Lines That Have Old Style Signal Boxs

[The Snap]

Manchester Victoria to Stalybridge, and perhaps even further towards Huddersfield? (Obviously excluding the Victoria end).

 

[Maxfly]

Barrhead - Lugton - Kilmarnock - Mauchline - New Cumnock etc,

Barrhead has colour lights worked by it's lever frame, Lugton has semaphores and colour lights from its frame, Killie is panel, mauchline is semaphores from a frame and so on and so forth down the gsw for a while

 

[OxtedL]

I think the lines through Canterbury and through Maidstone West have a certain amount of ... inherited infrastructure.

 

[Hydro]

I think the lines through Canterbury and through Maidstone West have a certain amount of ... inherited infrastructure.

They do, but I'm sure the box at Canterbury East is certainly going soon (if not already), through the East Kent resignalling. As far as I know, the lines through West and Sturry are still traditional boxes.

 

[trentside]

Certainly the Lincoln to Nottingham line does for most of the route - except around Lincoln and Nottingham. The same can be said for most routes in Lincolnshire as far as I'm aware.

 

[Metroland]

Lines with Mechanical signalling/traditional signalboxes:

- Penzance-Liskeard
- Gillingham-Exmouth Junction (soon to be resignalled under the control over Basingstoke ASC)
- Wool-Poole (although mainly colour lights, soon to be resignalling under the control of Basingstoke)
- West Wales, Carmarthen area
- Havant-Working (Portsmouth Main line) still has local signalboxes, although with colour lights
- Littlehampton/Bognor- Horsham
- Eastbourne/Hastings area
- Ramsgate/Canterbury/Dover area - to be resignalled under East Kent resignalling
- Cotswold line (being partially resignalled, later recontrol to Didcot)
- Marches line
- North Wales
- Worcester area (later to be resignalled to West Mids SCC)
- Ely-Norwich (being resignalled, to be controlled by Cambridge)
- Great Yarmouth/Lowestoft area
- Derby-Stoke-on-Trent
- Shrewsbury-Crewe (being resignalled to Cardiff)
- Syston Junction-Stamford area
- Werrington Junction - Gainsborough via Sleaford, Skegness line, Carlton-Lincoln, Lincoln-Cleethorpes, Sheffield-Barnetby (though PSB at Worksop, and Westcad at Lincoln).
- Hope Valley line
- North Trans-Pennine, though being partly resignalled and PSB at Hudderfield
- Buxton area
- Blackpool line (though will be resignalled under electrification)
- York-Leeds via Harrogate (though being resignalled)
- Transpennine line via Hebden bridge
- Pontefract area
- Doncaster-Hull
- Hull-Scarborough
- York-Scarborough (though recent resignalling at Scarborough itself)
- Settle and Carlisle
- Cumbrian Coast line
- Newcastle-Carlisle
- Middlesborough area, Though PSB at Tees
- Carlisle-Glasgow via Dumfries
- Ayr-Stranraer
- Stirling area
- Cupar area
- Aberdeen-Inverness
- Highland Main line, though north half controlled from panel inside Aviemore SB
- Dundee-Aberdeen (though PSBs at Dundee and Aberdeen)

Still local boxes at Stafford/Around Crewe/Stockport/Liverpool on WCML

Other than above some forthcoming re-control resignalling

Slough IECC to Thames Valley SC in December
Slough PSB and Swindon B soon after that
Leicester PSB to East Midlands SC in next 24 Months
Nottingham area to East Midland SC shortly

That's my latest info, feel free to correct or add

 

[matchmaker]

In a small enclave of its own, many miles from any other signals (apart from distant boards) - Fort William Junction.

 

[northwichcat]

Stockport-Chester. Although the Mouldsworth signal box was removed when the Mickel Trafford signal box was renewed and took over the Mouldsworth operations.

 

[swt_passenger]

Did anyone notice, buried in the later pages of the full McNulty report, his proposed list of large regional signalling centres (on page 268)?

Existing: Derby, Gillingham, Cardiff, Saltley, Edinburgh, Ashford, Didcot, Glasgow.

Proposed: Romford, Three Bridges, York, Manchester, Rugby, Basingstoke.

and that's it.

I'm surprised he thinks they need two for Kent...

 

[Scotrail84]

Dundee-Aberdeen and one at Leuchars. The big stations are all coloured-lights, and is Montrose now, but the wayside stations and some intermediate boxes retain semaphores, with North British posts south of Montrose and Caley posts north of there. Stonehaven reminds me of what stations like Lockerbie must have been like once, both in frequency of service and operations. It's a main line in a timewarp.

Montrose is colour light at the south end and Semaphore at the north end. Controlled by Montrose North box as Montrose south was switched out sometime last year i think. You can also leave from the southbound platform at Montrose heading north controlled by a new semaphore signal about 100yds off the platform.