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The railways have frequently issued notices of instruction that have operational significance but which don't fall readily into the main categories of the archive. These include notices of electrification, loading of trains, safety, local and more general instructions. Many of these items would today be included in Section 'D' of the weekly notices.

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Notes

The "a" series of notices was a continuation of Southern Railway practice. However, the series was discontinued from April 1976 and relevant notices thereafter included in Section D of the Weekly Engineering Notices. Electrification notices were normally printed on buff coloured paper.

Certain types of notice were printed on coloured paper so they could be readily distinguished, the practice continuing from Southern Railway days. Daily stencilled and other types of notice were printed on white paper. The colours used were:

Notice Type Paper Colour
Electrification (printed) Buff until 1967, yellow gradually taking over thereafter.
Electrification (stencilled) Yellow.
Warning Pink

Signal Box Hours of Opening

Number Issue Date Description
BR31127/4 17 September 1956 London Central District
  17 September 1956 London East District
  16 December 1957 Southern District


Hook Switch Diagrams

Number Issue Date Description
A-1477 19 March 1948 Battersea Park
A-2129 24 November 1948 Norwood Fork


Regional Series

Number Operative Date Description
Chart 2 1949 Rules Class Instructional Chart No.2. Standard colouring and dimensions of upper quadrant signals etc.
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8a 28 September 1956 Nine Elms Shunting Movements.
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Chart 1 1961 Rules Class Instructional Chart No.1. Standard colouring and dimensions of upper quadrant signals etc.
Publication number AD8779/B1?27161/BR30742
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Central Division Series

Number Operative Date Description
  20 September 1961 Letter from Station Master, Pevensey & Westham about locations of hook switches.
2a CD 15 May 1964 Electrification: Hove.
3a CD 1 June 1967 Electrification: Tattenham Corner.
4a CD 29 August 1967 Electrification: Norwood Up Yard.
5a CD 4 May 1968 Electrification: Reigate.
6a CD 8 June 1968 Electrification: Haywards Heath.
7a CD 30 June 1968 Electrification: Gatwick Airport.
8a CD 17 April 1970 Electrification: Coulsdon North.
9a CD 9 March 1970 Electrification: Victoria Central.
10a CD 4 July 1970 Electrification: Haywards Heath.
11a CD 2 May 1971 Electrification: Redhill.
12a CD 11 June 1973 Electrification: Gatwick Airport.
13a CD 19 August 1974 Electrification: Horsham.
14a CD 31 August 1974 Electrification: New Cross Gate.
15a CD 15 December 1974 Electrification: New Cross Gate.
16a CD 26 January 1975 Electrification: Earlswood.
17a CD 23 February 1975 Electrification: New Cross Gate.
18a CD 9 June 1975 Electrification: Hove.
19a CD 20 July 1975 Electrification: Bricklayers Arms Junction.
20a CD 7 July 1975 Electrification: Brighton.


