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This thought came to me just now whilst between Borth and Dovey Junction on the Cambrian Coast where at intervals the number of rail joints doubles. Given that 30ft was, I believe, beginning to be phased out even before the Grouping I found it odd to think that substantial lengths clearly...

Fairly self-explanatory; I nominate Dovey Junction. Obviously this excludes stations like Smallbrook Junction which have no access other than by train. I can't imagine that there are too many of those around these days though.

I will admit that this has probably come up here several times before, that I don't work in the railway industry and that I probably have some pretty outdated ideas on this subject. Just thought I'd put that first. Anyway, onward to my probably-slightly-rant-based post; Why does the British...

I have recently been considering signalling, as it stands today, and trying to assess my long-held belief that centralised operations control and signalling using modern, computer-based, systems is not a particularly sound progression to be making, with several disadvantages over more...

Hi all, A first post, and a bit of an obscure and weird one! I may have been seen by some of you on other forums, but figured this query may be more at home here. Is it possible, in any way, to visit Network Rail signalboxes? This would be in connection to a research project that I may soon be...