List of British Rail TOPS depot codes

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From the introduction of TOPS in 1973, all British Rail diesel and electric locomotives and multiple units were allocated to a particular traction maintenance depot or TMD. Drawing from the terminology of steam traction, these depots were generally referred to as "sheds", and indeed most locations were those which had possessed depots for steam locos. Each TMD had a two-character code which was originally displayed underneath the number of each locomotive allocated there. Later this was extended to cover each carriage of diesel multiple units (DMUs), and even some coaching stock; at this time additional depot codes were added covering places with coaching stock allocations, and also works locations.

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Allocations and TOPS depot codes

Locations given a TOPS code included all TMDs, servicing depots (where minor work such as A exams could be undertaken), and some stabling points (SPs) where locomotives or multiple units would be parked when not required. The locations varied from comprehensively equipped depots, through covered accommodation with fuelling point, to a mere siding. The use of TOPS codes for SPs was somewhat haphazard, with Machynlleth (code MN) hosting one or two locomotives on some weekends while Wolverhampton station, which had no TOPS code, stabled more than a dozen locos. [1]

The application of a depot code was generally reliable as a guide to the base from which the locomotive or multiple unit operated but with some variations, mainly relating to shunters and departmental locomotives.

EMU depots such as Birkenhead North (BD) often required a diesel shunter for moving stock when not powered. As there was no fuelling or maintenance capability at BD, a shunter allocated to nearby Birkenhead Mollington Street (BC) was used, returning to its home depot every four weeks. [2] This arrangement also existed at other locations such as Ilford/Stratford.

Departmental locomotives, by the nature of their use, were sometimes reported as allocated to a base location or even to a region in general rather than an official depot. The Western Region sometimes followed this practice, with number 20 (latterly 97020) reported as allocated to "Reading Signal Works" throughout the 1970s. [3] Locomotives used for research purposes would be reported as allocated to the Derby Research Centre. [3]

