Line T3

Line T3 is a suburban railway line in Canterlot. It links Vampire House, Saint-Paul-in-Northwoods and Pontoise to Dourdan, Dourdan House, Epping, Mitstanrsley and Coulspool - Vampire House.

The line opened in 1937, and it is the first line to use four-letter "pronounceable" mission codes (mission codes were invented in the early 1930s in Hong Kong). CIME, VICK and JILL were some of the examples of mission codes.

Important places
The Haunted House in Canterlot is a haunted house situated in the suburb of Vampire House. This haunted house is close to the railway station of Vampire House, currently served by the VERI, VICK and VRAJ trains.

In October, the line is frequently used by costumed persons. The most common trains include NORA and SARA (to Pontoise and Saint-Paul-in-Northwoods respectively) for book character parties (all ages, for kids, teens and adults), and VICK (to Vampire House) for parties for adults.

Via Avenue Hallstone - South President Street

 * Pontoise (N)
 * Justpag Haven - Gatterson
 * Justpag Haven - Bilbao
 * Justpag Haven
 * Bird's Villa (T)
 * Fernvale
 * Wopayne
 * Paytel Cliffe
 * Myardchy
 * Eggwood
 * Montville - Faringdon (G)
 * Dannstone
 * Moorby
 * Linden-In-Harlem
 * Edenbridge
 * Harlem (H)
 * Wellsby-In-Chamstine
 * Yorktu-In-Chamstine
 * Chamstine
 * Somme
 * Linville
 * Bowen Heights
 * Charlestown & Gaulle
 * Bairnsnaldy
 * Enid Woods
 * Avenue Hallstone - South President Street
 * (Chatillon Street - The Tower of Snow White)

Via Javel

 * Saint-Paul-In-Northwoods (S)
 * Northwoods
 * Coulspool - Vampire House (C)
 * Vampire House (V) The Haunted House in Canterlot
 * Billston-In-Perlege
 * Perlege
 * Forkwoods-In-Oakmarl (branches into two lines, one to Vampire House and one to Saint-Paul-In-Northwoods)
 * Oakmarl
 * Thronebelt
 * Thorpewood
 * Aisleton
 * Wyarnardsod
 * Carlingford (K)
 * Gainsthorpe
 * Wimread
 * Ardellison
 * Penrith Bridge (P)
 * Javel
 * (Chatillon Street - The Tower of Snow White)

Main Branch

 * (Javel or Avenue Hallstone - South President Street)
 * Chatillon Street - The Tower of Snow White
 * Grumpy Dwarf Bridge
 * Garrison
 * Garrison South
 * Pinnacle Lane (L)
 * Tomato House
 * Millbrook
 * Four Oaks (O)
 * Esmeralda Road - Notre Dame
 * Canterlot Acorn Street (A)
 * Fleet Street - Canterlot Library (F)
 * Innisfail
 * Van Burghen
 * Astikos
 * Chatswood
 * Willshaft
 * Albion
 * Berny Cross
 * Juvisy (J)
 * Flagstone-In-Juvisy
 * Kegwood-In-Broughton
 * Saint-Helens - Oise - Broughton
 * Broughton (B)
 * (Falkirk or Ingleside Creek)

Via Saggleton*
Notes
 * (Chatswood)
 * Saggleton
 * Viewspa
 * Frogstone
 * Nickbell Street Bridge
 * Ennington
 * Nickbell-In-Ennington
 * Canterlot Airport Terminals 1 & 2 ✈️
 * Canterlot Airport Terminal 3 ✈️
 * Canterlot Airport Terminal 4 ✈️
 * Canterlot Airport Terminal 5 ✈️ (R)

Until 2006 the Saggleton branch used to end at Rosalie. In 2006, the Ennington - Rosalie secton became a guided busway and therefore no longer served by T3. The stations at that time were: Since 2006, train mission codes starting with R (ROMI, RUTH) have been rerouted from Rosalie to Canterlot Airport Terminal 5, thus providing more access to the airport. This ended the T3 service to Rosalie after 68 years.
 * (Chatswood)
 * Saggleton
 * Viewspa
 * Frogstone
 * Nickbell Street Bridge
 * Ennington
 * Nickbell-In-Ennington
 * Ashland-In-Ennington
 * Ferdford
 * Wyoming House
 * Ecrell
 * Aldstone
 * Rosalie (R)

