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Title: Salisbury to Exeter Signalling Post by: SandTEngineer on March 26, 2012, 17:39:57 As of this morning (26/03) the whole line between Pinhoe (exclusive) and Tisbury (exclusive) is now controlled from the West of England signalling panel at Basingstoke. Honiton, Chard Junction, Yeovil Junction, Templecombe and Gillingham signalboxes and Sherborne Control Point all having been closed in stages over the previous few weeks. RIP :'( :'(
Title: Re: Salisbury to Exeter Signalling Post by: Louis94 on March 26, 2012, 17:48:07 Dont forget Feniton Crossing box!
Title: Re: Salisbury to Exeter Signalling Post by: SandTEngineer on March 26, 2012, 17:58:08 Dont forget Feniton Crossing box! Whoops my error ::)Photos of the new panel here http://www.flickr.com/photos/salisburyasc/6948712213/in/set-72157629136479520 Title: Re: Salisbury to Exeter Signalling Post by: paul7575 on March 26, 2012, 18:35:06 Surprisingly, that panel is only intended to be in use until about 2017, when Basingstoke ASC is supposed to transfer into Basingstoke's new ROC. Basingstoke (New) ASC has only been in use a few years itself, since about 2007 I think...
Paul Title: Re: Salisbury to Exeter Signalling Post by: SandTEngineer on March 26, 2012, 18:55:50 .......but before that another panel is going in to control Poole to Weymouth (taking over Dorchester panel in the process).
Title: Re: Salisbury to Exeter Signalling Post by: paul7575 on March 26, 2012, 19:06:31 I suppose the idea is that you can't do the relocking of the entire Wessex area in one go in 2017, but you need a sensible flow of work for the signalling contractors. But once a discrete area is capable of being remote controlled at a modern panel, switching to any other modern panel is just a case of re-routeing the data comms?
Paul Title: Re: Salisbury to Exeter Signalling Post by: vacman on March 26, 2012, 21:28:27 With Feniton crossing box now closed is the station still staffed?
Title: Re: Salisbury to Exeter Signalling Post by: JayMac on March 26, 2012, 21:55:02 I do hope a sympathetic alternative use can be be found for Templecombe's box. It's an excellent example of SR's 'glasshouse' Type 13 signal box.
Title: Re: Salisbury to Exeter Signalling Post by: 6 OF 2 redundant adjunct of unimatrix 01 on March 26, 2012, 22:15:26 With Feniton crossing box now closed is the station still staffed? it is indeed but only for a few hours in the morning and now by swt staff the same will apply to templecombe This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |