diff --git a/src/order_base.h b/src/order_base.h
index b92f8f9050..1ca7c7293b 100644
--- a/src/order_base.h
+++ b/src/order_base.h
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 #include "timer/timer_game_tick.h"
 #include "saveload/saveload.h"
 
-typedef Pool<Order, OrderID, 256, 0xFF0000> OrderPool;
-typedef Pool<OrderList, OrderListID, 128, 64000> OrderListPool;
+using OrderPool = Pool<Order, OrderID, 256, OrderID::End().base()>;
+using OrderListPool = Pool<OrderList, OrderListID, 128, OrderListID::End().base()>;
 extern OrderPool _order_pool;
 extern OrderListPool _orderlist_pool;
 
diff --git a/src/order_gui.cpp b/src/order_gui.cpp
index cd0c042cd9..dd7d9e6003 100644
--- a/src/order_gui.cpp
+++ b/src/order_gui.cpp
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ static Order GetOrderCmdFromTile(const Vehicle *v, TileIndex tile)
 {
 	/* Override the index as it is not coming from a pool, so would not be initialised correctly. */
 	Order order;
-	order.index = 0;
+	order.index = OrderID::Begin();
 
 	/* check depot first */
 	if (IsDepotTypeTile(tile, (TransportType)(uint)v->type) && IsTileOwner(tile, _local_company)) {
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ private:
 	{
 		Order order;
 		order.next = nullptr;
-		order.index = 0;
+		order.index = OrderID::Begin();
 		order.MakeGoToDepot(INVALID_DEPOT, ODTFB_PART_OF_ORDERS,
 				_settings_client.gui.new_nonstop && this->vehicle->IsGroundVehicle() ? ONSF_NO_STOP_AT_INTERMEDIATE_STATIONS : ONSF_STOP_EVERYWHERE);
 		order.SetDepotActionType(ODATFB_NEAREST_DEPOT);
@@ -1221,7 +1221,7 @@ public:
 					if (order_id != INVALID_VEH_ORDER_ID) {
 						Order order;
 						order.next = nullptr;
-						order.index = 0;
+						order.index = OrderID::Begin();
 						order.MakeConditional(order_id);
 
 						Command<CMD_INSERT_ORDER>::Post(STR_ERROR_CAN_T_INSERT_NEW_ORDER, this->vehicle->tile, this->vehicle->index, this->OrderGetSel(), order);
diff --git a/src/order_type.h b/src/order_type.h
index 8df0889af0..915d0b242f 100644
--- a/src/order_type.h
+++ b/src/order_type.h
@@ -12,11 +12,12 @@
 
 #include "core/enum_type.hpp"
 #include "depot_type.h"
+#include "core/pool_type.hpp"
 #include "station_type.h"
 
 typedef uint8_t VehicleOrderID;  ///< The index of an order within its current vehicle (not pool related)
-typedef uint32_t OrderID;
-typedef uint16_t OrderListID;
+using OrderID = PoolID<uint32_t, struct OrderIDTag, 0xFF0000, 0xFFFFFF>;
+using OrderListID = PoolID<uint16_t, struct OrderListIDTag, 64000, 0xFFFF>;
 
 struct DestinationID {
 	using BaseType = uint16_t;
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ static const VehicleOrderID INVALID_VEH_ORDER_ID = 0xFF;
 static const VehicleOrderID MAX_VEH_ORDER_ID     = INVALID_VEH_ORDER_ID - 1;
 
 /** Invalid order (sentinel) */
-static const OrderID INVALID_ORDER = 0xFFFFFF;
+static constexpr OrderID INVALID_ORDER = OrderID::Invalid();
 
 /**
  * Maximum number of orders in implicit-only lists before we start searching
diff --git a/src/saveload/order_sl.cpp b/src/saveload/order_sl.cpp
index 0ce1bd206e..3ee6b86847 100644
--- a/src/saveload/order_sl.cpp
+++ b/src/saveload/order_sl.cpp
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ struct ORDRChunkHandler : ChunkHandler {
 
 			/* Update all the next pointer */
 			for (Order *o : Order::Iterate()) {
-				size_t order_index = o->index;
+				size_t order_index = o->index.base();
 				/* Delete invalid orders */
 				if (o->IsType(OT_NOTHING)) {
 					delete o;
diff --git a/src/timetable_gui.cpp b/src/timetable_gui.cpp
index 41d9096534..a6adca7626 100644
--- a/src/timetable_gui.cpp
+++ b/src/timetable_gui.cpp
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ struct TimetableWindow : Window {
 	int GetOrderFromTimetableWndPt(int y, [[maybe_unused]] const Vehicle *v)
 	{
 		int32_t sel = this->vscroll->GetScrolledRowFromWidget(y, this, WID_VT_TIMETABLE_PANEL, WidgetDimensions::scaled.framerect.top);
-		if (sel == INT32_MAX) return INVALID_ORDER;
+		if (sel == INT32_MAX) return INVALID_ORDER.base();
 		assert(IsInsideBS(sel, 0, v->GetNumOrders() * 2));
 		return sel;
 	}
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ struct TimetableWindow : Window {
 				int selected = GetOrderFromTimetableWndPt(pt.y, v);
 
 				this->CloseChildWindows();
-				this->sel_index = (selected == INVALID_ORDER || selected == this->sel_index) ? -1 : selected;
+				this->sel_index = (selected == INVALID_ORDER.base() || selected == this->sel_index) ? -1 : selected;
 				break;
 			}