The Signalling Record Society
British Railways London Midland Region
Weekly & Periodical Notices Digital Archive
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Until 1984 year sets aligned with the calendar year, January to December. In 1985 the 'year' ran from January 1985 until March 1986. From 1986 year sets aligned with the financial year, April to March.
The following are currently available ...
Central Lines
| Year | Notice & Extent of Cover Included |
|---|---|
| C 1950 | Week 44 complete. |
| C 1955 | Week 10 complete. |
| C 1959 | Week 17 section C only. |
| SOI 1963 | Supplementary Operating Instructions, November. |
| SOI 1967 | Supplementary Operating Instructions Part 1, Central Lines (NW) November. |
Cheshire Lines
| Year | Notice & Extent of Cover Included |
|---|---|
| 1948 | Fortnight 24 pages 1 - 18 only. |
Midland Lines
| Year | Notice & Extent of Cover Included |
|---|---|
| SOI 1949 | Supplementary Operating Instructions, January. |
| M1 1953 | Week 2 complete. |
| M1 1954 | Week 11 complete. |
| M1 1955 | Weeks 40, 52 complete. |
| M1 1956 | Week 45 complete. |
| M1 1958 | Week 41 complete. |
| ME1 1959 | Week 43 complete. |
| SOI 1960 | Supplementary Operating Instructions, October. |
| ME1 1961 | Week 38 complete. Week 27 sections C & D only. |
| ME1 1965 | Week 26 complete. |
| ME1 1966 | Weeks 5 complete. |
| SOI 1966 | Supplementary Operating Instructions Part 1, November. |
| SOI 1967 | Supplementary Operating Instructions Part 1, November. |
| ME1 1967 | Weeks 7-9 section C only. |
| ME2 1967 | Week 7 section C only. |
| ME3 1967 | Week 7 section C only. |
| ME1 1968 | Week 21 complete. Weeks 2-3 section C only. |
| ME 1972 | Week 48 complete. |
| ME 1975 | Week 37 complete. |
| MED 1976 | General Instructions and Notices, Weeks 14, 22 complete. |
| MED 1977 | General Instructions and Notices, Week 23 complete. |
| ME 1977 | Week 51 complete. Weeks 29-38, 40-46, and 48-53 section C only. |
| ME 1978 | Weeks 2-10, 14-31, and 33-52 section C only. |
| ME 1979 | Weeks 1-52 section C only. |
| ME 1980 | Section C of weeks 28 and 42 only. |
| ME 1980 | Weeks 1-22, and 24-52 section C only. |
| MED 1981 | Periodical Operating Notice, Week 6 complete. |
| ME 1981 | Section C of weeks 1, 6-7, 9, 19-20, 24-25, 31, 33, 40-41, 43-45, 47-50 only. |
| ME 1982 | Section C of weeks 2, 4-5, 7-8, 12, 14, 18-19, 31, 35-39 only. |
| ME 1983 | Section C of weeks 3, 8-10, 14-15, 17, 20-21, 27, 45, 47, 49, 51 only. |
| MED 1983 | Periodical Operating Notice, Weeks 23, 32 complete. |
| ME 1984 | Section C of weeks 3, 22-52 only plus 1 of 1985. |
| MED 1984 | Periodical Operating Notice, Week 6 complete. |
| MED 1985-1986 | Periodical Operating Notice, Week 23, 41 complete. |
| ME 1985-1986 | Weeks 6-7, 19 and 51 complete. Section C of weeks 2-6, 8-28, 51, 58, 64-65 only. |
| ME 1986-1987 | Weeks 11, 13, 19, 24, 28, 32-33, 35, 42-43, 48-49 complete. Weeks 1-10, 12, 14-18, 20-23, 25-27, 29-31, 34, 36-41, 44-47, 51-52 extracts only. |
| 1987-1988 | ME Weekly Operating Notice: weeks 1-6, 9-13, 16, 21-22, 26-27, 32-33, 43, 47-51 complete. ME Weekly Operating Notice: weeks 34-42, 44-46, 52 extracts only. Members' Download: ME |
