Title: Historic Cornish Signal Box to close. Post by: johnneyw on January 02, 2024, 12:13:38 BBC reports that the signal box at Par is to close in Spring 2024 although it is a listed building and will be preserved. There's more about it and the signal boxes at Truro and Lostwithiel in the link below.
https://www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-67762610.amp?amp_gsa=1&_js_v=a9&usqp=mq331AQGsAEggAID#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17041914723403&csi=0&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com Title: Re: Historic Cornish Signal Box to close. Post by: ellendune on January 02, 2024, 12:25:44 Can someone summarise where signals will be controlled from in Cornwall after these works are complete?
Title: Re: Historic Cornish Signal Box to close. Post by: eXPassenger on January 02, 2024, 18:16:25 Can someone summarise where signals will be controlled from in Cornwall after these works are complete? The news story quotes: "Signalling at Par, Lostwithiel and Truro is to be controlled centrally near Exeter St Davids, in Devon." Title: Re: Historic Cornish Signal Box to close. Post by: infoman on January 02, 2024, 19:17:22 film footage on spotlight local news
Title: Re: Historic Cornish Signal Box to close. Post by: Mark A on January 04, 2024, 17:35:27 Might be this - the video attached to a tweet from one Craig Munday.
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