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The railways have frequently issued notices of instruction that have operational significance but which don't fall readily into the main categories of the archive. These include notices of electrification, loading of trains, safety, local and more general instructions. Many of these items would today be included in Section 'D' of the weekly notices.
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Notes
The "a" series of notices was a continuation of Southern Railway practice. However, the series was discontinued from April 1976 and relevant notices thereafter included in Section D of the Weekly Engineering Notices. Electrification notices were normally printed on buff coloured paper.
Certain types of notice were printed on coloured paper so they could be readily distinguished, the practice continuing from Southern Railway days. Daily stencilled and other types of notice were printed on white paper. The colours used were:
| Notice Type | Paper Colour |
|---|---|
| Electrification (printed) | Buff until 1967, yellow gradually taking over thereafter. |
| Electrification (stencilled) | Yellow. |
| Warning | Pink |
Hook Switch Diagrams
| Number | Issue Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| A-1477 | 19 March 1948 | Battersea Park |
| A-2129 | 24 November 1948 | Norwood Fork |
Regional Series
| Number | Operative Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chart 2 | 1949 | Rules Class Instructional Chart No.2. Standard colouring and dimensions of upper quadrant signals etc. Members' Download |
| 8a | 28 September 1956 | Nine Elms Shunting Movements. Members' Download |
| Chart 1 | 1961 | Rules Class Instructional Chart No.1. Standard colouring and dimensions of upper quadrant signals etc. Publication number AD8779/B1?27161/BR30742 Members' Download |
Central Division Series
| Number | Operative Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 20 September 1961 | Letter from Station Master, Pevensey & Westham about locations of hook switches. | |
| 2a CD | 15 May 1964 | Electrification: Hove. |
| 3a CD | 1 June 1967 | Electrification: Tattenham Corner. |
| 4a CD | 29 August 1967 | Electrification: Norwood Up Yard. |
| 5a CD | 4 May 1968 | Electrification: Reigate. |
| 6a CD | 8 June 1968 | Electrification: Haywards Heath. |
| 7a CD | 30 June 1968 | Electrification: Gatwick Airport. |
| 8a CD | 17 April 1970 | Electrification: Coulsdon North. |
| 9a CD | 9 March 1970 | Electrification: Victoria Central. |
| 10a CD | 4 July 1970 | Electrification: Haywards Heath. |
| 11a CD | 2 May 1971 | Electrification: Redhill. |
| 12a CD | 11 June 1973 | Electrification: Gatwick Airport. |
| 13a CD | 19 August 1974 | Electrification: Horsham. |
| 14a CD | 31 August 1974 | Electrification: New Cross Gate. |
| 15a CD | 15 December 1974 | Electrification: New Cross Gate. |
| 16a CD | 26 January 1975 | Electrification: Earlswood. |
| 17a CD | 23 February 1975 | Electrification: New Cross Gate. |
| 18a CD | 9 June 1975 | Electrification: Hove. |
| 19a CD | 20 July 1975 | Electrification: Bricklayers Arms Junction. |
| 20a CD | 7 July 1975 | Electrification: Brighton. |
South Eastern Division Series
| Number | Operative Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 30 March 1953 | Engine Restrictions: List of Sidings less than 6 chains radius prohibited to Merchant Navy class locomotives. | |
