The Signalling Record Society

RailRef Line Codes LU

Track circuits were devised in the USA in 1872 by William Robinson.

William Sykes tried one out at Crystal Palace in 1876.

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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	ELR
LU001 LY116 NW576	Boar's Head Junction - Adlington Junction datum 0m00c Boar's Head Junction NW550 Haigh Junction NW570 Red Rock White Bear 3m45c Adlington Junction LY110	BAD
LU002 LY117 NW577	Adlington Junction - Ellerbeck Colliery 0m00c Ellerbeck Junction LY110 1m14c Ellerbeck Colliery	ELK
LU003 LY118 NW578	Chorley - Cherry Tree Junction datum Manchester Victoria Chorley No.4 Junction LY110 22m42c Chorley No.5 Junction Chorley North 24m34c Heapey 24m63c Heapey Sidings 25m43c Wood's Siding 26m28c Brinscall Abbey Mill Siding GF 27m12c Withnell 27m62c Withnell Brick & Terra Cotta Co. Sidings 28m60c Feniscowles 29m73c Cherry Tree Junction LY119 LY220 Phil Deaves gives mileages as 22m20c (starts 5c north of Chorley) - 29m75c	CCT