TOC Codes

This page lists the codes used to identify Train Operating Companies (TOCs) in the various data feeds available from Network Rail. Different feeds use different sets of codes to refer to the same company. Network Rail also have a set of business codes for each of their geographical areas of responsibility, listed at the bottom.

History

Business codes are used for a variety of purposes, and are comprised of two alphabetic characters. Historically, the first letter was assigned as follows:

Code	Description
C	Central Services
D	Railfreight Distribution
E	Train Operating Companies
G	British Rail International
H	Train Operating Companies
J	Other Businesses
K	BREL and Level 5 Depots
L	Train Operating Companies
P	Train Operating Companies
Q	British Rail Headquarters
R	British Rail Infrastructure Services
T	NRCC
U	Ex-British Rail (now privatised)
V	Ex-British Rail (now privatised)
W	DB Cargo UK
X	Private owners
Y	Private owners
Z	Other businesses

Non-Network Rail

• Company Name is the name of the company
• Business Code is a two-character code used within the TRUST system. It is used in the names of the individual train movement feeds..
• Sector Code is the sector code used to represent the TOC in TRUST messages.
• ATOC Code is a two-character code used to representing the TOC in the SCHEDULE feed. Non-passenger operators are represented by an ATOC code of ZZ and are subject to obfuscation in the SCHEDULE feed (with the exception of GB Railfreight services).
• Whitelisted means that the sector code is 'whitelisted' and TRUST messages are published for these operators without obfuscation. Sector codes which are not whitelisted will be obfuscated and TRUST messages are published for these operators with sector code 00.

Network Rail

Company Name	Business Code	Sector Code	ATOC Code	Whitelisted
Virtual European Paths	EU	?	EU	?
Alliance Rail	ZB	14	AR	N
Northern Trains	ED	23	NT	Y
Transport for Wales	HL	71	AW	Y
c2c	HT	79	CC	Y
Caledonian Sleeper	ES	35	CS	Y
Chiltern Railways	HO	74	CH	Y
CrossCountry	EH	27	XC	Y
DC Rail	PO	34	ZZ	Y
East Midlands Railway	EM	28	EM	Y
Eurostar	GA	06	ES	Y
Unmapped (was First Capital Connect)	EG	26	FC	Y
Hull Trains	PF	55	HT	Y
Unmapped (was Gatwick Express)	HV	81	GX	Y
GB Railfreight	PE	54	ZZ	Y
Govia Thameslink Railway (Great Northern)	ET	88	GN	Y
Govia Thameslink Railway (Thameslink)	ET	88	TL	Y
Grand Central	EC	22	GC	Y
Grand Central (North West)	LN	14	GC	Y
Great Western Railway	EF	25	GW	Y
Greater Anglia	EB	21	LE	Y
Heathrow Connect	EE	24	HC	Y
Heathrow Express	HM	86	HX	Y
Island Lines	HZ	85	IL	Y
Locomotive Services	LS	89	LS	N
West Midlands Trains	EJ	29	LM	Y
London Overground	EK	30	LO	Y
LUL Bakerloo Line	XC	91	LT	Y
LUL District Line - Richmond	XE	93	LT	Y
LUL District Line - Wimbledon	XB	90	LT	Y
Merseyrail	HE	64	ME	Y
Network Rail (On-Track Machines)	LR	15	LR	N
Nexus (Tyne & Wear Metro)	PG	56	TW	Y
North Yorkshire Moors Railway	PR	51	NY	Y
ScotRail	HA	60	SR	Y
South Western Railway	HY	84	SW	Y
South Yorkshire Supertram	SJ	19	SJ	Y
Southeastern	HU	80	SE	Y
Southern	HW	88	SN	Y
Swanage Railway	SP	18	SP	N
TfL Rail	EX	33	XR	Y
TransPennine Express	EA	20	TP	Y
Avanti West Coast	HF	65	VT	Y
London North Eastern Railway	HB	61	GR	Y
West Coast Railways	PA	50	WR	Y
JSD Rail Research & Development	RR	02	ZZ	N
Victa Westlink Rail (defunct)	PV	03	ZZ	N
DB Cargo Charters	FM	04	ZZ	N
DB Cargo Freight	WA	05	ZZ	N
Rail Operations Group	PH	07	ZZ	N
DB Cargo International	DA	08	ZZ	N
Freightliner Intermodal	DB	09	ZZ	N
Serco Rail Operations	SD	10	ZZ	N
Freightliner Heavy Haul	DH	11	ZZ	N
Freight Europe (defunct)	PN	12	ZZ	N
Europorte Channel	PT	13	ZZ	N
LORAM	LC	16	ZZ	N
Hanson & Hall Rail Services	YG	17	ZZ	N
Network Rail Virtual Freight Company	QJ	31	ZZ	N
Wrexham and Shropshire (defunct)	EI	32	WS	Y
Vintage Trains	TY	36	TY	N
Seco Rail (defunct)	RU	37	ZZ	N
Carillion Rail CTRL (Phase 1) (defunct)	RQ	38	ZZ	N
Harsco	RT	39	ZZ	N
Balfour Beatty Rail	RZ	40	ZZ	N
Unmapped		41		N
Colas Rail	RG	42	ZZ	N
Amey Fleet Services	RE	43	ZZ	N
Carillion Rail	RB	44	ZZ	N
Lumo [1]	LD	45	LD	N
SB (Swietelsky Babcock) Rail	RD	46	ZZ	N
Unmapped		47		N
Unmapped		48		N
VolkerRail	RH	49	ZZ	N
Pre Metro Operations	PK	52	ZZ	N
SNCF Freight Services	PS	53	ZZ	N
Unmapped		57		N
Unmapped (was Advenza Freight)	PI	58	ZZ	N
On Route Logistics	PM	59	ZZ	N
SLC Operations	SO	11	SO	N
Unmapped		62		N
Unmapped		63		N
Unmapped		66		N
Unmapped		67		N
Unmapped		68		N
Unmapped		69		N
Unmapped		70		N
Grand Union Trains	LF	12	LF	?
Legge Infrastructure Services	LG	72	ZZ	N
Grand Central (North West)	LN
Unmapped		73		N
Unmapped		75		N
Unmapped		76		N
Unmapped		77		N
Unmapped		78		N
Unmapped (was Southern)	HW	82	SN	Y
Unmapped		83		N
Unmapped		87		N
Network Rail Reserved Pathings (non-QJ)	NR	92	ZZ	N
Ffestiniog Railway	XJ	94		Y
Varamis Rail	MV	95		N
Unmapped		96		N
Direct Rail Services	XH	97	ZZ	N
Internal Testing	RM	98	ZZ	N
Unmapped		99		N
Unmapped (was Anglia Railways)	HS
Unmapped (was Silverlink Train Services)	HP
Unmapped (was Central Trains)	HG
Unmapped (was WAGN)	HQ
Unmapped (was First Great Eastern)	HR

Network Rail Route	Business Code
HQ Functions	QA
Sussex	QB
Wessex	QC
Western	QD
Central	QE
North West	QF
North East	QG
Anglia	QH
East Coast	QI
Eastern	QJ
Southern	QK
Scotland	QL
Kent	QM
WCML South	QN
High Speed 1	QQ
North West & Central	QR
Scotland	QS
Wales & Western	QU
East Midlands	QV
Wales	QW