| 1a SED | 2 November 1958 | Electrification: Herne Hill Sorting Sidings, Herne Hill, Dartford, Shepherds Lane - Victoia (Eastern), Plumstead, Angerstein Junction, Hoo Junction, Chatham Goods Siding |
| 2a SED | 9 November 1958 | Electrification: Hither Green Sidings. |
| 3a SED | 23 November 1958 | Electrification: Hither Green, Sole Street. |
| 4a SED | 10 December 1958 | Electrification: Gillingham to Rainham. |
| 5 SED | 22 December 1958 | Electrification: Bromley North. |
| 6a SED | 25 January 1959 | Electrification: Plumstead, Angerstein Wharf. |
| 7a SED | 18 January 1959 | Warning - Testing of Colour Light Signals: Factory Junction - Shepherds Lane, Shepherds Lane - West Dulwich, Herne Hill - Tulse Hill, Brixton - Nunhead, Loughborough Junction - Canterbury Road Junction / Herne Hill / Cambria Junction. |
| 8a SED | 2 February 1959 | Electrification: Victoria Eastern - Stewarts Lane, Stewarts Lane - Factory Junction, Stewarts Lane Shed. |
| 9a SED | 16 February 1959 | Warning - Testing of Colour Light Signals: Crofton Park - Shortlands. |
| 10a SED | 2 March 1959 | Warning - Testing of Colour Light Signals: West Dulwich - Shortlands, New Beckenham - Beckenham Junction, Norwood Spur Junction - Beckenham Junction. |
| 11a SED | 16 March 1959 | Warning - Testing of Colour Light Signals: Swanley - Sole Street, Sole Street - Farningham Road, Strood Junction - Rochester, Chatham - Teynham, Sheerness-on-Sea Branch. |
| 12a SED | 15 March 1959 | Electrification: Stewarts Lane. |
| 13a SED | 1 April 1959 | Electrification: Selling - Canterbury East. |
| 14a SED | 26 March 1959 | Warning - Testing of Colour Light Signals: Graveney Crossing - Reculvers, Birchington - Margate, Margate - Birchington, Reculvers - Whitstable & Tankerton. |
| 15a SED | 28 April 1959 | Electrification: Canterbury East - Dover Priory. |
| 16a SED | 30 April 1959 | Electrification: Dover Priory / Dover Marine - Shakespeare Tunnel - Hawkesbury Street Junction - Archcliffe Junction. |
| 17a SED | 6 April 1959 | Warning - Testing of Colour Light Signals: Sittingbourne - Teynham, Stone Crossing - Graveney Crossing, Faversham - Clock House Crossing. |
| 18a SED | 12 April 1959 | Electrification: St Leonards West Marina. |
| 19a SED | 12 April 1959 | Examination of Penge Tunnel in the event of failure of track circuits. |
| 20a SED | 8 May 1959 | Warning - Testing of Colour Light Signals: Shortlands - Farningham Road, Beckenham Hill - Shortlands, Bickley Junction - Petts Wood Junction, Swanley - Eynsford, Chislehurst Goods - Orpington, Orpington - Grove Park, Chislehurst Junction - St Mary Cray Junction. |
| 21a SED | 1 June 1959 | Electrification: Rainham - Ramsgate, Faversham - Selling. |
| 22a SED | 24 May 1959 | Electrification: Ramsgate. |
| 23a SED | 24 May 1959 | Electrification: Stewarts Lane. |
| 24a SED | 31 May 1959 | Electrification: Hoo Junction. |
| 25a SED | 25 May 1959 | Electrification: Grove Park, Sole Street, Stewarts Lane. |
| 26a SED | 31 May 1959 | Electrification: Sittingbourne, Shepherds Well. |
| 27a SED | 1 June 1959 | Electrification: Shortlands Junction. |
| 28a SED | 14 June 1959 | Electrification: Bricklayers Arms Branch. |
| 29a SED | 14 June 1959 | Electrification: Grove Park. |
| 30a SED | 15 June 1959 | Electrification: Blackfriars - Holborn Viaduct. |
| 31a SED | 5 June 1959 | Electrification: Sheerness-on-Sea Branch. |
| 32a SED | 10 May 1959 | Examination of Fort Pitt, Chatham or Gillingham Tunnels in the event of failure of track circuits. |
