Description

The age of mechanical signalling on the National Network is drawing to a close. In this series we document the last areas of semaphore signalling and signalboxes against a backdrop of passenger and freight workings. We include a detailed look at the world’s largest mechanical signalbox at Shrewsbury plus the working arrangements at Worcester box.

The Programme Comprises:

The Western Main line through Cornwall –  Yeovil Pen Mill – Brockenhurst – Along the South Coast including Littlehampton and Bognor Regis – Lewes to Hastings – Kent signalling including Deal, Sandwich, Canterbury West and along the Wye Valley – The Medway Valley including Maidstone, East Farleigh, Gillingham and Wateringbury, South Wales with Carbeston Road, Whitland, Ferryside, Pembrey Port, Pantyffnon and Tondu – Western Signalling at Banbury, Moreton-in-Marsh, Worcester and the surrounding lines and Ledbury – The North & West with Abergavenny and all the boxes to Craven Arms and Shrewsbury – Shrewsbury with the signalboxes at Sutton Bridge Junction, Severn Bridge Junction, Abbey Foregate and Crewe Junction. A wide range of traffic is seen from the station and boxes in and around Shrewsbury.

A comprehensive look at mechanical signalling in the 21st Century

110 mins approx