Via Bentwood

 * (Flagstone-In-Juvisy)
 * Bentwood
 * Knaresbey
 * Nter Creek
 * Narfolk
 * Willamette
 * Einstein Street
 * Massy Palace (M)
 * Beauvais
 * Chatham
 * Vaughan
 * Chardstone
 * Clemson-In-Chardstone
 * Louisgran
 * Coulspool - Vampire House (C)

Via Falkirk

 * (Broughton)
 * Falkirk
 * Campbell
 * Melun-In-Campbell
 * Santo-Nino-In-Campbell
 * Madrid-In-Campbell
 * Eole
 * Cranbrook
 * Morpeth
 * Kiama
 * Dourdan (Y)
 * Dourdan Lincoln Street (D)

Via Ingleside Creek

 * (Broughton)
 * Ingleside Creek
 * Ingleburn
 * Jasmine Hills
 * Humboldt
 * Stockholm
 * Thurrock
 * Dalby
 * Fredswood-In-Dalby
 * Epping (Y)
 * Epping Alice Street (E)

Mission names
Since its opening in 1938, four-letter "pronounceable" mission names have been used on this line. In the line's early days, headboards on front of the locomotives depicted mission names.

In 1950, electric multiple units were introduced, but they were limited to Rosalie/Juvisy - Pontoise services. The electric multiple units had four letter scroll panels - each blind contained the letters A to Z, a black space and a white space. Because of this, they are capable of displaying the mission name on the front only.

In 1983, the 1200 series, having six alphanumeric dot matrix "ball" displays at each end, has a control to enter a four-letter mission name faster than using four letter scroll panels like the older trains.

The first letter indicates the train's terminus. The second letter O is intended for all stops trains only.
 * A: Canterlot Acorn Street (ABBY, ANNE, ANYA)
 * B: Broughton (BALI)
 * C: Coulspool - Vampire House (CIME, CLOE)
 * D: Dourdan Lincoln Street (DEBA, DIBA, DUBA, DUFY)
 * E: Epping Alice Street (ELBA, ELLA, EVIE)
 * F: Fleet Street - Canterlot Library (FOOT)
 * G: Montville - Faringdon (GAIL, GALE, GATA, GOTA)
 * H: Harlem (HALI, HILL, HOTA)
 * J: Juvisy (JILL, JOEL)
 * K: Carlingford (KATY, KIRA, KYLA, KYLE)
 * L: Pinnacle Lane (LARA, LOLA, LUKE)
 * M: Massy Palace (MONA)
 * N: Pontoise (NOEL, NORA)
 * O: Four Oaks (OWEN)
 * P: Penrith Bridge (PAUL, PENN)
 * R: Canterlot Airport Terminal 5 ✈️ (ROMI, RUTH)
 * S: Saint-Paul-In-Northwoods (SARA, SLIM, SLOM)
 * T: Bird's Villa (TARA, TESS)
 * V: Vampire House - The Haunted House in Canterlot (VERI, VICK, VRAJ)
 * Y: Dourdan or Epping (splits at Broughton) (YETI, YLVI)