| MED 1987-1988 | Periodical Operating Notice, Weeks 28, 37, 46 complete. |
| MED 1988-1989 | Periodical Operating Notice, all six issues complete. |
| ME 1988-1989 | Weeks 3-5, 7, 9-10, 12-17, 32, 38, and 40-44 complete. Weeks 1-2, 18-22, 25-31, 33-36, and 45-51 section C only. |
| 1989-1990 | ME Weekly Operating Notice: weeks 8, 20, 23-24, 28, 36 complete. ME Weekly Operating Notice: weeks 1-7, 9-19, 21-22, 25-27, 29-35, 37-53 extracts only. Members' Download: ME |
| MED 1989-1990 | Periodical Operating Notice, Weeks 2 and 11 complete. |
| MED 1990-1991 | Periodical Operating Notice, Weeks 2, 10, 19 complete. |
| ME 1990-1991 | Section C of weeks 3-8 only. |
| ME 1990-1991 | Weeks 9-15 complete. |
North Western Section
| Year | Notice & Extent of Cover Included |
|---|---|
| NE1 1962 | Week 29 only, front cover/page2 missing. |
| NE1 1964 | Weeks 28-29, 39-41, 44 complete. |
| NE1 1965 | Week 43 complete. Week 6 extracts only. |
| NE2 1965 | Week 19 complete. |
| NE1 1966 | Week 14 complete. |
| NE 1966 | General Instructions and Notices Week 21 complete. |
| NE1 1967 | Weeks 9, 31 and 33 complete. |
| NE2 1967 | Week 9 complete. |
| NE1 1968 | Weeks 2, 38 complete. |
| NE2 1968 | Week 2 complete. |
| NE 1970 | Weeks 5, 7,16, 20, 24-25 sections C and D only. |
| NE 1972 | Week 2 section C only. |
| NE 1974 | Weeks 30-31, 33 complete. Weeks 30, 38, and 51-52 section C only. Week 4 section C and D only. |
| NE 1975 | Weeks 34-35, 37, 39, 41-42, 44, 46-50 complete. Weeks 1, 9-10, 17, 20-22, 24, 26-28, 30, 43-45 section C only. |
| NED 1975 | General Instructions and Notices Week 14 complete. |
| NED 1977 | General Instructions and Notices Week 23 complete. |
| NED 1978 | General Instructions and Notices Week 40 complete. |
| NE 1980 | Weeks 23, 28, 50 section C only. |
| NED 1980 | Periodical Operating Notice Week 40 complete. |
| NED 1982 | Periodical Operating Notice Week 32 complete. |
| NE 1982 | Weeks 22-23, 28-29, 33, 35-36, 43-44, and 48 section C only. |
| NED 1983 | Periodical Operating Notice Week 49 complete. |
| NE 1983 | Weeks 3, 13, 22-23, and 46-47 section C only. |
| NE 1984 | Weeks 25-26, 31-32, 34-36, 38, 41-43, 45, and 50 complete. Weeks 22-23 pages 65-66 missing. Week 24 section D missing. Week 27 pages 47-48 missing and 51-52 part missing. Week 28 pages 49-54 missing. Week 29 pages 43-54 and 57-60 missing. Week 30 pages 45-52 and 55-56 missing. Week 33 pages 50-51 missing. Week 37 pages 43-44 missing. Week 39 pages 41-42 missing. Week 40 pages 45-47 missing. Week 44 pages 57-58 missing. Week 46 pages 73-74 missing. Week 47 pages 77-78 missing. Week 48 pages 63-64 missing. Week 49 pages 49-50 missing. Week 51 pages 47-52 and 55-56 missing. Week 52-01 section C only. |
| NE 1986-1987 | Weeks 6-7, 13-14, 16-17, 20-23, 25-29, 37 complete. Weeks largely complete but some pages missing: 1-2 (pp81-82 missing), 3 (pp45-50 missing), 4 (pp47-50 missing), 5 (pp47-48 missing), 8 (pp57-59 missing), 9-10 (pp61-62 missing), 11 (pp52-53 missing), 12 (pp49-51 missing), 15 (pp51-52 missing), 18 (pp49-50 missing), 19 (pp49-50 missing), 24 (pp41-42 missing), and 39-40 (pp35-36 missing). Weeks 43-52, section C only. |