South Eastern Division Series

Number Operative Date Description
  30 March 1953 Engine Restrictions: List of Sidings less than 6 chains radius prohibited to Merchant Navy class locomotives.
1a SED 2 November 1958 Electrification: Herne Hill Sorting Sidings, Herne Hill, Dartford, Shepherds Lane - Victoia (Eastern), Plumstead, Angerstein Junction, Hoo Junction, Chatham Goods Siding
2a SED 9 November 1958 Electrification: Hither Green Sidings.
3a SED 23 November 1958 Electrification: Hither Green, Sole Street.
4a SED 10 December 1958 Electrification: Gillingham to Rainham.
5 SED 22 December 1958 Electrification: Bromley North.
6a SED 25 January 1959 Electrification: Plumstead, Angerstein Wharf.
7a SED 18 January 1959 Warning - Testing of Colour Light Signals: Factory Junction - Shepherds Lane, Shepherds Lane - West Dulwich, Herne Hill - Tulse Hill, Brixton - Nunhead, Loughborough Junction - Canterbury Road Junction / Herne Hill / Cambria Junction.
8a SED 2 February 1959 Electrification: Victoria Eastern - Stewarts Lane, Stewarts Lane - Factory Junction, Stewarts Lane Shed.
9a SED 16 February 1959 Warning - Testing of Colour Light Signals: Crofton Park - Shortlands.
10a SED 2 March 1959 Warning - Testing of Colour Light Signals: West Dulwich - Shortlands, New Beckenham - Beckenham Junction, Norwood Spur Junction - Beckenham Junction.
11a SED 16 March 1959 Warning - Testing of Colour Light Signals: Swanley - Sole Street, Sole Street - Farningham Road, Strood Junction - Rochester, Chatham - Teynham, Sheerness-on-Sea Branch.
12a SED 15 March 1959 Electrification: Stewarts Lane.
13a SED 1 April 1959 Electrification: Selling - Canterbury East.
14a SED 26 March 1959 Warning - Testing of Colour Light Signals: Graveney Crossing - Reculvers, Birchington - Margate, Margate - Birchington, Reculvers - Whitstable & Tankerton.
15a SED 28 April 1959 Electrification: Canterbury East - Dover Priory.
16a SED 30 April 1959 Electrification: Dover Priory / Dover Marine - Shakespeare Tunnel - Hawkesbury Street Junction - Archcliffe Junction.
17a SED 6 April 1959 Warning - Testing of Colour Light Signals: Sittingbourne - Teynham, Stone Crossing - Graveney Crossing, Faversham - Clock House Crossing.
18a SED 12 April 1959 Electrification: St Leonards West Marina.
19a SED 12 April 1959 Examination of Penge Tunnel in the event of failure of track circuits.
20a SED 8 May 1959 Warning - Testing of Colour Light Signals: Shortlands - Farningham Road, Beckenham Hill - Shortlands, Bickley Junction - Petts Wood Junction, Swanley - Eynsford, Chislehurst Goods - Orpington, Orpington - Grove Park, Chislehurst Junction - St Mary Cray Junction.
21a SED 1 June 1959 Electrification: Rainham - Ramsgate, Faversham - Selling.
22a SED 24 May 1959 Electrification: Ramsgate.
23a SED 24 May 1959 Electrification: Stewarts Lane.
24a SED 31 May 1959 Electrification: Hoo Junction.
25a SED 25 May 1959 Electrification: Grove Park, Sole Street, Stewarts Lane.
26a SED 31 May 1959 Electrification: Sittingbourne, Shepherds Well.
27a SED 1 June 1959 Electrification: Shortlands Junction.
28a SED 14 June 1959 Electrification: Bricklayers Arms Branch.
29a SED 14 June 1959 Electrification: Grove Park.
30a SED 15 June 1959 Electrification: Blackfriars - Holborn Viaduct.
31a SED 5 June 1959 Electrification: Sheerness-on-Sea Branch.
32a SED 10 May 1959 Examination of Fort Pitt, Chatham or Gillingham Tunnels in the event of failure of track circuits.
33a SED May 1959 Operation of Field Stations on the Sheerness-on-Sea Branch.
