EPSG systems

EPSG:9763 EWR2-IRF

Geographic system in latitude and longitude, in use: UK - Oxford to Bedford. Datum, ellipsoid and transformation to WGS 84 below.

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:9763
NameEWR2-IRF
TypeGeographic system
Area of use UK - Oxford to Bedford
United Kingdom (UK) - on or related to East West Rail (Phase 2) routes from Oxford to Bicester, Bletchley and Bedford, and from Claydon Junction to Aylesbury and Princes Risborough.
Bounds W -1,43° · S 51,70° · E -0,36° · N 52,24°
Countries United Kingdom
DatumEWR2 Intermediate Reference Frame
Ellipsoid GRS 1980 a = 6378137 m · 1/f = 298.257222101
Unit degree (Lat north, Lon east)
Transformation to WGS 84 No simple transformation published (ellipsoid alone)
ScopeEngineering survey and topographic mapping for railway applications.

proj4 definition

+proj=longlat +ellps=GRS80 +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:9763.

WKT (ESRI format, the .prj content)

GEOGCS["GCS_EWR2-IRF",DATUM["EWR2_Intermediate_Reference_Frame",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]]

All systems — United Kingdom

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