| NE-NWE 1987-1988 | NE changed to NWE from week 43. Weeks 2-5, 15-17, 28-29, 31 complete. Weeks 1, 6-14, 18-27, 30, 32-53 extractes only. |
| NED 1987-1988 | Periodical Operating Notice weeks 28, 37 complete. |
| NWE 1989-1990 | Week 26 complete. |
| NWE 1990-1991 | Week 17 complete. |
series continues with Railtrack North West Zone
Western Lines
| Year | Notice & Extent of Cover Included |
|---|---|
| W1 1952 | Week 41 complete. |
| W1 1953 | Week 06 complete. |
| W2 1955 | Week 31 complete. |
| W2 1956 | Weeks 23, 30-33, 35, 41, and 50 complete. |
| W1 1956 | Weeks 10, 29, and 46 complete. |
| W2 1957 | Week 8 complete. |
| SOI 1958 | Supplementary Operating Instructions, Western Lines (Crewe North), March. |
| WE1 1959 | Week 39 complete. |
| WE1 1962 | Weeks 16-17, 25 complete. |
| WE2 1962 | Weeks 16-17, 22 complete. Weeks 3, 19 sections C and D only. Week 27 pages 7 to 78 only. |
| WE2 1963 | Week 1 only complete. Week 18 sections C and D only. |
| SOI 1963 | Supplementary Operating Instructions, November. |
| SOI 1964 | Supplementary Operating Instructions, November. |
| WE1 1964 | Week 35 pages 3-4 missing. |
| SOI 1966 | Supplementary Operating Instructions Part 2, November. |
| WE 1966 | General Instructions and Notices, week 21 complete. |
| WE2 1967 | Week 8 complete. |
| WE2 1969 | Week 1 complete. Week 2 sections C and D only. |
| SOI 1969 | Supplementary Operating Instructions, November. |
| SOI 1970 | Supplementary Operating Instructions, November. |
| WE2 1970 | Weeks 10 and 16 complete. |
| SOI 1971 | Supplementary Operating Instructions, November. |
| SOI 1971 | Supplementary Operating Instructions, November. |
| WED 1971 | General Instructions and Notices, week 47 complete. |
| WED1 1972 | General Instructions and Notices, week 47 complete. |
| WE2 1972 | Weeks 18-27, 37, 39, 42, and 45-50 complete. Week 2 section C only. |
| WE2 1973 | Week 5 (pages 4-5 missing). Weeks 6, 14-15, 18-19 complete. |
| WE2 1974 | Weeks 51-52 complete. |
| WE1 1974 | Weeks 38, 48, 51-52 section C only. |
| WE1 1975 | Weeks 15, 17, 21-22, 27-28, 43-45 section C only. |
| WE2 1975 | Weeks 1-2, 9-11, 16 complete. Week 16 (pages 20-21, 36-37 missing), 28 (pages 28-29 missing). |
| WED2 1976 | General Instructions and Notices Week 34 complete. |
| WE1 1976 | Week 13 complete. Weeks 13, 28, 51-52 section C only. |
| WED1 1976 | General Instructions and Notices, week 22 complete. |
| WED1 1977 | General Instructions and Notices, week 23 complete. |
| WE2 1977 | Weeks 10, 12, 14-17 complete. Week 16 (pages 20-21, 36-37 missing), 28 (pages 28-29 missing). |
| WE1 1978 | Weeks 12-13 complete and 17 (pages 73 - end missing). |
| WED1 1980 | Periodical Operating Notice, week 40 complete. Periodical Notice Week 23 with pages 7-8 and part pages 11-12 missing. |
| WED1 1981 | Periodical Operating Notice, weeks 6, 14, 49 complete. |
| WE2 1981 | Weeks 32, 35-36, 40 complete. |
| WE2 1982 | Weeks 17-18 complete. |
| WED1 1982 | Periodical Operating Notice, week 49 complete. |
| WE1 1982 | Week 42 complete. Week 9 pages 23-26 missing. Weeks 9, 14, 34, 42, 46 and 48 section C only. |
| WE1 1983 | Weeks 3 and 22-23 complete. Week 9 pages 23-26 missing. |
