The Signalling Record Society
British Railways Western Region
Weekly & Periodical Notices Digital Archive
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Week numbers commenced with 1 in 1948 and again in April 1949 and then ran sequentially to 664 at the end of 1962. From 1963 week numbers commenced at 1 each year. 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.
| K2 | Weekly Operating Notice |
| K2D | Periodical Operating Notice |
| K2F | Weekly Operating Notice, WR staff on other Regions' lines. From Week 5 of 1990 these merged with the K2 notice. |
| SOI | Supplementary Operating Instructions |
| Year | Notice | Extent of Cover Included |
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| K2 1948 | Week 35 complete. | |
| K2 1949 | Weeks 1, 11, 31-33, 35-37 section C only. | |
| K2 1950 | Weeks 39-40, 79 section C only. Weeks 58, 61, 83, 85 sections C & D only. |
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| K2 1951 | Week 98 complete. Weeks 93, 108-109, 112 (pp65-66 missing), 114, 29, 131 sections C & D only. |
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| K2 1952 | Week 153 complete. Weeks 145, 147, 152, 161, 166, 176 sections C & D only. |
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| K2 1953 | Weeks 185, 187-188, 202, 213, 216, 224, 228, 231 sections C & D only. Week 186 TK notice (Newport). |
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| K2 1954 | Weeks 257, 263-264, 267-269, 274, 276 sections C & D only. | |
| K2 1955 | Weeks 315-316, 323, 327 complete. Weeks 304, 317-320, 324, 326 sections C only. Weeks 290, 298, 306, 308, 314 sections C & D only. |
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| K2 1956 | Week 350 complete. Week 355 sections C only. Weeks 337-338, 343, 362 sections C & D only. |
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| K2 1957 | Weeks 410-412, 421 complete. Week 416 sections C only. Weeks 400-401, 404, 406 (pp113-114 missing), 408-409 sections C and D only. |
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| K2 1958 | Weeks 432, 435, 437, 441, 459 complete. Weeks 439, 447 sections C only. Weeks 458, 465, 467 sections C and D only. Week 432 includes detail regional boundary changes. |
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| K2 1959 | Weeks 485, 505, 508, 510-511, 516 sections C only. Weeks 491, 509, 512, 515, 517 sections C and D only. |
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| SOI 1959 | Supplementary Operating Instructions No.2, dated November. | |
| K2 1960 | Week 545 complete. Weeks 532, 538, 552(fragment), 567 section C only. Weeks 520, 523, 530, 534, 537, 540, 544, 546, 551, 559, 568 sections C and D only. |
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| K2F 1960 | Week 529 complete. | |
| SOI 1960 | Supplementary Operating Instructions No.3, dated July. | |
| K2 1961 | Weeks 575 and 598 complete. Weeks 570-574, 576-579 581, 583-585, 587-588, 593-597, 599, 604-616 section C only. Weeks 569, 580, 582, 586, 589-591 sections C and D only. |
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| K2 1962 | Week 637 complete. Weeks 617, 619-620, 623-636, 638-664 section C only. |
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| K2 1963 | Week 23 complete. Weeks 1-22, 24-48 extracts only. |
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| K2 1964 | Weeks 1-23, 25-49 section C only. | |
| K2F 1964 | Weeks 1-6, 8-16, 18-23, 26, 28, 30, 33-34, 42-46, 48-49 section C only. | |
| SOI 1964 | Supplementary Operating Instructions No.9, dated February. | |
| 1965 | K2 | Weekly Operating Notice: weeks 1-48 (entire year) extracts only. Members' Download: K2 |
| 1965 | K2F | Weekly Operating Notice: week 23 complete. Weeks 2-18, 20, 22, 27, 29-30, 33-40, 42-44, 46-48 extracts only. Members' Download: K2f |
| 1966 | K2 | Weekly Operating Notice: weeks 1-6, 9, 12-13, 16, 28-29, 40-41, 45 extracts only. Members' Download: K2 |
| 1966 | K2F | Weekly Operating Notice: weeks 1, 3-4, 6 extracts only. Members' Download: K2f |