List of mission names

 * ABBY: From Dourdan Lincoln Street or Dourdan to Canterlot Acorn Street. Non-stop between Juvisy and Chatswood, Chatswood and Fleet Street - Canterlot Library.
 * ANNE: From Saint-Paul-In-Northwoods to Canterlot Acorn Street. Stopping at all stations
 * ANYA: From Canterlot Airport Terminal 5 ✈️ to Canterlot Acorn Street. Stopping at all stations except Astikos.
 * BALI: From Saint-Paul-In-Northwoods, Montville - Faringdon, Pinnacle Lane or Penrith Bridge to Broughton. Non-stop between Fleet Street - Canterlot Library and Chatswood, Chatswood and Juvisy.
 * CIME: From Vampire House to Coulspool - Vampire House. Non-stop between Fleet Street - Canterlot Library and Chatswood.
 * CLOE: From Pinnacle Lane to Coulspool - Vampire House. Non-stop between Fleet Street - Canterlot Library and Chatswood, Chatswood and Berny Cross.
 * DEBA: From Pinnacle Lane, Carlingford, Bird's Villa, Montville - Faringdon or Penrith Bridge to Dourdan Lincoln Street. Non-stop between Fleet Street - Canterlot Library and Chatswood, Chatswood and Juvisy.
 * DIBA: From Saint-Paul-In-Northwoods or Pinnacle Lane to Dourdan Lincoln Street. Non-stop between Fleet Street - Canterlot Library and Chatswood.
 * DUBA: From Vampire House to Dourdan Lincoln Street. Non-stop between Fleet Street - Canterlot Library and Chatswood, Chatswood and Juvisy, Juvisy and Broughton.
 * DUFY: From Pinnacle Lane to Dourdan Lincoln Street. Non-stop between Fleet Street - Canterlot Library and Chatswood.
 * ELBA: From Saint-Paul-In-Northwoods to Epping Alice Street. Non-stop between Fleet Street - Canterlot Library and Chatswood, Chatswood and Juvisy.
 * ELLA: From Saint-Paul-In-Northwoods to Epping Alice Street. Non-stop between Fleet Street - Canterlot Library and Chatswood, Chatswood and Juvisy, Juvisy and Broughton.
 * EVIE: From Saint-Paul-In-Northwoods, Montville - Faringdon, Penrith Bridge to Epping Alice Street. Non-stop between Fleet Street - Canterlot Library and Chatswood, Chatswood and Juvisy, Juvisy and Broughton.
 * FOOT: From Pontoise, Montville - Faringdon or Carlingford to Fleet Street - Canterlot Library. Stopping at all stations
 * GAIL: From Dourdan Lincoln Street to Montville - Faringdon. Non-stop between Juvisy and Chatswood, Chatswood and Fleet Street - Canterlot Library.
 * GALE: From Dourdan to Montville - Faringdon. Non-stop between Dourdan and Campbell, Juvisy and Chatswood, Chatswood and Fleet Street - Canterlot Library.
 * GATA: From Dourdan Lincoln Street to Montville - Faringdon. Non-stop between Dourdan and Cranbrook, Juvisy and Chatswood, Chatswood and Fleet Street - Canterlot Library.
 * GOTA: From Massy Palace or Canterlot Airport Terminal 5 ✈️ to Montville - Faringdon. Stopping at all stations.
 * HALI: From Broughton to Harlem. Non-stop between Broughton and Juvisy, Juvisy and Chatswood, Chatswood and Fleet Street - Canterlot Library.
 * HILL: From Juvisy to Harlem. Non-stop between Chatswood and Fleet Street - Canterlot Library.
 * HOTA: From Massy Palace or Canterlot Airport Terminal 5 ✈️ to Harlem. Stopping at all stations.
 * JILL: From Vampire House, Pontoise or Harlem to Juvisy. Non-stop between Fleet Street - Canterlot Library and Chatswood.
 * JOEL: From Montville - Faringdon to Juvisy. Stopping at all stations.
 * KATY: From Dourdan Lincoln Street to Carlingford. Non-stop between Dourdan and Campbell, Juvisy and Chatswood, Chatswood and Fleet Street - Canterlot Library.
 * KIRA: From Juvisy to Carlingford. Non-stop between Chatswood and Fleet Street - Canterlot Library.
 * KYLA: From Epping Alice Street or Epping to Carlingford. Non-stop between Juvisy and Chatswood, Chatswood and Van Burghen.
 * KYLE: From Epping Alice Street or Epping to Carlingford. Non-stop between Juvisy and Chatswood, Chatswood and Van Burghen. Also not stopping at Innisfail.
 * LARA: From Epping Alice Street, Dourdan Lincoln Street, Epping or Dourdan to Pinnacle Lane. Non-stop between Juvisy and Chatswood, Chatswood and Fleet Street - Canterlot Library.
 * LOLA: From Canterlot Airport Terminal 5 ✈️ to Pinnacle Lane. Stopping at all stations.
 * LUKE: From Dourdan Lincoln Street to Pinnacle Lane. Non-stop between Chatswood and Fleet Street - Canterlot Library.
 * MONA: From Pontoise or Montville - Faringdon to Massy Palace. Stopping at all stations.
 * NOEL: From Massy Palace or Canterlot Airport Terminal 5 ✈️ to Pontoise. Stopping at all stations except Mydarchy.
 * NORA: From Massy Palace or Canterlot Airport Terminal 5 ✈️ to Pontoise. Stopping at all stations.
 * OWEN: From Canterlot Airport Terminal 5 ✈️ to Four Oaks. Stopping at all stations.
 * PAUL: From Broughton, Dourdan Lincoln Street to Penrith Bridge. Non-stop between Juvisy and Chatswood, Chatswood and Fleet Street - Canterlot Library.
 * PENN: From Broughton, Dourdan Lincoln Street to Penrith Bridge. Non-stop between Broughton and Juvisy, Juvisy and Chatswood, Chatswood and Fleet Street - Canterlot Library.
 * ROMI: From Pontoise, Bird's Villa or Montville - Faringdon to Canterlot Airport Terminal 5 ✈️. Stopping at all stations.
 * RUTH: From Saint-Paul-In-Northwoods to Canterlot Airport Terminal 5 ✈️. Non-stop between Fleet Street - Canterlot Library and Chatswood.
 * SARA: From Dourdan, Dourdan Lincoln Street, Epping, Epping Alice Street or Broughton to Saint-Paul-In-Northwoods. Non-stop between Juvisy and Chatswood, Chatswood and Fleet Street - Canterlot Library.
 * SLIM: From Epping, Epping Alice Street to Saint-Paul-In-Northwoods. Non-stop between Epping and Jasmine Hills, Broughton and Juvisy, Juvisy and Chatswood, Chatswood and Fleet Street - Canterlot Library.
 * SLOM: From Epping, Epping Alice Street to Saint-Paul-In-Northwoods. Non-stop between Broughton and Juvisy, Juvisy and Chatswood, Chatswood and Fleet Street - Canterlot Library.
 * TARA: From Dourdan Lincoln Street or Dourdan to Bird's Villa. Non-stop between Broughton and Juvisy, Juvisy and Chatswood, Chatswood and Fleet Street - Canterlot Library.
 * TESS: From Canterlot Airport Terminal 5 ✈️ to Bird's Villa. Stopping at all stations.
 * VERI: From Juvisy to Vampire House. Non-stop between Juvisy and Chatswood, Chatswood and Fleet Street - Canterlot Library.
 * VICK: From Juvisy or Coulspool - Vampire House to Vampire House. Non-stop between Chatswood and Fleet Street - Canterlot Library.
 * VRAJ: From Dourdan Lincoln Street or Dourdan to Vampire House. Non-stop between Chatswoood and Fleet Street - Canterlot Library. Non-stop between Dourdan and Campbell, Broughton and Juvisy, Juvisy and Chatswood, Chatswood and Fleet Street - Canterlot Library. Also not serving Garrison and Garrison South.
 * YETI: From Saint-Paul-In-Northwoods, Pinnacle Lane, Carlingford or Montville - Faringdon to Dourdan. Non-stop between Fleet Street - Canterlot Library and Chatswood, Chatswood and Juvisy.
 * YLVI: From Saint-Paul-In-Northwoods, Pinnacle Lane, Carlingford or Montville - Faringdon to Epping. Non-stop between Fleet Street - Canterlot Library and Chatswood, Chatswood and Juvisy, Juvisy and Broughton. Also not stopping at Garrison.

