TIPLOC
Also: timing point location, location code
The timetable’s name for a place: up to seven letters, like PADTON for Paddington.
Example
TIPLOCs
- PADTON
- London Paddington
- RDNGSTN
- Reading
Timetables are written in TIPLOCs. Every station, junction, depot and siding a train can be timed at has one, up to seven characters long.
They’re squashed versions of the place’s name, which makes some of them a fun puzzle: RDNGSTN is Reading station.