire Moors Railway			North Yorkshire Moors Railway Enterprises (from 01/04/2007)
OS	Support Coach
OT	Non Revenue Earning - Test, Research, etc.
PO	Porterbrook Leasing
RA	Railfilms Ltd.
RM	Royal Mail
RP	Royal Train
SE	SouthEastern	31-Mar-14	June 2018	Govia Ltd. (Go-Ahead/Keolis)
SE	South Eastern Trains	01-Apr-06		Now SE
SF	SNCF (French National Railways)
SH	The Scottish Highland Railway Company
SL	Silverlink Train Services	11-Nov-07		Now LM/LO
SM	Siemens Transportation
SN	Southern	25-Jul-15	25-Jul-17	Govia (Go-Ahead/Keolis)
SO	Serco Railtest
SR	ScotRail	08-Mar-15		First Group (from 17/10/2004)
SR*	ScotRail	17-Oct-04		Now SR
SS	Special or Charter trains by Private Operators
ST	Stobart			Stobart Group
SW	South West Trains	03-Feb-14	April 2019	Stagecoach Holdings (from 04/02/2007)
SX	Stansted Express	01-Apr-11		National Express Group (from 01/04/2004)
TC	Undergoing Tests prior to commissioning
TP	TransPennine Express	01-Apr-14	31-Jan-17	First Group/Keolis (from 01/02/2004)
TT	Thames Trains	01-Apr-04		To FK then FC
TR	Thameslink	01-Apr-06		Now First Capital Connect
VI	Victa Westlink Rail
VL	Valley Lines	14-Oct-01		Merged with WB
VS	Venice-Simplon Orient Express
VT	Vintage Trains
VW	Virgin West Coast	08-Nov-14	April 2017	Virgin Rail Group (from 09/03/1997)
VX	Cross Country Trains Ltd	11-Nov-07		Now Arriva Cross Country
WB	Wales and Borders Trains	07-Dec-03		Now Arriva Trains Wales
WC	West Coast Railway Company			West Coast Railway Company (from 1998)
WN	West Anglia Great Northern	01-Apr-06		Now First Capital Connect/NXEA
WS	Wrexham, Shropshire & Marylebone Railway	01-Jan-14		Laing Rail/Renaissance Trains (from28/08/2008) To be operated by Chiltern Railways from 13/12/2009
WT	Wessex Trains Ltd - Charter Company
WX	Wessex Trains - TOC	01-Apr-06		Now First Great Western
WW	Wales and West	14-Oct-01		Split into WB/WX
XC	Cross Country (previously Virgin Cross Country and part of Central Trains)	11-Nov-13	Nov 2019	Deutsche Bahn/XC Trains Ltd.

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