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 Since then the owner code has been replaced by the UIC country code.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.
CodeRailway companyAbbreviationCountry10VR-YhtymäVRFinland20Soviet state railwaySŽDUSSR20*Rossijskije Železnyje DorogiRZDRussia21State railway of AlbaniaALBAlbania21*Belaruskaja Čyhunka — Беларуская ЧыгункаBČ — БЧBelarus22UkrzaliznytsiaUZUkraine23Calea Ferată din MoldovaCFMMoldavia24Lietuvos GeležinkeliaiLGLithuania25Latvijas DzelzceļšLDZLatvia26Eesti Vabariigi RaudteeEVREstonia27Qazaqstan Temir ZholyKTZKazakhstan28Sakartwelos RkinigsaGRGeorgia29Oʻzbekiston Temir Yoʻllari - Ўзбекистон темир йўллариOTY - ЎTЙUzbekistan30Zoesen CheltoZCNorth Korea31Mongolyn Tömör ZamMTZ - МТЗMongolia32Dung Sat Viet-NamDSVNVietnam33Zhong Guo Tie LuKNRChina40Ferrocarriles de CubaFCCuba41Hekurudha ShqiptareHSHAlbania42Japan RailJRJapan43Győr-Sopron-Ebenfurti VasútGySEVHungary/Austria44Budapesti Helyiérdekű VasútHEVHungary44*Željeznice Republike SrpskeŽRSBosnia and Herzegovina50*Željeznice Federacije Bosne i HercegovineŽFBHBosnia and Herzegovina50Deutsche ReichsbahnDR (DBAG to 1999)Eastern Germany/Germany51Polskie Koleje PaństwowePKPPoland52Balgarski Darschawni SchelesniziBDZBulgaria53Căile Ferate RomâneCFRRomania54Československé státní dráhyČDCzechoslovakia54*České dráhyČDCzech Republic55Magyar ÁllamvasutakMÁVHungary56Železničná spoločnosť SlovenskoŽSSKSlovakia57Azərbaycan Dövlət Dəmir YoluADDYAzerbaijan59Kyrgyz Temir Žol - Кыргыз темир жолKTZ, KRGKyrgyzstan60Córas Iompair ÉireannCIEIreland61Chemin de fer d'AnzinANZFrance62Association of Swiss Private RailwaysSPSwitzerland63BLS LötschbergbahnBLSSwitzerland64Ferrovie Nord MilanoFNMItalia65Hydro Transport (formerly Norsk Transportaktieselskab), owner/operator of the Rjukan Line until 1991RjKRjBNorway65*Makedonski ŽelezniciMZNorth Macedonia66Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-LitsCIWLBelgium70British RailBRUnited Kingdom71Red Nacional de los Ferrocarriles EspañolesRENFESpain72Jugoslovenske ŽelezniceJŽYugoslavia72*Zeleznice SrbijeZSSerbia73Hellenic Railways OrganisationOSEGreece74Statens JärnvägarSJSweden75Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Devlet DemiryollariTCDDTurkey76Norges StatsbanerNSBNorway78Hrvatske ŽeljezniceHŽCroatia79Slovenske železniceSŽSlovenia80Deutsche BundesbahnDeutsche BahnDBAGGermany81Österreichische BundesbahnenÖBBAustria82Chemins de fer luxembourgeoisCFLLuxembourg83Ferrovie dello Stato / TrenitaliaFS / TIItalia84Nederlandse SpoorwegenNSNetherlands85Schweizerische BundesbahnenChemins de Fer FédérauxFerrovie Federali SvizzereSBBCFFFFSSwitzerland86Danske StatsbanerDSBDenmark87Société Nationale des Chemins de fer FrançaisSNCFFrance88Nationale Maatschappij der Belgische SpoorwegenSociété Nationale des Chemins de fer BelgesNMBSSNCBBelgium90Egyptian National RailwaysENREgypt91Societe Nationale des Chemins de fer TunisiensSNCFTTunisia92Societe Nationale des Transports FerroviairesSNTFAlgeria93Office National des Chemins de fer du MarocONCFMMorocco94Caminhos de ferro PortuguesesCPPortugal95Israel RailwaysIRIsrael96Rah Ahan Iran - راه آهن ایران RAIIran97Syrian RailwaysCFSSyria98Office des Chemins de fer de l'Etat LibanaisCELLebanon99Iraqi RailwaysIRRIraq
*later attribution
References
External links UIC 438 – 50 years of railway vehicle markings at dansk-jernbanearkiv.dk