What do those Underground station codes mean?
Every LU station room, lobby, corridor and stairway has small blue Station Identification Demarcation (SID) signs with white lettering in the following format level/number:
- Numerators 1 to 13 are the levels going down from ground level, and A, B, & C are the levels going up.
- The Denominator number starts from 001 for ticket hall.
- ‘y/6xx’ generally identifies stairs.
These signs are also denoted on station fire plans and station drawings to identify a very specific area of the station in case of emergency.
And those Underground Announcement Codes
- Code 1 - Blood
- Code 2 - Urine/faeces
- Code 3 - Vomit
- Code 4 - Fluid spillage
- Code 5 - Broken glass
- Code 6 - Litter
- Code 7 - Everything else
- Inspector Sands – Fire alarm, as in 'grab the sand buckets, there may be a fire'.
London Terminals
- Blackfriars
- Cannon Street
- Charing Cross
- City Thameslink
- Euston
- Fenchurch Street
- King's Cross
- Liverpool Street
- London Bridge
- Marylebone
- Moorgate
- Old Street
- Paddington
- St. Pancras
- Vauxhall
- Victoria
- Waterloo
- Waterloo East
Alas, not Farringdon.
Surprisingly, the National Rail ticket gates do not differentiate between northern and southern London Terminals, so London Terminals encoded season tickets valid only into 'Southern Region' terminals actually work at Kings Cross and Marylebone. Similarly from South London, the single fare to Blackfriars and St Pancras International (Thameslink) is the same as to the 'Southern Terminals'.
Eurostar Chunnel Route codes
Surprisingly there are actually three (3) Channel Tunnel Routes (CTR) that the Eurostar can take:
- CTR1: Waterloo – Tonbridge (via Orpington) – EuroTunnel
- CTR2: Waterloo – Maidstone East – EuroTunnel
- CTR3: Waterloo – Tonbridge (via Bat & Ball) – EuroTunnel
Boat Train Route Codes
Before Eurostar, there were three Boat Train Routes (BTR) between London and the Channel:
- BTR1: Victoria – Chatham – Faversham – Dover Marine (later Western Docks)
- BTR2: Victoria – Tonbridge (via Orpington) – Dover Marine/Folkestone Harbour
- BTR3: Victoria – Maidstone East – Dover Marine/Folkestone Harbour
The London station group are the 18 railway stations served by National Rail, referred to on intercity rail tickets as ‘London Terminals’:
The Ten Commandments for Drivers
On 19 June 2007, the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Itinerant People released a document entitled, "Guidelines for the Pastoral Care of the Road." Included in this document is a driver's decalogue:
- You shall not kill.
- The road shall be for you a means of communion between people and not of mortal harm.
- Courtesy, uprightness and prudence will help you deal with unforeseen events.
- Be charitable and help your neighbour in need, especially victims of accidents.
- Cars shall not be for you an expression of power and domination, and an occasion of sin.
- Charitably convince the young and not so young not to drive when they are not in a fitting condition to do so.
- Support the families of accident victims.
- Bring guilty motorists and their victims together, at the appropriate time, so that they can undergo the liberating experience of forgiveness.
- On the road, protect the more vulnerable party.
- Feel responsible towards others.
Correct at the time of writing. Check before you travel.
