3-letter sStation codes

[PR1Berske]

Haha, aye, I can see the logic! Of both things you've said

I can't check here at work, has BUV been taken?
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Aaah, I can check at work, and both BSV and BUV are up for grabs

And just in case the forum hasn't already been informed/found out/been told....


The three letter code will be....

BSV!



http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/bsv/details.html

 

[ATW Alex 101]

Why is hamilton square on merseyrail BKQ and why is moorgate underground ZMG?

 

[MidnightFlyer]

Why is hamilton square on merseyrail BKQ and why is moorgate underground ZMG?

Hamilton Square's more common name is Birkenhead Hamilton Sqaure - Q is the common letter for 'Sqaure', see SLQ for St leonards Warrior Sqaure;
The 'Z' in Moorgate Underground implies Undergound-managed - see ZFD for Farringdon.

 

[SS4]

I always remembered STP because of Standard Temperature and Pressure from A level chemistry.

I tired BSH for Birmingham Snow Hill before finding out it was BSW. At least ERDington is nice and simple as is SUTton Coldfield.

I prefer the three letter codes, makes it more interesting trying to guess the code

 

[TGV]

Anyone know the code for Ayr?

 

[PR1Berske]

Anyone know the code for Ayr?

AYR?

 

[tbtc]

Anyone know the code for Ayr?

Its a shame there was never a station at Ae in Dumfriesshire...

 

[jopsuk]

Other than Ayr and Ely are there any other stations where the three letter code and the name of the station are exact matches?

 

[Mojo]

Other than Ayr and Ely are there any other stations where the three letter code and the name of the station are exact matches?

IBM station.

 

[Lad Brookes]

Lye...

 

[Crossover]

Are there any stations where the station name is 2 letters long (highly unlikely, I know)?

 

[MidnightFlyer]

Rye and Ore for three-letter names too. No two-lettered stations, the five already mentioned for three are closest.

 

[Deerfold]

Rye and Ore for three-letter names too. No two-lettered stations, the five already mentioned for three are closest.

Six, surely?

 

[CheekyBandit]

IBM station.

Don't think it can count - it is IBM Halt
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/ibm/details.html

Rye and Ore for three-letter names too. No two-lettered stations, the five already mentioned for three are closest.

Rye doesn't count either as it is Rye (Sussex).
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/rye/details.html

However there is Wye, Par and Ash.

 

[MidnightFlyer]

Anyone who could tell me why Anerley is ANZ I would be grateful to.

 

[Johnny Lewis]

There's also ORE, for which I suspect the 3 letter code is also ORE...

 

[krus_aragon]

There's also ORE, for which I suspect the 3 letter code is also ORE...

And we may yet get Cwm opened down in Ebbw Vale. But CWM is Cwmbrân...

 

[CheekyBandit]

Not that you could really call the service there by rail a 'service', but you could stop there for TEA.

Hogs Back TEA?

 

[37 418]

Anyone who could tell me why Anerley is ANZ I would be grateful to.

Anerley used to be ANY, I suspect RSP needed the 'ANY' code for something else and obviously other combinations of the letters in Anerley were used up. It was changed about 4-5 years ago.

 

[Ivo]

Anerley used to be ANY, I suspect RSP needed the 'ANY' code for something else and obviously other combinations of the letters in Anerley were used up. It was changed about 4-5 years ago.

According to the Station Usage Statistics from Delta Rail, Anerley is still ANY :?

 

[bnm]

Anerley used to be ANY, I suspect RSP needed the 'ANY' code for something else and obviously other combinations of the letters in Anerley were used up. It was changed about 4-5 years ago.

Put ANY into Avantix Traveller NFM08 and you get quite a list of options, including 'ANY DUTCHSTATION'!!!

 

[jopsuk]

that's for "Dutchflyer" tickets which are, as it happens, valid to any station in The Netherlands.

 

[fairysdad]

IBM station.

Don't think it can count - it is IBM Halt
http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations/ibm/details.html

Shame about the Halt addition... without it means that IBM was the only station whose name was identical to its code...

 

[Mojo]

It depends what you count as the proper name of the station. The platform signs just call it ''IBM.'' It was opened as IBM Halt but is no longer known as that name.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_railway_station

 

[PR1Berske]

And we may yet get Cwm opened down in Ebbw Vale. But CWM is Cwmbrân...

So Cwmbrân would have to be moved to CBA...if they can be bothered (think about it......)

 

[175001]

BYC - Betws-y-Coed, easy

 

[MCR247]

So Cwmbrân would have to be moved to CBA...if they can be bothered (think about it......)

Haha

 

[37 418]

According to the Station Usage Statistics from Delta Rail, Anerley is still ANY :?

That's out of date then, I remember reading the Newsrail Express when the change was made.