| 1967 | K2 | Weekly Operating Notice: weeks 3, 5-10, 12, 14, 17, 19-20, 25, 27, 33, 37 45, 47 extracts only. Members' Download: K2 |
| 1968 | K2 | Weekly Operating Notice: weeks 1, 3, 5-10, 12-17, 19, 22-24, 27, 29, 35-41, 43-44, 47-48 extracts only. Members' Download: K2 |
| K2 1969 | Weeks 21-26, 32, 35-37, 39-40, 43, 45, 47 complete. Weeks 2-3, 7-15, 19-20, 27-31, 33-34, 38, 41-42, 44, 46, 48-52 extracts only. |
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| K2D 1969 | K2D | Section D, General Instructions & Notices, week 3 only. Members' Download: K2d |
| K2 1974 | Week 46 pages 39-40, 43-end missing. Week 31 complete. |
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| K2D 1974 | Section D, General Instructions & Notices, weeks 6-9 only. | |
| K2D 1975 | Section D, General Instructions & Notices, weeks 26-29 (pages 17-20 missing) only. | |
| K2 1975 | Weeks 25, 32, 45 & 50, section C only. | |
| K2F 1975 | Weeks 51-52, section C only. | |
| K2 1976 | Week 12, section C only. | |
| K2F 1976 | Weeks 9-10, 48 complete. Weeks 1-2, 8, 11, 15-17, 20, 22-23, 32, 35-37, 39, 52-01 section C only. |
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| K2D 1976 | Section D, General Instructions & Notices, weeks 18-21 (pages 37-38, 55-56 missing), 26-29 only. | |
| K2D 1977 | Section D, General Instructions & Notices, weeks 23-39 only. | |
| K2 1977 | Week 39, 52-53, section C only. | |
| K2F 1977 | Weeks 7, 21, 34, 37, 41, 49 section C only. | |
| K2 1978 | Weeks 5, 9, 23, 33, 37, 43-45, 47, 50 section C only. | |
| K2F 1978 | Weeks 1-3, 8, 14, 17, 23, 30, 34-35, 37-39, 41, 43-45, 50-52 section C only. | |
| K2D 1978 | Section D, General Instructions & Notices, weeks 5-29 only. | |
| K2 1979 | Weeks 9, 18, 32, 42-43, section C only. Weeks 38, 40-41 sections A & C only. Weeks 43, 45-47, 50-52 sections C & D only. |
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| K2D 1979 | Section D, General Instructions & Notices, weeks 21-4 (1980) only. | |
| K2F 1979 | Weeks 2, 28, 43 complete. Weeks 1, 8, 10, 13, 15-16, 25-27, 31, 33, 36, 40, 45, 47, 49-50 section C only. |
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| K2D 1980 | Section D, General Instructions & Notices, weeks 5-47 only. | |
| K2F 1980 | Weeks 25, 27, 30, 32, 34-35, 37-38, 42, 44-45 complete. Weeks 1-2, 4, 7, 18, 20, 24, 28, 40, 48 section C only. Week 47 section D only. |
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| K2 1980 | Weeks 2-12, 14-15, 17-19, 24-31, 33 and 36-39 complete. Week 16 pages 44-45 missing. Week 20 section D only. Week 1, 13, 23, 40, 51-52 sections C & D only. Weeks 42-43 sections C & D only. |
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| K2 1981 | Weeks 4-8, 14, 16-17, 31, 43, 49-50 complete. Weeks 2, 9-10, 18, 24-27, 29, 33-34, 37-39, 42, 44-45, and 51 sections C & D only. |
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| K2F 1981 | Weeks 11, 14, 16-20, 27, 29, 33, 35-37 section C only. | |
| K2D 1981 | Section D, General Instructions & Notices, weeks 14-5 (1982) only. | |
| K2F 1982 | Weeks 13, 24, 27-29, 31, 33, 35-37 section C only. | |
| K2D 1982 | Section D, General Instructions & Notices, weeks 6-39 and 49-5 (1983) only. | |
| K2D | Commencing with week 14 of 1982 the format changed to group new items at the front of the notice as Part 1 and previously published items as Part 2. The new section 1 was single sided to facilitate amending loose leaf publications. The 'blank' pages were included in the page number sequence and filled with a safety slogan. The same one appeared on each of the relevant pages. These 'blank-slogan' pages have not been scanned with the result that even page numbers in Section 1 are not visible in the digital copy. From time to time Part 1 reverted to double sided and, as time went by, the use of the blank pages for repeated safety sogans stopped. |
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| K2 1982 | Weeks 2-4, 7, 20-21, 24, 29-30, 35-36, 38-39, 42, 47-48 and 51 complete. Weeks 22-23, 27-28, 31, 41, and 47 sections C & D only. Weeks 6-9, 12, 25, 34, 37, and 45 section C only. |