| WE1 1983 | Weeks 3, 6 and 9 section C only. Week 9 pages 23-26 missing. |
| WED1 1983 | Periodical Operating Notice, weeks 14, 32, 40, 49 complete. |
| WED2 1983 | Periodical Operating Notice weeks 40 and 49 complete. Week 49 wrongly stated on front cover to be a weekly notice. |
| WED1 1984 | Periodical Operating Notice, weeks 6, 41 complete. Week 23 pages 5-6, 155-156 & 191-192 missing. Week 32 pages 3-4 missing. |
| 1985-1986 | WED1 Periodical Operating Notice: weeks 15, 23 complete. WED2 Periodical Operating Notice: week 23 complete. Members' Download: WED1 WED2 |
| WE2 1985 | Weeks 3, 22-23 complete. Weeks 6-9, 11-21, 24-26, 29, 31-32, 34-35, 37, 40, 44, 46, 48-52, 62-64 extracts only. |
| WED1 1987-1988 | Periodical Operating Notice, weeks 28, 37, 46 complete. |
| WED2 1987-1988 | WED2: Periodical Operating Notice weeks 28 and 37. |
| NWED 1987-1988 | NWED: Periodical Operating Notice week 46. |
| WE1 1988-1989 | Weeks 44-47 complete. Weeks 26, 28, 33 and 48 section C only. |
| WED1 1988-1989 | Periodical Operating Notice, weeks 1, 10, 20, 28, 37, 46 complete. |
| NWED 1988-1989 | Periodical Operating Notice all six issues complete. |
| WED1 1989-1990 | Periodical Operating Notice, weeks 2, 11, 20, 29, 37 complete. |
| WE1 1989-1990 | Week 18 sections A and B of only. Weeks 43-45 section C only. |
| NWED 1989-1990 | Periodical Operating Notice weeks 2, 11 and 46 complete. Week 20 pages 7-8, 11-18 missing. Week 28 pages 9-10, 17-18, 21-34 missing. |
| CSE 1990-1991 | Section C of weeks 42, 51 only. |
| WE1 1990-1991 | Weeks 2 and 18 section C only. |
| WED1 1990-1991 | Periodical Operating Notice, weeks 2, 10, 19 complete. |
| CSD 1991-1992 | Periodical Operating Notice, all six issues complete. |
| CSE 1991-1992 | Section C of weeks 1-2, 8,12-13, 17-18, 22-23, 38-39, 46-47 only. |
| CSE 1991-1992 | Weeks 26 and 34 complete. |
| CSE 1992-1993 | Section C of week 28 only. |
| CSE 1992-1993 | Week 6 complete. |
| CSD 1992-1993 | Periodical Operating Notice, weeks 2, 19, 28, 37 complete. |
| CNE 1990-1991 | Section C of weeks 20, 22-24 only. |
| CNE 1990-1991 | Weeks 39-40 complete. |
| NWED 1990-1991 | Periodical Operating Notice weeks 2, 10, 19 complete. |
| CND 1990-1991 | Periodical Operating Notice weeks 36 and 45 complete. Week 28 pages 7-8 partially missing, 17-26 completely missing. |
| CNE 1991-1992 | Section C of weeks 12-19, 24-26, 28-29, 32-35, 37-39, 42-44, 46-47, 51 only. |
| CNE 1991-1992 | Weeks 22-23 and 27 complete. |
| CND 1991-1992 | Periodical Operating Notice all six issues complete. |
| CNE 1992-1993 | Section C of weeks 1, 3-5, 8-10, 12, 23-24, 31, 38, 48, 50-52 only. |
| CNE 1992-1993 | Weeks 16, 18, 21-22, 31, 33-34, 43-44, 46, and 51-52 complete. |
| CND 1992-1993 | Periodical Operating Notice all six issues complete. |
| 1993-1994 CSE |
CND Periodical Operating Notice: all six issues complete. CSD Periodical Operating Notice: all six issues complete. CNE Weekly Operating Notice: weeks 1, 33-4, 7-8, 12-13, 15-18, 26-28, 30-32, 35-38, 41-46, 51-53 complete. CNE Weekly Operating Notice: weeks 2, 5-6, 9-11, 14, 19-25, 29, 33-34, 39-40, 47-50 extracts only. Members' Download: CND CSD CNE |
series continues with Railtrack Midland Zone