Railway vehicle owner's code

The railway vehicle owner's code formed part of the vehicle number on the side of a railway coach or wagon. Until 2005 it was used to specify the owner of the wagon. However, the owner code did not necessarily reflect ownership of a vehicle but rather who had the right to use it. Since then the owner code has been replaced by the UIC country code. The keeper of a vehicle is now indicated with a Vehicle Keeper Marking (VKM). The table shows the former numbers used.

Code Railway company Abbreviation Country
10 VR-Yhtymä VR Finland
20 Soviet state railway SŽD USSR
20* Rossijskije Železnyje Dorogi RZD Russia
21 State railway of Albania ALB Albania
21* Belaruskaja Čyhunka — Беларуская Чыгунка BČ — БЧ Belarus
22 Ukrzaliznytsia UZ Ukraine
23 Calea Ferată din Moldova CFM Moldavia
24 Lietuvos Geležinkeliai LG Lithuania
25 Latvijas Dzelzceļš LDZ Latvia
26 Eesti Vabariigi Raudtee EVR Estonia
27 Qazaqstan Temir Zholy KTZ Kazakhstan
28 Sakartwelos Rkinigsa GR Georgia
29 Oʻzbekiston Temir Yoʻllari - Ўзбекистон темир йўллари OTY - ЎTЙ Uzbekistan
30 Zoesen Chelto ZC North Korea
31 Mongolyn Tömör Zam MTZ - МТЗ Mongolia
32 Dung Sat Viet-Nam DSVN Vietnam
33 Zhong Guo Tie Lu KNR China
40 Ferrocarriles de Cuba FC Cuba
41 Hekurudha Shqiptare HSH Albania
42 Japan Rail JR Japan
43 Győr-Sopron-Ebenfurti Vasút GySEV Hungary/Austria
44 Budapesti Helyiérdekű Vasút HEV Hungary
44* Željeznice Republike Srpske ŽRS Bosnia and Herzegovina
50* Željeznice Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine ŽFBH Bosnia and Herzegovina
50 Deutsche Reichsbahn DR (DBAG to 1999) Eastern Germany/Germany
51 Polskie Koleje Państwowe PKP Poland
52 Balgarski Darschawni Schelesnizi BDZ Bulgaria
53 Căile Ferate Române CFR Romania
54 Československé státní dráhy ČD Czechoslovakia
54* České dráhy ČD Czech Republic
55 Magyar Államvasutak MÁV Hungary
56 Železničná spoločnosť Slovensko ŽSSK Slovakia
57 Azərbaycan Dövlət Dəmir Yolu ADDY Azerbaijan
59 Kyrgyz Temir Žol - Кыргыз темир жол KTZ, KRG Kyrgyzstan
60 Córas Iompair Éireann CIE Ireland
61 Chemin de fer d'Anzin ANZ[1] France
62 Association of Swiss Private Railways SP Switzerland
63 BLS Lötschbergbahn BLS Switzerland
64 Ferrovie Nord Milano FNM Italia
65 Hydro Transport (formerly Norsk Transportaktieselskab), owner/operator of the Rjukan Line until 1991 RjK[2]
RjB[1]
Norway
65* Makedonski Železnici MZ North Macedonia
66 Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits CIWL Belgium
70 British Rail BR United Kingdom
71 Red Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Españoles RENFE Spain
72 Jugoslovenske Železnice Yugoslavia
72* Zeleznice Srbije ZS Serbia
73 Hellenic Railways Organisation OSE Greece
74 Statens Järnvägar SJ Sweden
75 Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Devlet Demiryollari TCDD Turkey
76 Norges Statsbaner NSB Norway
78 Hrvatske Željeznice Croatia
79 Slovenske železnice Slovenia
80 Deutsche Bundesbahn
Deutsche Bahn
DBAG Germany
81 Österreichische Bundesbahnen ÖBB Austria
82 Chemins de fer luxembourgeois CFL Luxembourg
83 Ferrovie dello Stato / Trenitalia FS / TI Italia
84 Nederlandse Spoorwegen NS Netherlands
85 Schweizerische Bundesbahnen
Chemins de Fer Fédéraux
Ferrovie Federali Svizzere
SBB
CFF
FFS
Switzerland
86 Danske Statsbaner DSB Denmark
87 Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français SNCF France
88 Nationale Maatschappij der Belgische Spoorwegen
Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Belges
NMBS
SNCB
Belgium
90 Egyptian National Railways ENR Egypt
91 Societe Nationale des Chemins de fer Tunisiens SNCFT Tunisia
92 Societe Nationale des Transports Ferroviaires SNTF Algeria
93 Office National des Chemins de fer du Maroc ONCFM Morocco
94 Caminhos de ferro Portugueses CP Portugal
95 Israel Railways IR Israel
96 Rah Ahan Iran - راه آهن ایران RAI Iran
97 Chemins de Fer Syriens CFS Syria
98 Office des Chemins de fer de l'Etat Libanais CEL Lebanon
99 Iraqi Railways IRR Iraq

*later attribution

References

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  1. ^ a b "UIC 438-2 Anlage II: Vereinheitlichte numerische Kodifizierung der Eisenbahnverwaltungen" (PDF) (in German). UIC. 1968. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  2. ^ "UIC 438, Marquage d'identification du matériel roulant, 3. édition" (PDF) (in French). UIC. 1964. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
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