The Signalling Record Society
RailRef Line Codes SY
Signal Fact 15
E A Cowper invented the railway detonator in 1841. Used to protect trains that had come to a stand unexpectedly.
First adopted by the Great Western Railway, the other companies soon followed suit.
Detonators are still used today.
South Yorkshire Joint Railway (GCR, GNR, LYR, MR, NER)
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SY001 GC240 GN290 LY370 MR690 NE010 |
Dinnington Junction - Kirk Sandall Junction datum Brancliffe East Junction. 3m11c GC/MR - SY boundary GCArticle: Backtrack 2017 January. |
BKS | |
| SY002 GC241 GN291 LY371 MR691 NE011 |
Dinnington Main Colliery Branch datum Brancliffe East Junction. 3m16c Dinnington Colliery Branch Junction South SY001 |
DIC | |
| SY003 GC242 GN292 LY372 MR692 NE012 |
Laughton East Junction - Laughton West Junction datum Brancliffe East Junction. 3m68c Laughton East Junction SY001 |
THC | |
| SY004 GC243 GN293 LY373 MR693 NE013 |
Maltby Colliery Branch Junction - Maltby Colliery datum Brancliffe East Junction. 10m03c SYR/Colliery boundary |
MAM1 MAM2 |
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| SY005 GC244 GN294 LY374 MR694 NE014 |
Firbeck (West) Junction - Firbeck Main Colliery datum Brancliffe East Junction. Firbeck Main Colliery |
FCB | |
| SY006 GN297 LY375 MR695 NE015 |
Firbeck (East) Junction - Firbeck (South) Junction datum Brancliffe East Junction. Firbeck South Junction SY005 |
FBC | |
| SY007 GC245 GN295 LY376 MR696 NE016 |
Harworth (West) Junction - Harworth Colliery datum Brancliffe East Junction. 14m24c Harworth Colliery GN273 |
HAC | |
| SY008 GN296 LY377 MR697 NE017 |
Harworth (South) Junction - Harworth East Junction.
Harworth South (Styrrup) Junction SY005 |
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| SY009 | Doncaster Junction (South) - Doncaster Junction (East)
THIS IS HB025 - GC253 - NE125 AND DOES NOT BELONG HERE |
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| SY010 | Doncaster Junction (North) - Doncaster (York Road) Goods
THIS IS HB026 - GC254 - NE126 AND DOES NOT BELONG HERE |
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| SY011 GC246 GN299 LY379 MR700 NE018 |
Low Ellers Curve datum Brancliffe East Junction. 15m78c Low Ellers Junction SY001 |
UDS | |
| SY012 | Markham Main Colliery Branch
0m00c Markham Main CollieryLMSR/LNER 1924. |
MMC |