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A series of signs may be located along the lineside at certain places, referring to various lengths of freight trains. Train length can be expressed either in terms of the number of wagons [21.25 & 21.26] or in 'standard length units' (SLUs) [21.27 - 21.30]. One SLU is equal to 21 feet.
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[21.25] Wagon Marker Board.
Area: Various Usage: Medium Status: Uncertain |
[21.26] HAA Wagon Marker Board.
Area: Various Usage: Medium Status: Historical |
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[21.27] SLU Marker.
Area: Various Usage: Medium Status: Uncertain |
[21.28] SLU Marker.
Area: Various Usage: Medium Status: Uncertain |
[21.29] SLU Marker.
Area: Various Usage: Medium Status: Uncertain |
[21.30] SLU Marker.
Area: Various Usage: Medium Status: Uncertain |
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The introduction of Class 253 & 254 'High Speed Trains', comprising a number of coaches with a diesel locomotive at each end, necessitated their own special stop markers being provided. In many places, the standard type of car stop marker was used, with the usual figure replaced by "H" or "HST" [21.31 & 21.32]. Alternatively, the marker may bear only a letter "H" [21.33]. Other types of markers exist, which specify the number of vehicles in the train [21.34 - 21.36].
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[21.31] HST Stop Marker.
Area: Various Usage: Medium Status: Current |
[21.32] HST Stop Marker.
Area: Various Usage: Medium Status: Current |
[21.33] HST Stop Marker.
Area: Various Usage: Medium Status: Obsolescent |
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[21.34] HST Stop Marker (e.g. 2 power cars plus 9 coaches).
Area: Various Usage: Medium Status: Uncertain |
[21.35] HST Stop Marker (e.g. 10 cars).
Area: Various Usage: Medium Status: Uncertain |
[21.36] HST Stop Marker (e.g. 10 or 12 cars).
Area: Various Usage: Low Status: Uncertain |
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At a handful of stations, signs or indicators are provided to mark the point at which platforms are subdivided for platform sharing purposes. At Bristol Temple Meads, boards showing a diagonal yellow cross on a black background [21.37] were provided (by 1980) to subdivide the through platforms into two parts, each of which had separate platform numbers. Drivers had to deduce from the route indication (i.e. the platform number) displayed at the previous main signal whether or not the train must be stopped at the indicator board. If signalled to stop at the board, the train was not then permitted to pass it unless a handsignal was given by the person in charge of the platform. |
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Stop markers for High Speed Trains were provided at certain terminus stations on the Western Region. These consisted of a segmented yellow disc suspended above the driver's eye level [21.38]. |
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Stop markers applicable to the Advanced Passenger Train (Prototype) (APT-P) were provided at certain locations in 1980 [21.39]. These markers were positioned in the 'four-foot' (between the running rails) ahead of the actual stopping point and drivers of the APT were required to stop the train immediately they lost sight of the marker. |
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In 1981, stop markers with red and white diagonal stripes [21.40] were positioned on the buffer stops of Platforms 6 and 7 at Glasgow Queen Street High Level station. Drivers of High Speed Trains running into either of these platforms were required to stop the train immediately they lost sight of the marker board. Both marker boards were removed in 2016. |
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Stop markers exist for specific types of trains. The marker will bear one or more codes [21.41 & 21.42] representing the type(s) of trains to which it applies.
The types of trains to which the markers may apply are identified by the following letters:
The type of train may alternatively be spelled out in full [21.43].
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[21.41] Stop Marker.
Area: Various Usage: Medium Status: Current |
[21.42] Stop Marker.
Area: Various Usage: Medium Status: Current |
[21.43] Stop Marker.
Area: Various Usage: Medium Status: Current |
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'Gatwick Express' services began in 1984, running between Gatwick Airport and London Victoria stations. Stop markers applicable to these trains were prefixed with the letters "GX" [21.44]. |
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In 1986, British Rail's London & South East sector was re-branded as "Network SouthEast". Network SouthEast branding was applied to its trains and its stations, including even the car stop markers on station platforms [21.45]. |
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In 1988, the original platform demarcation boards at Bristol Temple Meads (see [21.37]) were replaced by double-sided indicators showing a black St. Andrew's cross on a permanently illuminated white background or, in the case of Platforms 5 and 6, reflectorised boards [21.46]. A train signalled to stop at one of these indicators was not then permitted to pass it without verbal authority from the signalman. All the St. Andrew's cross indicators were replaced by colour light signals in 2018. |
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In 1990, a stop marker bearing a letter "E" was provided on Platform 1 at Inverness station, suspended from the station roof [21.47]. This marker applies only to Class 158 ('Express') diesel multiple units. |
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The 'InterCity 225' trains entered service on the East Coast Main Line in 1990. These trains comprise a Class 91 electric locomotive, nine Mark 4 coaches and a Driving Van Trailer (DVT). At both ends of Dunbar station in 1991, stop markers reading "IC225 stop" were provided [21.48]. These markers only apply when the train is being driven from the locomotive (not the DVT). Stop markers with the words "DVT 9 locomotive" were installed at Berwick-upon-Tweed station [21.49].
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[21.48] InterCity 225 Stop Marker.
Area: Dunbar Usage: Low Status: Current |
[21.49] InterCity 225 Stop Marker.
Area: Berwick-upon-Tweed Usage: Low Status: Current |
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