CRS code
Also: station code, three letter code, 3 letter code
A station’s three-letter code, like PAD for London Paddington.
Example
Three letters
- PAD
- London Paddington
- RDG
- Reading
- KGX
- London King’s Cross
Every National Rail station has a three-letter code. They’re printed on tickets and used by journey planners, so they’re the codes passengers are most likely to have seen.
Some are easy (RDG is Reading). Some less so (KGX is London King’s Cross).
Only stations have them. Junctions, depots and sidings don’t, so the railway needs other codes too.
In Trainiac
The big codes on every journey card.