| 33a SED | May 1959 | Operation of Field Stations on the Sheerness-on-Sea Branch. |
| 34a SED | 30 May 1959 | Electrification: Otford. |
| 35a SED | 22 June 1959 | Electrification: Cuxton. |
| 36a SED | 14 June 1959 | Electrification: Snowdown Colliery. |
| 37a SED | 22 June 1959 | Warning - Testing of Colour Light Signals: Margate - Minster. |
| 38a SED | 30 August 1959 | Electrification: Bricklayers Arms, Faversham. |
| 39a SED | 4 October 1959 | Electrification: Hither Green Sidings, Archcliffe Junction. |
| 40a SED | 25 October 1959 | Electrification: Snowdown Colliery. |
| 41a SED | September 1959 | Working of Trains at Walworth Coal Depot. |
| 42a SED | 25 January 1960 | Electrification: Hither Green Sidings. |
| 43a SED | 10 April 1960 | Electrification: Kemsley Halt - Queenborough. |
| 44a SED | 25 January 1960 | Electrification: Hither Green Sidings. |
| 45a SED | 8 June 1960 | Electrification: Maidstone West. |
| 46a SED | 7 June 1960 | Warning - Testing of Colour Light Signals: Sandwich - Minster - Ramsgate. |
| 47a SED | 18 July 1960 | Electrification: Margate Goods. |
| 48a SED | 28 September 1960 | Electrification: Hither Green Continental Freight Depot. |
| 49a SED | 3 October 1960 | Electrification: Hither Green Continental Freight Depot. |
| 50a SED | 31 October 1960 | Electrification: Ramsgate - Minster - Dover Priory - Kearsney. |
| 51a SED | 30 September 1960 | Shunting Movements Hither Green Continental Freight Depot. |
| 52a SED | 2 November 1960 | Electrification: Deal. |
| 53a SED | 1 November 1960 | Electrification: Snowdown Colliery. |
| 54a SED | 5 February 1961 | Electrification: Bearsted - Maidstone East. |
| 55a SED | 19 February 1961 | Electrification: Dover Marine. |
| 56a SED | 10 April 1961 | Electrification: Sevenoaks - Tonbridge. |
| 57a SED | 1 May 1961 | Electrification: Fokestone Central - Archcliffe Junction, Folkestone Harbour Branch. |
| 58a SED | 4 May 1961 | Electrification: Tonbridge - Pluckley. |
| 59a SED | 8 May 1961 | Electrification: Pluckley - Ashford. |
| 60a SED | 14 May 1961 | Electrification: Maidstone West. |
| 61a SED | 15 May 1961 | Electrification: Paddock Wood - Maidstone West. |
| 62a SED | 24 May 1961 | Electrification: Ashford - Folkestone Junction. |
| 63a SED | 1 June 1961 | Electrification: Ashford - Westenhanger. |
| 64a SED | 5 June 1961 | Electrification: Ashford Up Yard. |
| 65a SED | 5 June 1961 | Electrification: Ashford Chart Leacon. |
| 66a SED | 5 June 1961 | Electrification: Dover Marine. |
| 67a SED | 6 June 1961 | Electrification: Ramsgate. |
| 68a SED | 6 June 1961 | Electrification: Ramsgate. |
| 69a SED | 7 June 1961 | Electrification: Hawkesbury Street Junction - Dover Ferry. |
| 70a SED | 1 July 1961 | Electrification: Folkestone Central. |
| 71a SED | 14 August 1961 | Electrification: Chartham - Minster. |
| 72a SED | 4 September 1961 | Electrification: Wrotham. |
| 73a SED | 1 September 1961 | Electrification: Tonbridge West Yard. |
| 74a SED | 2 October 1961 | Electrification: Ashford West Yard. |
| 75a SED | 2 October 1961 | Electrification: Ashford - Canterbury West. |
| 76a SED | 1 October 1961 | Electrification: Ashford - Hothfield. |
| 77a SED | 3 October 1961 | Electrification: Maidstone East - Bearsted. |
| 78a SED | 3 October 1961 | Electrification: Maidstone East - Ashford. |
| 79a SED | 9 October 1961 | Electrification: Folkestone Junction. |
| 80a SED | 31 October 1961 | Electrification: Paddock Wood. |
