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Hebden Bridge signal box A number of signal boxes in England are on the Statutory List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. Signal boxes house the signalman and equipment that control the railway points and signals. Originally, railway signals were controlled from a hut on a platform at junctions. In the 1850s, a raised building with a glazed upper storey containing ...
To facilitate this, the Borough Market signal box (opened in 1895) required 2 full time signallers, and handled over 100 trains per hour. [2] This project would allow it and other signal boxes to be consolidated into a new, modern signalling centre - with signallers assisted by computers and substantial automation. [3] [4]
Woking's listed signal box [2]. The London and Southampton Railway (L&SR) was authorised on 25 July 1834 [3] [note 1] and construction began in October of that year. [5] The line was built in stages, and the first section, between the London terminus at Nine Elms and "Woking Common", was opened to passengers on 21 May 1838.
The signal box provided a dry, climate-controlled space for the complex interlocking mechanics and also the signalman. The raised design of most signal boxes (which gave rise to the term "tower" in North America) also provided the signalman with a good view of the railway under his control. The first use of a signal box was by the London ...
The West box, which was situated on the north side of the line near the entrance to the engine shed, was closed on 7 November 1971 when the East box, situated on the same side of the line just east of the level crossing, was renamed as just "Truro". [14] The adjacent signal boxes are at Par railway station to the east, and at Roskear Junction ...
Totnes Signal Box. Coordinates: 50°26′9.75″N 3°41′19.32″W. Totnes Signal Box, whilst still operating, September 1981. The Signal box Cafe at Totnes Railway Station, view under the footbridge towards the former pneumatic railway pumping station, July 2009. Totnes Signal Box is a Grade II listed former Great Western Railway signal box ...
In its heyday, Polegate had three signal boxes, Polegate 'A' or West, Polegate 'B' or East and Polegate Crossing. Polegate 'A' signal box was situated at the western end of the station and controlled the junction for the Cuckoo Line to Hailsham and Eridge and the goods yard. Polegate 'B' signal box, situated at the eastern end of the station ...
St Austell station is a Grade II listed [1] station which serves the town of St Austell, Cornwall, England. It is 286 miles 26 chains (286.32 mi; 460.8 km) from the zero point at London Paddington measured via Box and Plymouth Millbay. [2] The station is operated by Great Western Railway. The station is situated on the hillside just above the town.