34a SED 30 May 1959 Electrification: Otford.
35a SED 22 June 1959 Electrification: Cuxton.
36a SED 14 June 1959 Electrification: Snowdown Colliery.
37a SED 22 June 1959 Warning - Testing of Colour Light Signals: Margate - Minster.
38a SED 30 August 1959 Electrification: Bricklayers Arms, Faversham.
39a SED 4 October 1959 Electrification: Hither Green Sidings, Archcliffe Junction.
40a SED 25 October 1959 Electrification: Snowdown Colliery.
41a SED September 1959 Working of Trains at Walworth Coal Depot.
42a SED 25 January 1960 Electrification: Hither Green Sidings.
43a SED 10 April 1960 Electrification: Kemsley Halt - Queenborough.
44a SED 25 January 1960 Electrification: Hither Green Sidings.
45a SED 8 June 1960 Electrification: Maidstone West.
46a SED 7 June 1960 Warning - Testing of Colour Light Signals: Sandwich - Minster - Ramsgate.
47a SED 18 July 1960 Electrification: Margate Goods.
48a SED 28 September 1960 Electrification: Hither Green Continental Freight Depot.
49a SED 3 October 1960 Electrification: Hither Green Continental Freight Depot.
50a SED 31 October 1960 Electrification: Ramsgate - Minster - Dover Priory - Kearsney.
51a SED 30 September 1960 Shunting Movements Hither Green Continental Freight Depot.
52a SED 2 November 1960 Electrification: Deal.
53a SED 1 November 1960 Electrification: Snowdown Colliery.
54a SED 5 February 1961 Electrification: Bearsted - Maidstone East.
55a SED 19 February 1961 Electrification: Dover Marine.
56a SED 10 April 1961 Electrification: Sevenoaks - Tonbridge.
57a SED 1 May 1961 Electrification: Fokestone Central - Archcliffe Junction, Folkestone Harbour Branch.
58a SED 4 May 1961 Electrification: Tonbridge - Pluckley.
59a SED 8 May 1961 Electrification: Pluckley - Ashford.
60a SED 14 May 1961 Electrification: Maidstone West.
61a SED 15 May 1961 Electrification: Paddock Wood - Maidstone West.
62a SED 24 May 1961 Electrification: Ashford - Folkestone Junction.
63a SED 1 June 1961 Electrification: Ashford - Westenhanger.
64a SED 5 June 1961 Electrification: Ashford Up Yard.
65a SED 5 June 1961 Electrification: Ashford Chart Leacon.
66a SED 5 June 1961 Electrification: Dover Marine.
67a SED 6 June 1961 Electrification: Ramsgate.
68a SED 6 June 1961 Electrification: Ramsgate.
69a SED 7 June 1961 Electrification: Hawkesbury Street Junction - Dover Ferry.
70a SED 1 July 1961 Electrification: Folkestone Central.
71a SED 14 August 1961 Electrification: Chartham - Minster.
72a SED 4 September 1961 Electrification: Wrotham.
73a SED 1 September 1961 Electrification: Tonbridge West Yard.
74a SED 2 October 1961 Electrification: Ashford West Yard.
75a SED 2 October 1961 Electrification: Ashford - Canterbury West.
76a SED 1 October 1961 Electrification: Ashford - Hothfield.
77a SED 3 October 1961 Electrification: Maidstone East - Bearsted.
78a SED 3 October 1961 Electrification: Maidstone East - Ashford.
79a SED 9 October 1961 Electrification: Folkestone Junction.
80a SED 31 October 1961 Electrification: Paddock Wood.
81a SED 30 October 1961 Warning - Testing of Colour Light Signals: Smeeth - Folkestone Central, Folkestone Junction - Archcliffe Junction, Hawkesbury Street Junction - Herringe, Smeeth - Sevington. Folkestone Harbour.
82a SED 13 November 1961 Electrification: Ashford.
83a SED 20 November 1961 Warning - Testing of Colour Light Signals: Hither Green - Tunbridge Wells "B", Hither Green - Mottingham, Bromley North.
