TOC Codes

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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.[1].
  • 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.

Network Rail

Company Name Business Code Sector Code ATOC Code
Virtual European Paths EU ? EU
Alliance Rail ZB 14 AR
Northern Trains ED 23 NT
Transport for Wales HL 71 AW
c2c HT 79 CC
Caledonian Sleeper ES 35 CS
Chiltern Railways HO 74 CH
CrossCountry EH 27 XC
DC Rail PO 34 ZZ
East Midlands Railway EM 28 EM
Eurostar GA 06 ES
Unmapped (was First Capital Connect) EG 26 FC
Hull Trains PF 55 HT
Unmapped (was Gatwick Express) HV 81 GX
GB Railfreight PE 54 ZZ
Govia Thameslink Railway (Great Northern) ET 88 GN
Govia Thameslink Railway (Thameslink) ET 88 TL
Grand Central EC 22 GC
Grand Central (North West) LN 14 GC[2]
Great Western Railway EF 25 GW
Greater Anglia EB 21 LE
Heathrow Connect EE 24 HC
Heathrow Express HM 86 HX
Island Lines HZ 85 IL
Locomotive Services LS 89 LS
West Midlands Trains EJ 29 LM
London Overground EK 30 LO
LUL Bakerloo Line XC 91 LT
LUL District Line - Richmond XE 93 LT
LUL District Line - Wimbledon XB 90 LT
Merseyrail HE 64 ME
Network Rail (On-Track Machines) LR 15 LR
Nexus (Tyne & Wear Metro) PG 56 TW
North Yorkshire Moors Railway PR 51 NY
ScotRail HA 60 SR
South Western Railway HY 84 SW
South Yorkshire Supertram SJ 19 SJ
Southeastern HU 80 SE
Southern HW 88 SN
Swanage Railway SP 18 SP
Elizabeth line EX 33 XR
TransPennine Express EA 20 TP
Avanti West Coast HF 65 VT
London North Eastern Railway HB 61 GR
West Coast Railways PA 50 WR
JSD Rail Research & Development RR 02 ZZ
Victa Westlink Rail (defunct) PV 03 ZZ
DB Cargo Charters FM 04 ZZ
DB Cargo Freight WA 05 ZZ
Rail Operations Group PH 07 ZZ
DB Cargo International DA 08 ZZ
Freightliner Intermodal DB 09 ZZ
Serco Rail Operations SD 10 ZZ
Freightliner Heavy Haul DH 11 ZZ
Freight Europe (defunct) PN 12 ZZ
Europorte Channel PT 13 ZZ
LORAM LC 16 ZZ
Hanson & Hall Rail Services YG 17 ZZ
Network Rail Virtual Freight Company QJ 31 ZZ
Wrexham and Shropshire (defunct) EI 32 WS
Vintage Trains TY 36 TY
Seco Rail (defunct) RU 37 ZZ
Carillion Rail CTRL (Phase 1) (defunct) RQ 38 ZZ
Harsco RT 39 ZZ
Balfour Beatty Rail RZ 40 ZZ
Unmapped 41
Colas Rail RG 42 ZZ
Amey Fleet Services RE 43 ZZ
Carillion Rail RB 44 ZZ
Lumo LD 45 LD
SB (Swietelsky Babcock) Rail RD 46 ZZ
Unmapped 47
Unmapped 48
VolkerRail RH 49 ZZ
Pre Metro Operations PK 52 ZZ
SNCF Freight Services PS 53 ZZ
Unmapped 57
Unmapped (was Advenza Freight) PI 58 ZZ
On Route Logistics PM 59 ZZ
SLC Operations SO 11[3] SO
Unmapped 62
Unmapped 63
Unmapped 66
Unmapped 67
Unmapped 68
Unmapped 69
Unmapped 70
Grand Union Trains LF 12 LF
Legge Infrastructure Services LG 72 ZZ
Grand Central (North West) LN
Unmapped 73
Unmapped 75
Unmapped 76
Unmapped 77
Unmapped 78
Unmapped (was Southern) HW 82 SN
Unmapped 83
Unmapped 87
Network Rail Reserved Pathings (non-QJ) NR 92 ZZ
Ffestiniog Railway XJ 94
Varamis Rail MV 95
Unmapped 96
Direct Rail Services XH 97 ZZ
Internal Testing RM 98 ZZ
Unmapped 99
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


Network Rail Open Data Feeds
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RTPPM RTPPM Feed
Train Movements Train Movements Feed Train Activation Train Cancellation Train Movement Train Reinstatement Change of Origin Change of Identity Change of Location TSPEED Field Planned Cancellations Cancellation Codes
TD TD Feed C-Class Messages S-Class Messages Train Describers TD Berths
VSTP VSTP Feed
TSR TSR Feed Route Codes
SCHEDULE SCHEDULE Feed Schedule and Location Records Association Records CIF Codes How Scheduling Works Allowances
Reference Data Reference Data Feed TOC Codes CIF Codes Delay Attribution Codes Identifying Locations (STANOX, TIPLOC, NLC and 3-Alpha Codes) STANOX Geographical Areas Train Planning data
  1. Strictly speaking, the first letter is the business code and the second letter is the profit centre
  2. Also listed as LF
  3. Shared with Freightliner Heavy Haul