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victoria line headcodes 16/11/2013 at 19:07 #51613
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I dont have a victoria line WTT to hand, nor am I a LUL expert so a quick one from me:

does the Victoria line use the same system of codes as the bakerloo, ie a letter to indicate destination, then the trains running number for the day, or are they always prefixed V regardless of destination or route?

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victoria line headcodes 16/11/2013 at 20:02 #51617
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On the LUL system, all trains run to their own unique 3-digit train number, and do not actually have a letter to denote line/destination. So for instance on the Victoria Line, train 201 will run around all day and go to a mix of destinations.

Within the Working Timetable, all trains do carry a "trip" number. Trip 01 is generally the first trip from depot and then this number is increased each time a train begins to travel in a new direction. So trip 01 could be depot-Seven Sisters, followed by trip 02 Seven Sisters-Walthamstow etc. This trip number is used in some areas of Service Control, but on the whole, the minute-by-minute management of the service is done by referring only to the train (or set) number.

The use of a letter on Network Rail-shared lines is to assist the NR signaller as to which train is which, and also satisfies their use of 4-character headcodes - there are many NR familiar people on this forum who can probably shed more light on this side of things.

In Simsig, the Victoria Line trains have a prefix of V to not only denote their line, but also to satisfy a couple of sim-related factors.

Last edited: 16/11/2013 at 20:23 by metcontrol
Reason: added bit extra to NR format

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victoria line headcodes 16/11/2013 at 20:41 #51619
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Have a look in the simulation folder on your system and look at splash screen images Splash4.jpg and Splash5.jpg
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victoria line headcodes 16/11/2013 at 22:18 #51622
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If the Sim TT did not use the V (or some other) prefix then all the trains would run displayed as 201-, 202- and so on.

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victoria line headcodes 16/11/2013 at 22:28 #51623
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" said:
Have a look in the simulation folder on your system and look at splash screen images Splash4.jpg and Splash5.jpg ;)
That's the internal Tracker program. Where this program is concerned, on the sections we share with Network Rail, their trains are shown simply as "TOC"

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