| 81a SED | 30 October 1961 | Warning - Testing of Colour Light Signals: Smeeth - Folkestone Central, Folkestone Junction - Archcliffe Junction, Hawkesbury Street Junction - Herringe, Smeeth - Sevington. Folkestone Harbour. |
| 82a SED | 13 November 1961 | Electrification: Ashford. |
| 83a SED | 20 November 1961 | Warning - Testing of Colour Light Signals: Hither Green - Tunbridge Wells "B", Hither Green - Mottingham, Bromley North. |
| 84a SED | 27 November 1961 | Warning - Testing of Colour Light Signals: Paddock Wood - Sevington, Paddock Wood - Hothfield. |
| 85a SED | 11 December 1961 | Warning - Testing of Colour Light Signals: Ashford - Ham Street. |
| 86a SED | 31 December 1961 | Electrification: Ashford Hastings Branch. |
| 87a SED | 22 January 1962 | Warning - Testing of Colour Light Signals: Barming - Bearsted. |
| 88a SED | 4 February 1962 | Examination of Chislehurst North and South Tunnels in the event of failure of track circuits. |
| 89a SED | 26 February 1962 | Electrification: Otford. |
| 90a SED | 25 February 1962 | Electrification: Shorncliffe - Folkestone Central. |
| 91a SED | 13 May 1962 | Electrification: Lenham. |
| 92a SED | 11 February 1962 | Electrification: Headcorn. |
| 93a SED | 18 February 1962 | Electrification: Shorncliffe - Sandling. |
| 94a SED | 19 February 1962 | Electrification: Maidstone East. |
| 95a SED | 18 February 1962 | Examination of Sandlling and Saltwood Tunnels in the event of failure of track circuits. |
| 96a SED | 18 February 1962 | Examination of Shakespeare Tunnel in the event of failure of track circuits. |
| 97a SED | 18 February 1962 | Examination of Martello and Abbotscliffe Tunnels in the event of failure of track circuits. |
| 100a SED | 4 March 1962 | Examination of Sevenoaks Tunnel in the event of failure of track circuits. |
| 101a SED | 11 March 1962 | Electrification: Ashford Bailey's Crossing. |
| 102a SED | 18 March 1962 | Examination of Somerhill Tunnel in the event of failure of track circuits. |
| 103a SED | 25 March 1962 | Examination of Wells, Grove Hill and Strawberry Hill Tunnels in the event of failure of track circuits. |
| 104a SED | 9 April 1962 | Warning - Testing of Colour Light Signals: Sturry - Grove Ferry. |
| 105a SED | 1 April 1962 | Operation of Local Control Panel at Paddock Wood. |
| 106a SED | 16 April 1962 | Electrification: Ashford. |
| 107a SED | 6 May 1962 | Electrification: Ashford. |
| 108a SED | 5 June 1962 | Electrification: Dover Marine. |
| 109a SED | 6 June 1962 | Electrification: Ashford Down Yard. |
| 110a SED | 4 June 1962 | Electrification: Ashford. |
| 111a SED | 3 June 1962 | Electrification: Ashford. |
| 112a SED | 4 June 1962 | Electrification: Sevenoaks. |
| 113a SED | 17 June 1962 | Examination of Polhill Tunnel in the event of failure of track circuits. |
| 133a SED | 12 April 1965 | Electrification: Hither Green. |
| 134a SED | 21 May 1965 | Electrification: London Bridge. |
| 136a SED | 30 May 1967 | Electrification: Metropolitan Junction. |
| 137a SED | 5 June 1967 | Electrification: Cannon Street, Southwark Depot. |
| 138a SED | 5 June 1967 | Electrification: Sidcup. |
| 139a SED | 12 June 1967 | Electrification: Blackfriars. |
| 140a SED | 3 July 1967 | Electrification: Stewarts Lane - Factory Junction. |
| 141a SED | 19 August 1968 | Electrification: Plumstead. |
| 142a SED | 4 September 1968 | Electrification: London Bridge. |
| 145a SED | 4 May 1970 | Electrification: Southwark Depot. |
| 150a SED | 25 January 1971 | Electrification: Dover Marine. |
