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Abbreviations and Acronyms

Some are more obvious that others :-)

  • GF = Ground Frame (manual points)
  • HABD = Hot Axle Box Detector
  • LC = Level Crossing (optionally with suffix):
            AHB = Automatic Half Barrier
            AHBC-X = AHB with reverse direction capability
            ABCL = Automatic Barrier Crossing, Locally Monitored
            FP = Footpath
            R/G = minature Red/Green warning lights
            R/G-X = Red/Green lights with reverse direction support
            UWC = User Worked Crossing
  • Jn = Junction
  • SB = Signal Box
  • Station suffixes:
            L/End = London End
            C/End = Country End