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Shippea Hill on the Breckland line in Cambridgeshire has the signal box built on the ramp at the end of the platform. This station was recently in the news as one with the least used service, or one of the least... Just to clarify the OP's comment about Highley on the SVR. The box is...

Eagle-I-Thrust: Thanks for the clarification about Woodhead. Another missed opportunity. 40907

Presumably the "Woodhead" route between Sheffield and Manchester has dropped off the radar, despite having the expensive work already in being, ie the modern Woodhead tunnel, apparently only requires National Grid to move their cables into the old tunnel, and a route that would provide welcome...

Dare we wonder if after Bromsgrove there might be some improvements on the Worcester-Hereford route, ie the single line sections, Abbotswood to Droitwich, and Malvern Wells- Ledbury and Ledbury- Hereford? I suppose also--thankfully--the overloaded two-car "stagger" up the Lickey on a LM service...

BBC "Midlands Today" yesterday had extensive coverage of the line closure for the engineering work. Bus replacement service getting a mixed reception, understandably due to longer journey times. As mentioned by the previous poster, everything going via Kidderminster, with longer journey times...

I can testify to the good passenger numbers on the line. Unfortunately last autumn LM were short of stock and two-car units proved totally inadequate for the Hereford-Birmingham service. ( and I was travelling off-peak) Often full to standing leaving Malvern, only to find a platform full of...

Sorry but I don't follow "modern traction"--at least post-'68-- in any great detail, but do I assume from jimm's post above that HST's are going to soldier on in a shortened form even further into the future, presumably refurbished yet again? Not complaining by the way, I still think they are...

Sorry, ComUtoR, poor choice of words by me. Clearly as a legitimate signalled move it was not "wrong line", but it just felt strange going north on the southbound line, even if only for a couple of hundred yards or so. Going somewhat off-topic, I wonder if Network Rail will ever...

Thanks for your responses. I did get the impression from the booking clerk that departing north from platform 1, technically "wrong line" the other Saturday, was only a trial whilst the Marches line was otherwise closed for engineering work. Maybe something they now have " in hand" for...

Platforms 1 & 2 at Hereford have been signalled for bi-directional use in that Birmingham-bound services can depart from their arrival platform without running round south of the station to access platform 3. With the recent closure of the Marches line at weekends for engineering work, the...

In 2013 26 signal boxes, some of which may well be disused were given Grade2 listed status in a project jointly run by Network Rail and English Heritage. 2 boxes in the North, 5 in the West, 7 in the East, and 12 in the South. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23451290 Two...

Just as a footnote, I understand that the lever frame from Kidderminster Junction box was saved, and is in the care of the Severn Valley S & T department. As to any future use, I don't know. Maybe useful spares?

I bit of historical context for the topic title. Back in the 1920's the LNER allowed an amateur radio station to be set up in a brake vehicle on a Kings Cross to Edinburgh train. The idea was to test out the practicality of sending and receiving transmissions from the moving train to fixed...

Spare a thought for those operators who rely on West Coast to operate their trains on NR. Vintage Trains at Tyseley for instance. They have already suffered once before. Unfortunately West Coast is such a dominant player in this market, and the opportunities to turn to others are very...

Reference the ex-Hereford trains being overcrowded,-( as Class 172 mentions above)- certainly from Worcester onwards, I asked my MP to talk to LM about the situation, and the answer he got was "shortage of stock", which is basically what they tell me. Not, "what are doing about the shortage of...