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The following information is taken from the British Rail working timetable dated 2nd June to 28 September 2002.

Destination or Route (second character)
The second character is a letter indicating the destination, groups of services or routes (as the case may be) and, unless otherwise stated, each letter applies to all classes of trains in both directions and to services which start or terminate at intermediate points.
Letter Train Company Destination Area
A South Central London Victoria and Brighton.
B South Central London Bridge (Sussex side) and Brighton/Reigate via Forest Hill (not range 1B31-1B70).
London Victoria and Epsom Downs via Hackbridge.
B Connex South Eastern London Bridge (Sussex side) and Tunbridge Wells via Redhill (range 1B31-1B60).
B Thameslink London Bridge (Sussex side) and Brighton via Forst Hill (range 1B61-1B70).
C South Central London and West Coast via Crawley.
London Victoria and Reigate.
D Gatwick Express Ltd London Victoria to Gatwick Airport (one direction only, Class 2 not available).
D South Central Brighton and Hastings (both directions), Portsmouth to Hastings (Cross Brighton - one direction only), (Class 1 not available).
London Bridge and Sutton via Wimbledon (Class 1 not available).
D South West Trains London Waterloo and Dorking via Epsom.
E South Central London and Horsham/West Sussex/Epsom Downs via Hackbridge (Class 1 not available)
Brighton and Bognor Regis via Littlehampton or direct (both directions, not Littlehampton and Bognor Regis locals), Hastings/Seaford to Bognor Regis via Littlehampton (Cross Brighton, one direction only) (Class 1 not available).
Oxted and Uckfield.
F South Central London and East Coast (Class 2 not available).
Brighton and Seaford (both directions), Bognor Regis to Seaford via Littlehampton (Cross Brighton, one direction only) (Class 1 not available).
London Victoria and London Bridge via Crystal Palace (Class 1 not available).
London Victoria and Tattenham Corner (via Fls) (Class 2 only).
G South Central London Bridge and Caterham/Tattenham Corner.
H South Central London and West Coast via Hove (Class 2 not available).
London Victoria/London Bridge and Beckenham Junction (Class 1 not available).
Barnham and Bognor Regis (Class 1 not available).
ECS London Victoria to Streatham Hill (one direction only).
H Connex South Eastern Charing Cross/Cannon Street and Ore via Sevenoaks.
ECS St. Leonards WM CSD and Ore.
J South Central London Bridge and West Croydon via Streatham Common.
J Thameslink St. Albans and Selhurst via Herne Hill and Streatham Common.
J Connex South Eastern Three Bridges to Strood (one direction only).
K South Central London Bridge and East Croydon via Streatham Common or Crystal Palace.
London Bridge and West Croydon via Crystal Palace.
ECS London Bridge to Selhurst T&RSMD via Streatham Common (one direction only).
L South Central London and East Grinstead/Uckfield (not Oxted to Uckfield locals).
M South Central Brighton to Watford (one direction only) (no longer used).
M Any Other trains to North West/Midland Zone destinations (not Thameslink) (one direction only).
N South Central Eastbourne/Seaford/Brighton and Portsmouth/Southampton/Bournemouth (not trains running only east of Barnham).
London Bridge and London Victoria via Atlantic Line.
London Bridge and London Victoria via Crystal Palace and Tulse Hill.
ECS London Bridge to Streatham Hill via Crystal Palace (one direction only).
N South West Trains Brighton and Portsmouth.
O South Central Watford to Brighton (one direction only).
O Connex South Eastern Gillingham to Three Bridges (one direction only).
O South West Trains Reading/Paignton to Brighton via Havant (one direction only).
O Thames Oxford/Reading to Gatwick Airport (one direction only).
O Thameslink Bedford and Sutton via St. Helier or Hackbridge (both directions).
O Any Other trains to Southern Region (one direction only).
P South Central London Victoria and Tattenham Corner via Streatham Common or Crystal Palace.
Littlehampton and Bognor Regis.
ECS London Victoria to Selhurst T&RSMD (one direction only).
R South Central London Victoria and Epsom Downs/Guildford/Dorking via Norbury.
Hastings and Bognor Regis via Littlehampton (Cross Brighton, not locals).
S South Central London Victoria and Epsom via Crystal Palace and West Croydon.
To Scotland Zone destinations (one direction only).
T Thameslink Bedford and Brighton via London Bridge.
T Gatwick Express Ltd London Victoria (Sussex side) and Stewarts Lane ECS.
T South Central Eastbourne and Ashford (Kent).
U Gatwick Express Ltd Gatwick Airport to London Victoria (one direction only) (Class 2 not available).
U South Central London Bridge and Epsom Downs/Guildford/Dorking via Forest Hill (Class 1 not available).
U South West Trains West Croydon and Guildford.
V South West Trains Brighton to Reading/Paignton (one direction only).
V Thames Gatwick Airport to Reading/Oxford (one direction only).
V Any Other trains to Great Western Zone destinations (one direction only).
W Thameslink Bedford and Brighton via Herne Hill.
Y South Central Charing Cross and Caterham/Tattenham Corner.
Charing Cross and Horsham.
Y South West Trains Brighton/Littlehampton and Salisbury/London Waterloo via Havant.
Y Railtrack De-icing Trains.
Y Any Trains not covered elsewhere.
X Any Out of Gauge and Exceptional Loads.
Z Railtrack Sandite Trains.
Z Any Special Traffic Trains.

Destination or Route (third and fourth character)
The third and fourth characters are numbers allocated to individual trains.

Beckenham Junction to London Victora (letter H) Even numbers
Stewarts Lane to London Victora (letter T) Even numbers
Empty trains to London Victora Same last three characters of train number allocated to subsequent service.
All other routes to London Victora Odd numbers
London Victoria to Beckenham Junction (letter H) Odd numbers
London Victoria to Stewarts Lane (letter T) Odd numbers
London Victoria to all other routes Even numbers
To London Bridge and Charing Cross Even numbers
Empty trains to London Bridge Same last three characters of train number allocated to subsequent service.
From London Bridge and Charing Cross Odd numbers
South Central services Oxted to Uckfield locals Even numbers
South Central services Uckfield to Oxted locals Odd numbers
South Central services Hastings to Bognor Regis via Littlehampton Odd numbers
South Central services Bognor Regis to Hastings via Littlehampton Even numbers
South Central services Watford to Brighton Odd numbers
South West Trains services to Brighton via Havant Odd numbers
South West Trains services from Brighton via Havant Even numbers
Thames services to Gatwick Even numbers
Thames services from Gatwick Odd numbers
Thameslink services Southbound to Brighton Odd numbers
Thameslink services Northbound from Brighton Even numbers
Thameslink services to Sutton anti-clockwise via Wimbledon Even numbers
Thameslink services to Sutton clockwise via Wimbledon Odd numbers
Other services (Up Trains) Even numbers
Other services (Down Trains) Odd numbers

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