RailRef Line Codes PL

Port of London Authority Railway

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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.

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West India Dock opened 1802; East India Dock opened 1806. East & West India Dock Co 1802-1889; then London & West India Docks Joint Committee until 1901; then London & India Docks Co until 1909 when all transferred to Port of London Authority (PLA).

Millwall Docks opened 1868. Millwall Freehold Land & Docks Co until 1870; then Millwall Dock Co until 1909 when all transferred to Port of London Authority (PLA). Millwall Dock Co owned GE165 which was worked by the GER.

Railway connections from GER (London & Blackwall from 1840; LNWR (NLR) from 1851.

Alterations took place to the entrance to the South Dock 1927-1928. Was this when GE164 was severed?

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RailRef	Line Detail	SBR	ELR
PL001	North London Railway Connection West India Dock PLA/NLR boundary NW041 West India Docks Junction GE164
PL010	West India Export Dock Blackwall Basin Junction GE164 West India Export Dock (north side) As at 1906 RCH Junction Diagram
PL011	West India Dock Import Junction - South Dock East Side West India Dock Import Junction (along north side Import Dock) Import Dock South Side Junction PL013 Export Dock North Side Junction PL014 Export Dock South Side Junction PL015 South Dock South Side Junction PL016 Millwall Dock West Side Junction PL017 Millwall Dock East Side Junction PL018 Loco Shed Junction South Dock East Side From 1938 plan
PL012	Blackwall Basin Lines From 1938 plan
PL013	West India Import Dock South Side Lines From 1938 plan
PL014	West India Export Dock North Side Lines From 1938 plan
PL015	West India Export Dock South Side Lines From 1938 plan
PL016	West India South Dock South Side Lines From 1938 plan
PL017	Millwall Dock West Side Lines From 1938 plan Article Railway Bylines 2014 January.
PL018	Millwall Dock East Side Lines From 1938 plan
PL019	Manchester Road Branch From 1938 plan
PL030	West India South Dock North Side South Dock Junction GE164 South Dock (north side) As at 1906 RCH Junction Diagram
PL040	West India South Dock South Side West India Dock Southside GE164 South Dock (south side) As at 1906 RCH Junction Diagram
PL041	West - South curve at north end of Millwall Inner Dock linking PL040 and GE164, including line to granary etc to west of Millwall Inner Dock As at 1906 RCH Junction Diagram
PL042	Millwall Outer Dock Graving Dock Junction GE164 Millwall Outer Dock end of line As at 1906 RCH Junction Diagram
PL050	East India Docks East India Dock Goods GE165 East India Docks Basin As at 1906 RCH Junction Diagram