List of Train Describers
The following list of TD areas was last updated on 11th February 2013.
The column headings are as follows:
- ID - identity of the train describer in TD messages. This is not necessarily the same as the plated signalbox ID
- Name - the name of the train describer
- SIG - whether signal aspects (on/off) are available
- RTE - whether route set indications are available
- TRS - whether Train Ready To Start (TRTS) indications are available
- TRK - whether track occupation (track circuit or axle counter) indications are available
- PTS - whether points (normal/reverse) indications are available
- LXG - whether level crossing barrier control indications are available
| ID | Name | SIG | RTE | TRS | TRK | PTS | LXG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AD | Ashford IECC | Y | Y | Y | |||
| AL | Alnmouth | ||||||
| AN | Allington Junction | ||||||
| AS | Aston | ||||||
| AW | Acton Wells | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| BA | Barnsley | ||||||
| BE | Basingstoke | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
| BL | Bristol | ||||||
| BM | Barnham | Y | Y | Y | |||
| BN | Birmingham New Street | ||||||
| BS | Barnes | Y | Y | Y | |||
| BX | Basingstoke (WoE) | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
| C1 | SWCC Newport ITD | Y | Y | Y | |||
| CA | Cambridge PSB | Y | Y | Y | |||
| CC | Colchester | Y | Y | Y | |||
| CD | Castleford | ||||||
| CE | Crewe PSB | ||||||
| CF | Cardiff | ||||||
| CH | Chichester | Y | Y | ||||
| CL | Carlisle | ||||||
| CM | Carmuirs East | ||||||
| CO | Cowlairs | ||||||
| CS | Chester | ||||||
| CT | Channel Tunnel | ||||||
| CX | Cathcart | Y | Y | Y | |||
| CY | WMCC Coventry | ||||||
| D1 | TVSC Reading IECC A | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
| D2 | TVSC Reading IECC B | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
| D3 | TVSC Paddington IECC | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
| D4 | TVSC Hayes IECC | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
| D5 | TVSC Swindon B IECC | Y | Y | Y | |||
| DR | Doncaster | ||||||
| DY | Derby | ||||||
| E1 | Edgeley No 1 | Y | |||||
| EA | Edinburgh IECC A | Y | Y | Y | |||
| EB | Edinburgh IECC B | Y | Y | Y | |||
| EC | Edinburgh IECC C | Y | Y | Y | |||
| EH | Eastleigh | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| EK | East Kent (Gillingham) | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| EN | Cambridge IECC | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| EX | Exeter | Y | |||||
| FE | Ferrybridge | ||||||
| FH | Feltham | Y | |||||
| G2 | WSSC Paisley | ||||||
| GC | WSSC Glasgow | ||||||
| GD | Guildford | ||||||
| GL | Gloucester ITD | ||||||
| HG | Harrogate IECC | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
| HM | Healey Mills | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
| HN | Heaton Norris | Y | |||||
| HT | Havant | Y | Y | Y | |||
| HU | Huddersfield | ||||||
| KX | Kings Cross | ||||||
| LA | Lancing | Y | |||||
| LB | London Bridge | Y | Y | ||||
| LC | WMCC Leamington Corridoor | ||||||
| LE | Leamington Spa | ||||||
| LN | Lincoln | Y | Y | Y | |||
| LR | EMCC Leicester | Y | |||||
| LS | Liverpool Street | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
| MA | Maidstone East | Y | |||||
| MD | EMCC Mansfield | Y | Y | Y | |||
| ME | Marylebone | Y | Y | Y | |||
| MH | Machynlleth | Y | Y | Y | |||
| MJ | Madeley Junction | Y | Y | Y | |||
| ML | Motherwell | Y | Y | Y | |||
| MO | Morpeth | ||||||
| MP | Manchester Piccadilly | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
| MS | Manchester South | Y | Y | ||||
| MZ | Manchester East | Y | Y | Y | |||
| NE | EMCC Erewash | ||||||
| NK | North Kent | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| NX | New Cross Gate | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
| OX | Oxford | ||||||
| PB | Peterborough | ||||||
| PH | Plymouth | ||||||
| PT | Port Talbot | ||||||
| PX | Preston | ||||||
| R1 | Rugby SCC (Watford - Bletchley ITD) | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| R2 | Rugby SCC (Northampton - Rugby ITD) | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| RA | Radyr | ||||||
| RT | Ridgmont | ||||||
| RW | Rochdale West | Y | Y | Y | |||
| SA | Saltley | ||||||
| SC | Scunthorpe | ||||||
| SD | Sheffield | ||||||
| SE | Shenfield IECC | Y | Y | Y | |||
| SH (SL?) | Slough A | Y | |||||
| SI | Stratford IECC | Y | Y | Y | |||
| SK | Stoke On Trent | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | |
| SM | Stirling Middle | Y | Y | ||||
| SN | Swindon A ITD | ||||||
| SO | South Tottenham | ||||||
| SS | Merseyrail IECC | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
| SU | Surbiton (Woking) | Y | |||||
| SX | Saxmundham MCS | Y | Y | Y | Y | ||
| T1 | Tyneside 1 IECC | Y | Y | Y | |||
| T2 | Tyneside 2 IECC | Y | Y | Y | |||
| TB | Three Bridges | Y | Y | ||||
| TD | WMCC Telford | ||||||
| TE | Tonbridge | Y | |||||
| TN | EMCC Chesterfield | Y | |||||
| TT | Trent | ||||||
| TW | Tweedmouth | ||||||
| TY | Tees Yard (Ryhope) | Y | Y | Y | |||
| U2 | Upminster 2 IECC | ||||||
| U3 | Upminster 3 IECC | Y | Y | Y | |||
| UR | Upminster A IECC | ||||||
| VC | London Victoria | ||||||
| VT | Thameslink South | Y | Y | Y | |||
| WA | Warrington PSB | Y | Y | ||||
| WD | Winsford | ||||||
| WE | Worksop | ||||||
| WG | West Anglia IECC | ||||||
| WH | West Hampstead PSB | ||||||
| WI | Wimbledon NCP | ||||||
| WJ | Watford Junction | Y | Y | Y | |||
| WK | Wakefield Kirkgate | ||||||
| WL | Walsall | ||||||
| WN | WMCC Water Orton | ||||||
| WO | Wolverhampton PSB | ||||||
| WS | Willesden Suburban | ||||||
| WT | Thameslink North | Y | Y | Y | |||
| WW | Wesbury | Y | |||||
| WY | Wembley | ||||||
| XB | Macclesfield | ||||||
| XE | Warrington Central | ||||||
| XH | Stafford No 4 | ||||||
| XJ | Stafford No 5 | ||||||
| XL | Hunts Cross | ||||||
| XN | Hooton | ||||||
| XP | Manchester North | ||||||
| XZ | Liverpool Lime Street | ||||||
| Y2 | York IECC 2 | ||||||
| Y3 | York IECC 3 | ||||||
| YK | York IECC | ||||||
| YO | Yoker IECC | ||||||
| ZA | Ashford TDC | ||||||
| ZB | Bournemouth TDC | Y | |||||
| ZE | Eastbourne TDC | ||||||
| ZG | Guildford TDC | Y | Y | ||||
| ZH | Horsham TDC | ||||||
| ZR | Rainham TDC | ||||||
| ZY | Yeovil TDC |