| 151a SED | 30 November 1970 | Electrification: Orpington. |
| 152a SED | 31 March 1971 | Electrification: Hither Green. |
| 156a SED | 12 July 1971 | Electrification: Dover Marine. |
| 161a SED | 22 January 1973 | Electrification: Gillingham. |
| 162a SED | 19 March 1973 | Electrification: London Bridge. |
| 165a SED | 18 November 1973 | Electrification: Dover Marine. |
| 166a SED | 9 March 1974 | Electrification: Folkestone East. |
| 167a | 16 September 1974 | Electrification: Hither Green Up Sidings. |
| 168a SED | 25 November 1974 | Electrification: Paddock Wood. |
| 169a SED | 22 December 1975 | Electrification: Margate. |
| 173a SED | 29 March 1976 | Electrification: St Johns. |
| 174a SED | 5 April 1976 | Electrification: New Cross - North Kent East Junction. |
| 175a SED | 7 April 1976 | Electrification: London Bridge - North Kent East Junction. |
South Western Division Series
| Number | Operative Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1a SWD | 12 March 1962 | Electrification: Fratton Yard. |
| 2a SWD | 14 May 1962 | Electrification: Farnham. |
| 3a SWD | 24 April 1963 | Excessive Speed of Trains. |
| 4a SWD | 24 April 1963 | Excessive Speed of Trains. |
| 5a SWD | 24 April 1964 | Warning - Testing of Colour Light Signals: Epsom, Ashtead and Leatherhead. |
| 6a SWD | 26 April 1964 | Alterations to Sykes Lock & Block Instruments, Point Pleasant Junction - Wimbledon "A". |
| 7a SWD | 14 June 1964 | Warning - Testing of Colour Light Signals: Southcote Junction - Bramley. |
| 8a SWD | July 1964 | Wandle Valley Sewer Extension, Clapham Junction "C" - Point Pleasant Junction. |
| 9a SWD | 10 May 1965 | Warning - Testing of Colour Light Signals: Effingham Junction - London Road Guildford. |
| 10a SWD | 6 September 1965 | Electrification: Reading General. |
| 11a SWD | 27 September 1965 | Warning - Testing of Colour Light Signals: Raynes Park - Epsom, Motspur Park - Tolworth. |
| 12a SWD | 4 October 1965 | Warning - Testing of Colour Light Signals: Shalford Junction - Godalming. |
| 13a SWD | 10 January 1966 | Warning - Testing of Colour Light Signals: Guildford - North Camp. |
| 14a SWD | 18 April 1966 | Warning - Testing of Colour Light Signals: Brookwood - Ash Vale Junction / Sturt Lane Junction. |
| 15a SWD | 15-17 October 1966 | Special Instruction to Signaman's Agent at Worcester Park Ground Frame. |
| 16a SWD | November 1966 | Bournemouth Central Single Line Working. |
| 17a SWD | 12 December 1966 | Electrification: Brookwood - Northbrook. |
| 18a SWD | 14 December 1966 | Electrification: Northbrook - Swaythling. |
| 19a SWD | November 1966 | Bournemouth Central Single Line Working. |
| 20a SWD | November 1966 | Bournemouth Central Single Line Working. |
| 21a SWD | November 1966 | Bournemouth Central Single Line Working. |
| 22a SWD | 18 January 1967 | Electrification: Swaythling - Lymington Junction, Northam Junction - Chapel Crossing - Tunnel Junction. |
| 23a SWD | 16 January 1967 | Electrification: Ryde St John's Road. |
| 24a SWD | 15 January 1967 | Electrification: Clapham Junction. |
| 25a SWD | 6 March 1967 | Electrification: Lymington Junction - Bournemouth Meyrick Road. |
| 26a SWD | 1 March 1967 | Electrification: Ryde Pier Head - Shanklin. |
| 27a SWD | 5 March 1967 | Electrification: Waterloo. |
| 28a SWD | 28 March 1967 | Electrification: Meyrick Road - Branksome - Bournemouth Carriage Sidings. |
| 29a SWD | 2 April 1967 | Electrification: Waterloo. |
