Prepared for the First Great Western Coffeeshop and Save the Train (Swindon - Chippenham - Melksham - Trowbridge - Westbury - Frome / Dilton Marsh - Warminster - Salisbury) by Graham Ellis of Well House Consultants and Well House Manor, with thanks to others who have supplied some of the terms I didn't know!

Acronyms and abbreviations used by rail staff, passengers and campaigners on the web site - a mixture of railway terms and web speak - enough to confuse the newcomer! Please email any corrections of additions to graham@wellho.net

106 ... Section 106 - private developer funds for public infrastructure
121 ... Older generation train - some now being reused
125 ... Main line express trains in use on most services, from 1970s
142 ... Type of train in use on local services from Exeter
143 ... Type of train in use on some Bristol local services
150 ... Trains used on slower routes in the West
153 ... Single coach trains intended for lighter loaded servcies
158 ... Trains used on Regional routes such as Cardiff to Portsmouth
159 ... Trains used by SWT on London to Salisbury and Exeter services
165 ... Trains used on commuter routes (and sometimes beyond) from Paddington
166 ... Trains used on commuter routes (and sometimes beyond) from Paddington
170 ... Turbostar trains (not in FGW area)
172 ... Trains on order for London Midland, Chiltern Trains and London Overground
180 ... Main line express trains - "Adelante" - being withdrawn from our area
3rd Rail ... Electrification via an additional rail, not overhead
47 ... Class of locomotive, largley retired and operating occasional specials
57 ... Class of locomotive used on the Penzance to Paddington Sleeper
67 ... Class of locomotive used on occasions where a contracted extra train is run

a ... (timetable) arrival time
ACORP ... Association of Community Rail Partnerships
Adelante ... class 180 trains being withdrawn around now
Adex ... Advertised excursion train
AFAIK ... as far as I know
AG ... Andrew Griffiths
AH ... Andrew Haines
AIUI ... As I understand it
AKA ... also known as
AM ... Member of the Welsh Parliament (Welsh MP)
Angel Trains ... Part of Royal Bank of Scotland. Owner of many trains
Apache httpd ... Web server software used on this forum
APCOA ... Car Parking company at many (most?) stations in the area
Apex ... Advanced Purchase (Excusrsion?)
APT ... Advanced Passenger Train
ASLEF ... The Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
ASP (.asp) ... Active Server Page
ATC ... Automatic Train Control
ATE ... Assistant Ticket Examiner
ATOC ... Association of Train Operating Companies
ATP ... Automatic Train Protection
ATW ... Arriva Trains Wales
Avocet ... Line from Exeter to Exmouth
AWS ... Automated warning system
AXC ... Arriva Cross Country

B&H ... Berks and Hants - Reading to Taunton via Westbury
BHX ... Bank Holiday Excepted
Blog ... A Web Log
BNS ... Birmingham New Street
BoA ... Bradford-on-Avon
BPW ... Bristol Parkway
BR ... British Rail
BRB ... British Railways Board
BRT ... Bristol Rapid Transit
BTM ... Bristol Temple Meads
BTP ... British Transport Police
BTW ... By the Way
Bubble ... A class 121 train (previous generation, in reuse in Cardiff and Aylesbury)
Bustitution ... the practise of replacing trains by buses

C1 ... (on coaches) National route restriction
CANBER ... Campaign Against the New Beeching Report
CAPTHCA ... Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart
CCTV ... Closed Circuit Tele Vision
CDL ... Central Door Locking
CDR ... Cheap Day Return
CIE ... Coras Iompair Eireann - Irish Railways
CIRAS ... Confidential Incident Reporting and Analysis System
CIS ... Customer Info System
CLPG ... Cotswold Line Passenger Group
CoC ... Chamber of Commerce
Coffin Nail ... Single coach train
css (.css) ... Cascading Style Sheets
CW ... Christian Wolmar
CWR ... Continuously Welded Rail

d ... (timetable) departure time
DaFT ... Department for Transport - critical sounding abbreviation I discourage
DB ... Deutsche Bahn - German State Railway
DDA ... Disability Discrimination Act
DeMU ... Diesel Electric Multiple Unit
DfT ... Department for Transport
Digital Dorris ... Auto anouncer on ex W&W (Wales and West) stations
DM ... Dilton Marsh
DMU ... Diesel Multiple Unit
DNS ... Domain name service (turns a computer's address into something more relevant)
Donkey ... Class 142 train (also "Nodding Donkey")
DOO ... Driver Only Operation
DPPP ... Disabled People's Protection Policy
DVT ... Driving Van Trailer

Easement ... The relaxing of a fare rule for a special case
ECML ... East Coast Main Line
ECS ... Empty Coaching Stock
EiP ... Examination in Public
EK ... Economy Klaus
EMU ... Electric Multiple Unit
ERTMS ... European Rail Traffic Management System
ETCS ... European Train Control System
EU ... European Union
EWS ... English Welsh & Scottish Railway Ltd

