EPSG systems

EPSG:9373 MML07 Grid

Projected system (Transverse Mercator) in use: UK - London to Sheffield. The full definition below, and conversion in one click.

EPSG publishes no simple transformation to WGS 84 for this datum: conversion works on the ellipsoid alone and can be off by tens of metres.

System record
CodeEPSG:9373
NameMML07 Grid
TypeProjected system — Transverse Mercator
Area of use UK - London to Sheffield
United Kingdom (UK) - on or related to the Midland Mainline rail route from Sheffield to London.
Bounds W -1,89° · S 51,46° · E 0,16° · N 53,42°
Countries United Kingdom
DatumMML07 Intermediate Reference Frame
Ellipsoid GRS 1980 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257222101
Base geographic system EPSG:9372 — MML07-IRF
Unit metre (E east, N north)
Transformation to WGS 84 No simple transformation published (ellipsoid alone)
ScopeEngineering survey and topographic mapping for railway applications.

Projection parameters

ParameterValueUnit
Latitude of natural origin52.45degree
Longitude of natural origin-0.85degree
Scale factor at natural origin1unity
False easting49350.157metre
False northing108398.212metre

proj4 definition

+proj=tmerc +lat_0=52.45 +lon_0=-0.85 +k=1 +x_0=49350.157 +y_0=108398.212 +ellps=GRS80 +units=m +no_defs

Paste it into QGIS, proj4js, PostGIS (spatial_ref_sys) or GDAL. +towgs84 carries the EPSG transformation to WGS 84; the official code stays EPSG:9373.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

PROJCS["MML07_Grid",GEOGCS["GCS_MML07-IRF",DATUM["MML07_Intermediate_Reference_Frame",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",49350.157],PARAMETER["False_Northing",108398.212],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-0.85],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",1.0],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",52.45],UNIT["Meter",1.0]]

All systems — United Kingdom

Source: EPSG registry v11.022 (IOGP), through the PROJ database. Always check a code on epsg.org before contractual work.