| 30a SWD | 23 April 1967 | Electrification: Waterloo. |
| 31aSWD | 17 April 1967 | Electrification: Clapham Junction. |
| 32a SWD | 23 April 1967 | Electrification: Waterloo. |
| 33a SWD | 7 May 1967 | Electrification: Portsmouth & Southsea. |
| 34a SWD | 1 June 1967 | Electrification: Lymington Branch. |
| 35a SWD | 30 June 1967 | Electrification: Waterloo. |
| 36a SWD | 9 July 1967 | Electrification: Waterloo. |
| 37a SWD | 2 July 1967 | Electrification: Eastleigh - Depot. |
| 38a SWD | 15 October 1967 | Electrification: Clapham Junction. |
| 39a SWD | October 1967 | Single Line Working Raynes Park - Wimbledon. |
| 40a SWD | October 1967 | Single Line Working Worting Junction - Basingstoke. |
| 41a SWD | 14 January 1968 | Electrification: Eastleigh Works. |
| 42a SWD | 3 March 1968 | Electrification: Branksome. |
| 43a SWD | March 1968 | Single Line Working Raynes Park - Wimbledon. |
| 44a SWD | 24 March 1968 | Electrification: Waterloo. |
| 46a SWD | March 1968 | Raynes Park Emergency Crossover. |
| 47a SWD | 7 July 1968 | Electrification: Eastleigh. (postponed until 14 July - supplement 130 to P/EW28). |
| 48a SWD | 28 July 1968 | Electrification: Clapham Junction. |
| 73a SWD | 20 January 1970 | Electrification: Clapham Junction. (postponed until 3 February). |
| 74a SWD | 22 February 1970 | Electrification: Bournemouth Carriage Sidings. |
| 81a SWD | 24 April 1970 | Electrification: Guildford. |
| 93 L | May 1970 | Local Instructions Bank (Waterloo & City). |
| 88a SWD | 1 June 1970 | Electrification: Clapham Junction. |
| 122a SWD | 6 December 1971 | Electrification: Clapham Junction. |
| 126a SWD | 5 December 1971 | Electrification: Strawberry Hill. |
| 150a SWD | 3 November 1972 | Electrification: East Wimledon (Durnsford Road). |
| 164a SWD | 11 July 1973 | Electrification: Clapham Junction. |
| 173a SWD | 19 April 1974 | Electrification: Staines. |
| 174a SWD | 17 May 1974 | Electrification: East Wimbledon (Durnsford Road). |
| 175a SWD | 7 June 1974 | Electrification: East Wimbledon (Durnsford Road). |
| 177a SWD | 22 July 1974 | Electrification: East Wimbledon (Durnsford Road). |
| 178a SWD | 1 November 1974 | Electrification: East Wimbledon (Durnsford Road). |
| P50 SWD | 13 November 1974 | Working of trains during bad weather or other exceptional circumstances. The front of the notice is dated to commence on Monday 4th November, but the issue date on the last page is 13th November. |
| 179a SWD | 29 November 1974 | Electrification: East Wimbledon (Durnsford Road). |
| 180a SWD | 22 December 1974 | Electrification: East Wimbledon (Durnsford Road). |
| 183a SWD | 14 April 1975 | Electrification: Strawberry Hill Berthing Depot. |
| 184a SWD | 2 May 1975 | Electrification: Reading General. |
| 189a SWD | 18 August 1975 | Electrification: Fratton. |
| 4 February 1983 | Managerial visits to signal boxes, crossings, stations, yards and depots. |
Regional Series
| Number | Issue Date | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 2a | 5 March 1957 | Instructions concerning the provision of Speaking Communication between Motorman and Guard. Members' Download |
| SE041 | 16 December 1985 | Somerhill, Strawberry Hill, Wadhurst, Mountfield and Wells Tunnel Information Cards. |
| c1986 | Various Estate Plans of Ardingly, Burgess Hill, Faygate, Hassocks, Ifield, Littlehaven, Preston Park, Pyecombe, and Wivelsfield. The Ardingly plan includes some earthworks for the aborted Ouse Valley Railway. |