List of TMD, Servicing Depot, SP and other non-works codes

TOPS codeShed nameOriginsComments
AB Aberdeen Ferryhill [4]
AC Aberdeen Clayhills [5] Carriage maintenance depot
AF Ashford Chart Leacon [4]
AK Manchester Ardwick [6]
AL Aylesbury [7]
AN Allerton [4]
AY Ayr [4]
BABasford Hall (Crewe) [7]
BBBeachbrook Farm EWS [7]
BC Birkenhead Mollington Street LNWR and GWR joint [4]
BCMoD Bicester [7]
BCBeachbrook Farm Freightliner [7]
BD Birkenhead North Wirral Railway [4] EMU depot, [8] from BN from 1976 [7]
BE Bedford Midland Station [4] No allocation - Fuelling Point only.
BG Botanic Gardens (Hull) [4]
BGBillingham [7]
BH Barrow Hill (Staveley) Midland Railway [4]
BI Brighton Lovers Walk [4] EMU depot [8]
BJ Bristol Marsh Junction [4] DMU depot [8]
BK Birkenhead Central Mersey Railway [7] EMU depot
BK Bristol Barton Hill [7] from 1992
BL Blyth [4]
BLBasford Hall Freightliner [7]
BM Bournemouth [4] EMU depot [8]
BNBirkenhead North [7] to BD from 1976
BN Bounds Green [4] HST depot, [8] from 1976 [7]
BPBeattock [7] to 1976
BP Blackpool [5] Carriage maintenance depot
BQ Bury [4] EMU depot, [8] from BV from 1975 [7]
BR Bristol Bath Road GWR [4]
BS Bescot [4]
BTBo'ness [7]
BU Burton [4]
BVBury [7] to BQ from 1975
BW Barrow [4]
BWBarry [7]
BX Buxton [4] DMU depot
BY Bletchley [4]
BZ St. Blazey (Par) Cornwall Minerals Railway [4]
CA Cambridge [4] DMU depot
CBCrewe Basford Hall [7]
CC Clacton [4] EMU depot [8]
CD Crewe Diesel Depot [4]
CE Crewe Electric Depot [4]
CF Cardiff Canton [4]
CG Croxley Green [4] EMU depot, to closure in 1985
CG Crewe Gresty Lane GWR [7]
CH Chester [4]
CJ Clapham Junction [4] No allocation.
CK Corkerhill [4] DMU depot [8] [9]
CL Carlisle Upperby [5] Carriage maintenance depot
CM Camden [7] Carriage maintenance depot
COCoquelles (France) [7]
CP Crewe Carriage Shed [4] No allocation - Fuelling Point only.
CQ Crewe Heritage Centre Crewe Heritage Centre [7] Storage Facility & Heritage Centre
CR Colchester [4]
CSCarnforth West Coast Railways [10]
CV Coalville [11]
CW Cricklewood [4]
CZ Central Rivers [7]
DA Darnall [4] DMU depot [8]
DEDewsbury [10]
DE Dundee [4]
DFDerby Fragonset [10]
DIDidcot Railway Centre [10]
DL Dollands Moor [7] No allocation.
DMDagenham [7]
DMDee Marsh [7]
DN Darlington [4]
DRDoncaster [4]
DT Dunfermline Townhill [4]
DY Derby Etches Park [4] DMU depot
EC Edinburgh Craigentinny [11] HST depot [8] Carriage Maintenance Depot [5]
ED Eastfield [4]
EG Edge Hill [4]
EH Eastleigh [4]
EJ Ebbw Junction (Newport) [4]
EM East Ham [4] EMU depot [8]
EN Euston Downside [5] Carriage maintenance depot
EU Euston Station [4]
EX Exeter St Davids [4]
FBFerrybridge [7]
FFBrussels Forest (Belgium) [7] Eurostar depot
FH Frodingham (Scunthorpe) [4]
FP Finsbury Park [4]
FR Fratton (Portsmouth) [4] EMU depot [8]
FWFort William [4]
FXFelixstowe [7]
GC Cowlairs (Glasgow) [5] Carriage maintenance depot
GD Gateshead [4]
GF South Gosforth [4] DMU depot [8]
GI Gillingham [4] EMU depot [8]
GL Gloucester [4]
GM Grangemouth [4]
GU Guide Bridge [4]
GW Glasgow Shields Road [4] Electric locomotive/EMU depot [8]
GYGarston Yard [7]
HA Haymarket [4]
HD Holyhead [4]
HE Hornsey [4] EMU depot [8]
HFHereford [4]
HG Hither Green [4]
HI Hitchin [4]
HM Healey Mills (Wakefield) [4]
HN Hamilton [4] DMU depot [8]
HO Holbeck (Leeds) [4]
HQ BRB Headquarters [7] Paper allocation
HR Hall Road (Liverpool) [4] EMU depot [8]
HS Hammerton Street (Bradford) [4]
HT Heaton [4] HST and DMU depot [8]
HY Hyndland [4] EMU depot [8]
IL Ilford [4] EMU depot [8]
IM Immingham [4]
IP Ipswich Station [4] No allocation - Fuelling Point only.
IS Inverness [4]
KD Carlisle Kingmoor [4]
KK Kirkdale (Liverpool) [7] EMU depot
KM Carlisle Yard [4] No allocation - Fuelling Point only.
KN MoD Kineton [7]
KTMoD Kineton [7]
KX Kings Cross [4] No allocation - Fuelling Point only.
KY Knottingley [4]
LA Laira (Plymouth) [4] Intercity HST, DMU
LC Longsight International [7] Eurostar depot
