signal box in leeds

[badger1badger]

Hi guys

we live above leeds station and I was wondering where is the signal box nowadays - on the top of City house or the brown brick building in the middle I guess above where the ticket barriers are ?

When I did work experience it was a big affiar with station anouncers and various signalers

Would love to see it now

Cheers

Paul

 

[Tomnick]

It's now all controlled from York IECC, somewhere opposite Platform 11.

 

[driver9000]

It's in York. York IECC took control of the Leeds area a few years ago.

*Tomnick beat me to it by a minute!

 

[Metroland]

http://www.theraileng.co.uk/pdfs/RAIL article Dec 07.pdf

There's an article about it here, with a screenshot of Leeds on page 5.

 

[badger1badger]

thanks guys - was on top of city house ?

paul

 

[Ploughman]

No it used to be in the station building behind platform 5.

 

[Metroland]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTeNmYRx3KE&feature=related

film of it here

 

[caliwag]

Well...I haven't read the article, but at the time, because signalling centres don't need windows it was suggested that perhaps a large fish tank would have a calming effect in the York box...everyone agreed but budgetry cuts turned that into a few budgies in a cage...but for a while when the live announcements started from the "box", as opposed to the, now coffee shop, Outer office next the footbridge, all you could hear was the tweeting and twittering of said budgies within the announcements...fantastic.
Mind they did have a sexy North american lady recently doing the announcements, with her Kenaresboro and Edinboro...champion!. More of that please. Aren't the railways fun?

 

[badger1badger]

Yes the good old days - a lovely scottish accent telling us the trains that were coming in

to hear that lady would be wonderfull - I wonder what she is doing now ?

rgds

paul
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It's in York. York IECC took control of the Leeds area a few years ago.

*Tomnick beat me to it by a minute!

Hi out of interst what does IECC mean ??


Rgds

Paul

 

[driver9000]

IECC - Integrated Electronic Control Centre.

 

[badger1badger]

thanks