Just outside the county town of Shrewsbury, UK, workers pace the elevated halls of Severn Bridge Junction – the largest operational mechanical signal box in the world. Since 1904, it has provided safe ...
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The signalling renewal project covers 125 miles of rail line. Credit: Network Rail. French rolling stock manufacturer Alstom has secured a re-signalling contract from UK-based Network Rail for the ...
Rail services on a train line on Surrey have been suspended "until further notice" due to a fault with the signalling system.
A railway historian says he believes the traditional semaphore signals removed from a rural railway station could have been the last in use in the entire Eastern region. The wooden signals were ...
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The semaphore signals at Manea were the last in use on the Ely to Peterborough line (stock image) [Getty Images] A railway historian says he believes the traditional semaphore signals removed from a ...