August-November 2015 rail strike
During the strike trains most trains on T3 are not running, except in Epping Alice Street / Juvisy, Dourdan Lincoln Street / Juvisy, Canterlot Acorn Street / Fleet Street - Canterlot Library and Carlingford / Saint-Paul-In-Northwoods.

Costumed persons that usually travel to the fancy dress party by VICK train, please go to the party in Vampire House directly by car.

Costumed persons that usually travel to the fancy dress party by SARA, SLIM or SLOM trains, please take the bus to Carlingford or Coulspool - Vampire House, then take the SARA (rerouted to Carlingford as the starting point).

List of mission names during August-November 2015 rail strike
 * AEFI is a shuttle train from Fleet Street - Canterlot Library to Canterlot Acorn Street.
 * FEBA is a shuttle train from Canterlot Acorn Street to Fleet Street - Canterlot Library.
 * JIXU runs from Epping Alice Street to Juvisy, stopping all stations.
 * JOXU runs from Dourdan Lincoln Street to Juvisy, stopping all stations.
 * DEBA and ELBA will start at Juvisy (DIBA, DUBA, DUFY, ELLA and EVIE will not run).
 * KARO runs from Saint-Paul-In-Northwoods to Carlingford, stopping all stations.
 * SARA, which usually originated at Epping Alice Street or Dourdan Lincoln Street with a direct express from Juvisy and Chatswood, Chatswood and Fleet Street - Canterlot Library, will instead be a train stopping at all stations from Carlingford to Saint-Paul-In-Northwoods (SLIM and SLOM will not run).

31 October
Thirty-four were seriously injured as the T3 commuter train plunged into a petroleum truck at a level crossing in Chatswood (at the time of train's leaving), causing a massive explosion.

The commuter train was running on a VICK service coming from Coulspool - Vampire House, destined for Vampire House and carrying 123 passengers. The train set identified was a yet-to-be-refurbished B2403/B2404, based at Broughton railway shed. Out of 123 passengers, three quarters (92 passengers) are dressed up like vampires, witches or ghosts.