LE Landore (Swansea) [4]
LG Longsight Electric Depot (Manchester) [4] Electric locomotive and EMU depot [8]
LJ Llandudno Junction [4]
LL Liverpool Edge Hill [5] Carriage maintenance depot
LMLong Marston (MoD) [7]
LN Lincoln [4] DMU depot [12]
LO Longsight Diesel Depot (Manchester) [4]
LPLe Landy (Paris) [7] Eurostar depot, to 1994
LR Leicester [4]
LV Liverpool Street [4] No allocation
LYLe Landy (Paris) [7] Eurostar depot, from 1994
MA Manchester Longsight Carriage Maintenance Depot [5]
MBMiddlesbrough [7]
MDMerehead [7]
ME Marylebone [4] DMU depot [8]
MG Margam (Port Talbot) [4]
MH Millerhill (Edinburgh) [4]
ML Motherwell [4]
MN Machynlleth [4]
MR March [4]
MV Manchester Victoria (Red Bank) [5] Carriage maintenance depot
NA Newton Abbot South Devon Railway [4]
NC Norwich Crown Point [11] Carriage maintenance depot
NG New Cross Gate [5] Carriage maintenance depot
NH Newton Heath (Manchester) Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway [4] DMU depot
NL Neville Hill (Leeds) [4] HST and DMU depot [12]
NT Nottingham Carriage Sidings [4]
NM Northam [7]
NN Northampton [7]
NP North Pole International [7]
NR Norwich [4]
NW Northwich [4] No allocation - Fuelling Point only.
OC Old Oak Common [4]
OD Old Dalby [7]
OHOld Oak Common (Heathrow Express)Heathrow Express EMU depot [13]
OM Old Oak Common Carriage Maintenance Depot [5]
ON Orpington [4] EMU depot [8]
OO Old Oak Common (HST) [4] HST depot [8]
OX Oxford [4]
OY Oxley (Wolverhampton) [5] Carriage maintenance depot
PA St Pancras [4] No allocation.
PB Peterborough [4]
PC Polmadie Carriage Maintenance Depot (Glasgow) [5]
PH Perth Station [4]
PINorth Pole International [7] 1994-1995
PM Bristol St Phillips Marsh [4] HST depot [8]
PO Polmadie (Glasgow) [4]
PQParkeston Quay [7]
PZ Penzance [4]
RB Ranelagh Bridge [4] No allocation - Fuelling Point only.
RE Ramsgate [4] EMU depot. [8] Changed to RM.
RG Reading [4] DMU depot
RL Ripple Lane [4]
RM Ramsgate [14] EMU depot. [8] Was RE.
RR Radyr [11]
RS Reddish [4]
RURugby [7]
RY Ryde [4] EMU depot [8]
SA Salisbury [5]
SB Shirebrook [4]
SDSelafieldDirect Rail Services [14]
SE St Leonards [4] DEMU depot [8]
SF Stratford [4]
SG Slade Green [4] EMU Depot [8]
SI Soho (Birmingham) [4]
SL Stewarts Lane [4] Electric locomotive and EMU depot [8]
SNStranraer [7]
SP Wigan Springs Branch [4]
SQ Stockport [7]
SR Stratford Repair Depot [4]
ST Severn Tunnel Junction [4]
SU Selhurst [4] EMU depot
SV Wembley Chiltern [7]
SW Swindon [4]
SY Saltley (Birmingham) [4]
SZ Southall [4] DMU depot [15]
SZSouthampton Maritime [14] Freightliner
TB Three Bridges [7]
TD Temple Mills [7]
TE Thornaby (Tees) [4]
TF Thornton Fields (Stratford) [5] Carriage maintenance depot
TG Tonbridge [7]
TI Tinsley (Sheffield) [4]
TJ Thornton Junction [4]
TLTilbury [7]
TNTaunton [7]
TO Toton [4]
TPTrafford Park [7]
TS Tyseley [4] DMU depot
TW Tunbridge Wells West Station [4] DEMU depot [8]
TY Tyne Yard [4]
VR Vale of Rheidol Railway (Aberystwyth) [4] Steam locomotive depot [8]
WAWarrington Arpley [14]
WB Willesden Brent Sidings [5] Carriage maintenance depot
WC Waterloo & City line [11]
WD Wimbledon [4] EMU depot
WH Wath [4]
WHWhatley [7] from 1994
WJ Watford Junction [4] No allocation - Fuelling Point only.
WK Workington [4]
WN Willesden [4]
WO Wellingborough [4] No allocation - Fuelling Point only.
WS Worcester [4]
WT Westhouses [4] No allocation - Fuelling Point only.
WY Westbury [4]
YC York Clifton [11]
YK York [4]

Works codes

TOPS codeWorks nameOriginsComments
ZB Doncaster Works Wabtec [14]
ZC Crewe Works [5]
ZD Derby Litchurch Lane Works [5]
ZE Derby Locomotive Works [5]
ZF Doncaster Works Bombardier transportation [5] [14]
ZG Eastleigh Works [5]
ZHGlasgow Springburn Works [14]
ZH Glasgow St Rollox Works [5]
ZIIlford works [14] Bombardier transportation.
ZL Swindon Works [5]
ZN Wolverton Works [5]
ZPHorbury (Wakefield) [14] Bombardier transportation.

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