84a SED 27 November 1961 Warning - Testing of Colour Light Signals: Paddock Wood - Sevington, Paddock Wood - Hothfield.
85a SED 11 December 1961 Warning - Testing of Colour Light Signals: Ashford - Ham Street.
86a SED 31 December 1961 Electrification: Ashford Hastings Branch.
87a SED 22 January 1962 Warning - Testing of Colour Light Signals: Barming - Bearsted.
88a SED 4 February 1962 Examination of Chislehurst North and South Tunnels in the event of failure of track circuits.
89a SED 26 February 1962 Electrification: Otford.
90a SED 25 February 1962 Electrification: Shorncliffe - Folkestone Central.
91a SED 13 May 1962 Electrification: Lenham.
92a SED 11 February 1962 Electrification: Headcorn.
93a SED 18 February 1962 Electrification: Shorncliffe - Sandling.
94a SED 19 February 1962 Electrification: Maidstone East.
95a SED 18 February 1962 Examination of Sandlling and Saltwood Tunnels in the event of failure of track circuits.
96a SED 18 February 1962 Examination of Shakespeare Tunnel in the event of failure of track circuits.
97a SED 18 February 1962 Examination of Martello and Abbotscliffe Tunnels in the event of failure of track circuits.
100a SED 4 March 1962 Examination of Sevenoaks Tunnel in the event of failure of track circuits.
101a SED 11 March 1962 Electrification: Ashford Bailey's Crossing.
102a SED 18 March 1962 Examination of Somerhill Tunnel in the event of failure of track circuits.
103a SED 25 March 1962 Examination of Wells, Grove Hill and Strawberry Hill Tunnels in the event of failure of track circuits.
104a SED 9 April 1962 Warning - Testing of Colour Light Signals: Sturry - Grove Ferry.
105a SED 1 April 1962 Operation of Local Control Panel at Paddock Wood.
106a SED 16 April 1962 Electrification: Ashford.
107a SED 6 May 1962 Electrification: Ashford.
108a SED 5 June 1962 Electrification: Dover Marine.
109a SED 6 June 1962 Electrification: Ashford Down Yard.
110a SED 4 June 1962 Electrification: Ashford.
111a SED 3 June 1962 Electrification: Ashford.
112a SED 4 June 1962 Electrification: Sevenoaks.
113a SED 17 June 1962 Examination of Polhill Tunnel in the event of failure of track circuits.
133a SED 12 April 1965 Electrification: Hither Green.
134a SED 21 May 1965 Electrification: London Bridge.
136a SED 30 May 1967 Electrification: Metropolitan Junction.
137a SED 5 June 1967 Electrification: Cannon Street, Southwark Depot.
138a SED 5 June 1967 Electrification: Sidcup.
139a SED 12 June 1967 Electrification: Blackfriars.
140a SED 3 July 1967 Electrification: Stewarts Lane - Factory Junction.
141a SED 19 August 1968 Electrification: Plumstead.
142a SED 4 September 1968 Electrification: London Bridge.
145a SED 4 May 1970 Electrification: Southwark Depot.
150a SED 25 January 1971 Electrification: Dover Marine.
151a SED 30 November 1970 Electrification: Orpington.
152a SED 31 March 1971 Electrification: Hither Green.
156a SED 12 July 1971 Electrification: Dover Marine.
161a SED 22 January 1973 Electrification: Gillingham.
162a SED 19 March 1973 Electrification: London Bridge.
165a SED 18 November 1973 Electrification: Dover Marine.
166a SED 9 March 1974 Electrification: Folkestone East.
167a 16 September 1974 Electrification: Hither Green Up Sidings.
168a SED 25 November 1974 Electrification: Paddock Wood.
169a SED 22 December 1975 Electrification: Margate.
173a SED 29 March 1976 Electrification: St Johns.
174a SED 5 April 1976 Electrification: New Cross - North Kent East Junction.
175a SED 7 April 1976 Electrification: London Bridge - North Kent East Junction.