FAST ... Federation Against Software Theft
FAQ ... Frequently Asked Questions
FCC ... First Capital Connect
FFS ... For goodness sake
FG1 ... control key for 'Blue Square' type heritage DMMU's used for switching in the drivers desk.
FGW ... First Great Western
FLW ... First Late Western (critical term FGW) and a blog
FO ... Friday Only
FOSBR ... Friends of Bristol Suburban Railways
FSB ... Federation of Small Businesses
FSO ... Friday and Saturday Only
FTP ... File Transfer Protocol
FWIW ... For what it's worth
FX ... Friday Excepted
FYI ... For Your Information

GC ... Great Central
GF ... Ground Frame
gif (.gif) ... Graphic Interchange File
GMPTE ... Greater Mancheter Passenger Transport Executive
GNER ... Great North Eastern Railways
GNN ... Government News Network
GOBL ... Gospel Oak to Barking Line
GOSW ... Government Offices South West
GWML ... Great Western Main Line
GWR ... Great Western Railway

H&S ... Health and Safety
HA ... Highways Agency
HD ... High Density (configuration of 125 for shorter distances)
Headcode ... Train Reporting number (usually)
HMRI ... Her Majesty's Railway Inspectorate
HR ... Human Resources
HSBC ... (as in HSBC Rail) Bank that owns many trains
HSE ... Health and Safety Executive
HSS ... High Speed Services
HST ... High Speed Train (Inter City 125 units)
HTML ... Hypertext Markup Language
HTRWTM5 ... Heathrow, Terminal 5
httpd ... Web server software used on this forum

IEP ... Intercity Express Program / Project
IIRC ... If I Recall/Remember/Read Correctly
IKB ... Ismbard Kingdom Brunel
IMHO ... in my humble opinion
IMO ... In My Opinion
IoD ... Institute of Directors
IOM ... Isle of Man
IP ... (as in IP Address) a computer's internet address
IRUG ... Ivybridge Rail Users Group
IT ... Information Technology

Jacobs ... Company who produced reports on which current service level is based
JCN ... Junction
jpg (.jpg) ... Joint Photographic Expert Group (picture file format)

KISS ... Keep it Simple, Stupid!

Laira ... Laira, Plymouth (Depot)
LC ... Level Crossing
LD ... Low Density (configuration of 125 for long distance)
LENNON ... Latest Earnings Nationally Networked Overnight (allocation of daily fares)
LHCS ... Locomotive Halued Coaching Stock
LM ... London Midland - current franchise
LMS ... London Midland Scottish - 1923 to 1948
LNER ... London North Eastern Railway
LOL ... Laughing out loud
LOOU ... Locked out of use
LOROL ... London Overground Railway Operations Ltd
LT ... London Transport
LTP ... Local Transport Plan
LTV ... or L&TV London [and] Thames Valley

Marginal Time ... a train timed to run off peak tomeet the franchise, not the customer's travel needs
MEP ... Member of European Parliament
MF ... Monday to Friday
MFO ... Monday and Friday Only
Mk2 ... Mark 2 coach
MKM ... Melksham
MOIRA ... System for modelling rail traffic flows
MP ... Member of Parliament
MP ... Mile Post
MPD ... Motive Power Depot
MRB ... Meal Relief Break
MRDG ... Melksham Railway Development Group
MSP ... Member of Scottish Parliament
MTLS ... More Train Less Strain
MTU ... Motor Traction Unit
MySQL ... the database software this web site uses
Mystex ... - Train on which passengers don't know where they are going

NDRUG ... North Devon Rail Users Group
NEC ... National Exhibition Centre (by Birminham International)
NEX ... National Express - parent company of Wessex Trains
NR ... Network Rail
NRCOC ... National Rail conditions of carriage
NRES ... National Rail Enquiry Service
NSE ... Network South East

OEIS ... One Engine In Steam
OHE ... Overhead Electrification
OHLE ... Overhead Line Equipment (electricifaction via catenary)
OOC ... Old Oak Common
OOU ... Out of use
OP ... Original Poster / Topic Starter
ORCATS ... Operational Research Computerised Allocation of Tickets to Services
ORR ... Office of Rail Regulation
OS ... Ordnance Survey
OTMR ... On Train Monitoring Recorder
OWW ... Oxford Worcester and Wolverhampton

PA ... Public Address
Parly ... A "Parliamentary" or mimimal train service
P&R ... Park and Ride
pdf (.pdf) ... portable document format
PERTIS ... Permit to travel
PF ... Penalty Fare
PHP ... The programming language used on this web site
PIS ... Passenger Info System
pm ... Personal Message
PNB ... Personal Needs Break
Porterbrook ... Part of Abbey National Treasury services. Owner of many trains
PPM ... Parry People Mover
PPM ... Pence Per Mile
PPM ... Public Performance Measure
PTE ... Passenger Transport Executive
PTS ... Personal Track Safety
PR ... Public Relations
PU ... Stops to Pick up only
PW ... Permanent Way

