The Signalling Record Society

RailRef Line Codes EK

In 1858 the London & North Western Railway introduced a system of working single lines in which coloured flags were used as the train staff.

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In the list below the information is set out in tabular form, spread over four columns. The column entries are -

RailRef	The Line Code used in RailRef system.
Line Detail	The principal locations included within the Line Code. They are arranged in 'down' direction order. Locations shown are primarily stations and junctions to allow easy cross check against published atlases. Signal box names appear in italics where these are 'intermediate' to stations or have been shown to facilitate links from other pages on this web site. The inclusion of a station or junction name does not imply that there was always a signal box of that same name!
SBR	The section reference used in the relevant Signal Box Register published by the Society.
ELR	The corresponding Engineer's Line Reference(s). This will be blank for railways that never came within British Railways terms of reference. It will also be blank where British Railways had no surviving responsibility for infrastructure at the time the ELR system came into use.

RailRef	Line Detail	SBR	ELR
EK001	Shepherds Well - Canterbury Road datum London Victoria via Herne Hill 71m04c Shepherds Well Junction SE120 71m75c (unnamed) LC 72m04c Shepherds Well LC Shepherds Well 73m24c Eythorne 73m25c Eythorne LC Elvington 73m47c Wigmore Lane LC 73m60c Tilmanstone Colliery 73m77c Occupation Road LC 75m12c Thornton Road LC Knowlton 76m57c Eastry South LC Eastry South Eastry Eastry Junction EK002 78m11c Drainless Drove LC Woodnesborough 78m31c Ringleton Road LC Ash Town 79m70c Poulton LC 80m21c Durlock Road LC Staple 81m55c Occupation LC 81m69c Danbridge Road LC Wingham Colliery Halt 82m12c Session House LC 82m24c Adisham Road LC Wingham Town Wingham Canterbury Road end of line Mileages taken from a list of speed restrictions published in a March 1950 weekly notice. EKR: Shepherdswell - Tilmanstone Colliery Article: Southern Way 2013 issue 23.		EKR
EK002	Eastry - Richborough Port Eastry Junction EK001 Poison Cross Halt Romand Road Woodnesborough Sandwich Road Richborough Port