The Signalling Record Society
RailRef Line Codes LU
Signal Fact 44
There was a limit beyond which mechanical facing points were not permitted to be worked from a signal cabin.
As time went by the permitted distance was extended:
1874: 120 yards
1877: 150 yards
1885: 180 yards
1900: 200 yards
1908: 250 Yards
1925: 350 yards
Lancashire Union Joint Railway (LYR, LNWR)
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In the list below the information is set out in tabular form, spread over four columns. The column entries are -
| RailRef | The Line Code used in RailRef system. |
| Line Detail | The principal locations included within the Line Code. They are arranged in 'down' direction order. Locations shown are primarily stations and junctions to allow easy cross check against published atlases. Signal box names appear in italics where these are 'intermediate' to stations or have been shown to facilitate links from other pages on this web site. The inclusion of a station or junction name does not imply that there was always a signal box of that same name! |
| SBR | The section reference used in the relevant Signal Box Register published by the Society. |
| ELR | The corresponding Engineer's Line Reference(s). This will be blank for railways that never came within British Railways terms of reference. It will also be blank where British Railways had no surviving responsibility for infrastructure at the time the ELR system came into use. |
| RailRef | Line Detail | SBR | ELR |
|---|---|---|---|
| LU001 LY116 NW576 |
Boar's Head Junction - Adlington Junction datum 0m00c Boar's Head Junction NW550 |
BAD | |
| LU002 LY117 NW577 |
Adlington Junction - Ellerbeck Colliery
0m00c Ellerbeck Junction LY110 |
ELK | |
| LU003 LY118 NW578 |
Chorley - Cherry Tree Junction datum Manchester Victoria Chorley No.4 Junction LY110Phil Deaves gives mileages as 22m20c (starts 5c north of Chorley) - 29m75c |
CCT |