South Western Division Series

Number Operative Date Description
1a SWD 12 March 1962 Electrification: Fratton Yard.
2a SWD 14 May 1962 Electrification: Farnham.
3a SWD 24 April 1963 Excessive Speed of Trains.
4a SWD 24 April 1963 Excessive Speed of Trains.
5a SWD 24 April 1964 Warning - Testing of Colour Light Signals: Epsom, Ashtead and Leatherhead.
6a SWD 26 April 1964 Alterations to Sykes Lock & Block Instruments, Point Pleasant Junction - Wimbledon "A".
7a SWD 14 June 1964 Warning - Testing of Colour Light Signals: Southcote Junction - Bramley.
8a SWD July 1964 Wandle Valley Sewer Extension, Clapham Junction "C" - Point Pleasant Junction.
9a SWD 10 May 1965 Warning - Testing of Colour Light Signals: Effingham Junction - London Road Guildford.
10a SWD 6 September 1965 Electrification: Reading General.
11a SWD 27 September 1965 Warning - Testing of Colour Light Signals: Raynes Park - Epsom, Motspur Park - Tolworth.
12a SWD 4 October 1965 Warning - Testing of Colour Light Signals: Shalford Junction - Godalming.
13a SWD 10 January 1966 Warning - Testing of Colour Light Signals: Guildford - North Camp.
14a SWD 18 April 1966 Warning - Testing of Colour Light Signals: Brookwood - Ash Vale Junction / Sturt Lane Junction.
15a SWD 15-17 October 1966 Special Instruction to Signaman's Agent at Worcester Park Ground Frame.
16a SWD November 1966 Bournemouth Central Single Line Working.
17a SWD 12 December 1966 Electrification: Brookwood - Northbrook.
18a SWD 14 December 1966 Electrification: Northbrook - Swaythling.
19a SWD November 1966 Bournemouth Central Single Line Working.
20a SWD November 1966 Bournemouth Central Single Line Working.
21a SWD November 1966 Bournemouth Central Single Line Working.
22a SWD 18 January 1967 Electrification: Swaythling - Lymington Junction, Northam Junction - Chapel Crossing - Tunnel Junction.
23a SWD 16 January 1967 Electrification: Ryde St John's Road.
24a SWD 15 January 1967 Electrification: Clapham Junction.
25a SWD 6 March 1967 Electrification: Lymington Junction - Bournemouth Meyrick Road.
26a SWD 1 March 1967 Electrification: Ryde Pier Head - Shanklin.
27a SWD 5 March 1967 Electrification: Waterloo.
28a SWD 28 March 1967 Electrification: Meyrick Road - Branksome - Bournemouth Carriage Sidings.
29a SWD 2 April 1967 Electrification: Waterloo.
30a SWD 23 April 1967 Electrification: Waterloo.
31aSWD 17 April 1967 Electrification: Clapham Junction.
32a SWD 23 April 1967 Electrification: Waterloo.
33a SWD 7 May 1967 Electrification: Portsmouth & Southsea.
34a SWD 1 June 1967 Electrification: Lymington Branch.
35a SWD 30 June 1967 Electrification: Waterloo.
36a SWD 9 July 1967 Electrification: Waterloo.
37a SWD 2 July 1967 Electrification: Eastleigh - Depot.
38a SWD 15 October 1967 Electrification: Clapham Junction.
39a SWD October 1967 Single Line Working Raynes Park - Wimbledon.
40a SWD October 1967 Single Line Working Worting Junction - Basingstoke.
41a SWD 14 January 1968 Electrification: Eastleigh Works.
42a SWD 3 March 1968 Electrification: Branksome.
43a SWD March 1968 Single Line Working Raynes Park - Wimbledon.
44a SWD 24 March 1968 Electrification: Waterloo.
46a SWD March 1968 Raynes Park Emergency Crossover.
47a SWD 7 July 1968 Electrification: Eastleigh. (postponed until 14 July - supplement 130 to P/EW28).
48a SWD 28 July 1968 Electrification: Clapham Junction.
73a SWD 20 January 1970 Electrification: Clapham Junction. (postponed until 3 February).
74a SWD 22 February 1970 Electrification: Bournemouth Carriage Sidings.
81a SWD 24 April 1970 Electrification: Guildford.
93 L May 1970 Local Instructions Bank (Waterloo & City).
88a SWD 1 June 1970 Electrification: Clapham Junction.
122a SWD 6 December 1971 Electrification: Clapham Junction.
126a SWD 5 December 1971 Electrification: Strawberry Hill.
150a SWD 3 November 1972 Electrification: East Wimledon (Durnsford Road).
164a SWD 11 July 1973 Electrification: Clapham Junction.
173a SWD 19 April 1974 Electrification: Staines.
174a SWD 17 May 1974 Electrification: East Wimbledon (Durnsford Road).
175a SWD 7 June 1974 Electrification: East Wimbledon (Durnsford Road).
177a SWD 22 July 1974 Electrification: East Wimbledon (Durnsford Road).
178a SWD 1 November 1974 Electrification: East Wimbledon (Durnsford Road).
P50 SWD 13 November 1974 Working of trains during bad weather or other exceptional circumstances.
The front of the notice is dated to commence on Monday 4th November, but the issue date on the last page is 13th November.
179a SWD 29 November 1974 Electrification: East Wimbledon (Durnsford Road).
180a SWD 22 December 1974 Electrification: East Wimbledon (Durnsford Road).
183a SWD 14 April 1975 Electrification: Strawberry Hill Berthing Depot.
184a SWD 2 May 1975 Electrification: Reading General.
189a SWD 18 August 1975 Electrification: Fratton.
  4 February 1983 Managerial visits to signal boxes, crossings, stations, yards and depots.


Regional Series

Number Issue Date Description
2a 5 March 1957 Instructions concerning the provision of Speaking Communication between Motorman and Guard.
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SE041 16 December 1985 Somerhill, Strawberry Hill, Wadhurst, Mountfield and Wells Tunnel Information Cards.
  c1986 Various Estate Plans of Ardingly, Burgess Hill, Faygate, Hassocks, Ifield, Littlehaven, Preston Park, Pyecombe, and Wivelsfield. The Ardingly plan includes some earthworks for the aborted Ouse Valley Railway.