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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 ...
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 PSBs would remove the necessity for many individual boxes along a particular route and would pass control to one centralized location. Carlisle's PSB took over the responsibility of 44 signal boxes alone in the north west area. [20] A step on from the PSBs was the IECC (Integrated Electronic Control Centre) system, a forerunner of the ROCs.
Severn Bridge Junction is the area of railway lines just south east of Shrewsbury railway station, in Shropshire, England. It is controlled by a mechanical interlocked signal box of the same name, which is the largest operational mechanical signal box in the world. [1] [2] The Network Rail signalling area code is 'SBJ.'
Pages in category "Signal boxes in the United Kingdom" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Runcorn signal box. Runcorn signal box is a railway control building sited at the south end of Runcorn railway station in Cheshire, England. It is located to the west of the West Coast Main Line and the branch line to Folly Lane. The signal box is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
Some former signal boxes were converted to house signalling or level crossing equipment, while Norton East signal box will remain as it is a listed structure. [33] March 2021 - Sheffield to Shireoaks signalling system upgraded and passed to York with the demolition of Beighton Station Junction signal cabin. [34]
Wrawby Junction was the largest manual signal box in the world to be worked by a lone signaller. Most other large signal boxes require two or more signallers. Wrawby Junction signal box is a grade II listed building, and closed on Christmas Eve 2015, control of the area being transferred to York Rail Operating Centre. [1] [2]