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| K2 1983 | Weeks 5, 19, 25, 32-33, 38, 43, 45-47 complete. Weeks 2, 4-18, 20-24, 26-42, 44, 48-52-01 extracts only. |
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| K2D 1983 | Section D, General Instructions & Notices: all six issues (weeks 6,1983 to 5,1984) complete. | |
| K2F 1983 | Weeks 3, 6, 10, 18-19, 27, 30, 32, 35-36, 38, 42, 45, 47-49, 51 section C only. Weeks 13, 43, 45-47 complete. |
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| K2D 1984 | Section D, General Instructions & Notices: all six issues (weeks 6,1984 to 5,1985), complete. | |
| K2 1984 | Weeks 17-20, 25-26, 34, 38, 40-41, 44, 46, 48, 50 and 52-01 complete. Weeks 2-10, 12, 21, 24, 28, 30-31, 33, 37, 43 and 47 section C only. |
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| K2 1985-1986 | Weeks 2, 13-14, 17, 26, 32, 37, 45-46, and 61 complete. Weeks 3-4, 6-7, 9-12, 15-16, 19-25, 28-31, 39-42, 44, 47-49, 51-55, 57-58, and 62-65 section C only. |
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| K2D 1985-1986 | Section D, General Instructions & Notices, weeks 6-14 (page 93 misprinted) and 23-1 only. | |
| K2D 1986-1987 | Section D, General Instructions & Notices: all six issues (weeks 2,1986 to 1,1987). Pages 6-18, also parts of pages 83-86 are missing from weeks 11-18; in weeks 46-01 several pages suffer from double printing by Hobbs. |
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| K2 1986-1987 | Weeks 12, 15-24, 26-52 complete. Week 13 pages 25-28 (part of section D) missing. Weeks 01-03, 05, 07-08, 11, 14, and 25 Section C only. Weeks 09-10 sections C & D only. |
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| K2F 1986-1987 | Weeks 22-23 complete. | |
| K2 1987-1988 | Weeks 1-37, 39-44, 46-53 complete. Week 38 section C only. Week 45 sections C & D only. |
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| K2D 1987-1988 | Section D, General Instructions & Notices: all six issues (weeks 2 to 52) complete. | |
| K2F 1987-1988 | Weeks 7, 34-35, 45, 47 complete. | |
| K2D 1988-1989 | Periodical Operating Notice weeks 1-19, 28-1,1989) complete. | |
| K2 1988-1989 | Weeks 1-16, 18-20, 22-24, 27-28, 30, 32-33, 37-41, 43-46, 48-52 complete. Weeks 17, 21, 25-26, 29, 31, 36, and 42 sections C & D only. |
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| K2F 1988-1989 | Weeks 15, 23-27, 30, 37-38, 42-45, 49 complete. Week 28 bottom parts of pages 5-6 missing. Week 29 pages 5-6 missing. |
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| K2 1989-1990 | Whole year, weeks 1-53 complete. | |
| K2D 1989-1990 | Periodical Operating Notice all six issues complete. | |
| K2F 1989-1990 | Weeks 16-17, 19, 25-27, 35 complete. | |
| 1990-1991 | K2 |
Weekly Operating Notice: weeks 1-52-1 complete. Members' Download: K2 WON |
| 1990-1991 | K2D | Periodical Operating Notice: all six issues. Week 2 pages 13 and 25 are missing and pages 19 and 23 are part missing. Members' Download: K2D PON |
| 1991-1992 | K2 |
Weekly Operating Notice: weeks 2-36, 38-39, 43-49, 52 complete. Weekly Operating Notice: weeks 37, 40-42 extracts only. Members' Download: K2 WON |
| 1991-1992 | K2D | Periodical Operating Notice: weeks 1 to 44 only. Week 19 pages 3-6 are part missing and 59-60 completely missing. Week 37 parts of pages 3 and 43-44 missing. Members' Download: K2D PON |
| 1992-1993 | K2 |
Weekly Operating Notice: weeks 1, 3-5, 11-12, 14-22, 25-27, 34-40 complete. Weekly Operating Notice: weeks 2-4, 6-10, 13, 22-24, 28-33, 41-52 extracts only. Members' Download: K2 WON |
| 1992-1993 | K2D | Periodical Operating Notice: weeks 2-27, 37-1 only. Members' Download: K2D PON |
| 1993-1994 | K2 | Weekly Operating Notice: weeks 9, 16, 18, 26-29, 38, 45-46 complete. Weekly Operating Notice: weeks 1-8, 10-15, 17, 19-25, 30-37, 39-44, 47-53 extracts only. Members' Download: K2 WON |
| 1993-1994 | K2D | Periodical Operating Notice: complete. Members' Download: K2D PON |
series continues with Railtrack Great Western Zone