QA ... Quality Assurance

RAIB ... Rail Accident Investigation Branch
RDA ... Regional Development Agency
Recovery time ... extra time in schedule to allow for late running
RIBA ... Royal Institute of British Architects
RNIB ... Royal National Institute for the Blind
RMT ... National Union of Rail, Maritime & Transport Workers
ROSCO ... Rolling Stock Owning Company
RPI ... Revenue Protection Inspector
RQ ... Runs if Required
RSS ... Regional Spatial Strategy
RSSB ... Rail Safety and Standards Board
RTI ... Real Time Information (displays)
RTM ... (and RTFM) Read the Manual
RUCC ... Rail Users Consultative Committee

s ... (timetable) stops to set down only
S&T ... Signalling and Telecoms
SB ... Signal Box
SCWID ... Safety Critical Work Identity (card)
SD ... Stops to set down only
SDO ... Selective Door Opening
SDR ... Standard Day Return
SELAC ... Salisbury to Exeter Lineside Consortium of Authorities
SLC ... Service Level Committment
SMF ... Simple Machines Forum - The software we use on this site
SNCF ... Society National de Chemin de Fer - French National Railways
SO ... Saturday Only
SO ... Second Open (carriage)
SOR ... Standard Open Return
SPAD ... Signal Passed at Danger
SPAM ... unsolicited advertising emails or forum posts, usually send out in bulk
SPM ... St Philip's Marsh
sql ... Structured Query Language (for databases)
SR ... Southern Railway / Southern Region
SR ...Scotrail / Scottish Region
SRA ... Strategic Rail Authority
SRB ... Short Rest Break
SRUG ... Saltash Rail User Group
SSTC ... Strategically Significant Towns and Cities
STAG ... Severn Tunnel Action Group
STT ... Save the Train
SuO ... Sunday Only
SWL ... South Wales Line
SWPTUF ... South West Passenger Transport User's Forum (now TWSW)
SWRDA ... South West Regional Development Agency
SWT ... South West Trains
SX ... Saturday Excepted

T2000 ... Transport 2000 (now campaign for better transport)
Tarka ... Line from Barnstaple to Exeter
TBH ... To be honest
TEE ... Trans Europe Express
TF ... Trailer First (Mark 3 coach type)
TFB ... Trailer First Buffet (Mark 3 coach type)
TfL ... Transport for London
TGS ... Trailer Guard Standard (Mark 3 coach type)
TGV ... Train a Grande Vitesse
TIC ... Tourist Information Centre
TIF ... Transport Innovation Fund
TIIS ... Train Infrastructure Interface Program
TLA ... Three Letter Acronym
TLD ... Top level domain (e.g. .info, .uk)
TM ... Train Manager
TM ... Temple Meads
TOC ... Train Operating Company
TOPS ... Total Operations Processing System
TPD ... Trains per Day
TPE ... Transpennine Express
TPH ... Trains Per Hour
TPO ... Travelling Post Office
TPWS ... Train Protection and Warning System
Train Staff ... A tablet given to driver of all trains working a single line.
TransWilts ... Line from Swindon to Westbury and on to Salisbury
TRFB ... Trailer Restaurant First Buffet (Mark 3 coach type)
TS ... Trailer Standard (Mark 3 coach type)
TSD ... Trailer Standard Disabled (Mark 3 coach type)
TSO ... The Stationary Office
TSO ... Trailer Second Open (carriage)
TSSA ... Transport Salaried Staffs' Association
TT ... Time Table
Turbo ... Class 165 and 166 trains used on Thames Valley services
TV ... Thames Valley
TVM ... Ticket Vending Machine
TWSW ... Travel Watch South West

u ... (timetable) stops to pick up only
UFN ... Until Further Notice
UK ... United Kingdom

VAT ... Value Added Tax
VFML ... Vehicle Mounted Flange Lubricaters
VXC ... Virgin Cross Country - former franchise

W&W ... Wales and West - (before Wessex Trains!)
W3C ... World Wide Web Consortium
WC ... Wiltshire Council (name for new Unitary Authority)
WCC ... Wiltshire County Council
WCML ... West Coast Main Line
Wessex ... Name of franchise who used to run the regional and local trains in he West
WHM ... Well House Manor (where I work - please excuse advert)
WS&WR ... Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway (GWR main line via Melksham, Westbury and Yeovil to Weymouth)
WSMR ... Wrexham, Marylebone and Shropshire Railway
WWDC ... West Wilts District Council
WWRUG ... West Wilts Rail User Group
WWW ... World Wide Web
WYSIWYG ... What You See Is What You Get

x ... (timetable) stops on request
XC ... Cross Country franchise trains (now run by Arriva)

YTD ... Year To Date

Zulu ... Special Train

Updated August 2008, Graham Ellis

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