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RailRef Line Codes BJ
Birkenhead Joint Railway
Signal Fact 31
In 1863 Charles Spagnoletti, Telegraph Superintendent of the Great Western Railway, devised a block instrument in which a disc swung to show the legend Train on Line or Line Clear in a little window.
Instruments of this type were still used by British Railways well through that organisation's life span!
This page should be regarded as “Work in Progress”. The webmaster will welcome additional information for this page.
In the list below the information is set out in tabular form, spread over four columns. The column entries are -
| RailRef | The Line Code used in RailRef system. |
| Line Detail | The principal locations included within the Line Code. They are arranged in 'down' direction order. Locations shown are primarily stations and junctions to allow easy cross check against published atlases. Signal box names appear in italics where these are 'intermediate' to stations or have been shown to facilitate links from other pages on this web site. The inclusion of a station or junction name does not imply that there was always a signal box of that same name! |
| SBR | The section reference used in the relevant Signal Box Register published by the Society. |
| ELR | The corresponding Engineer's Line Reference(s). This will be blank for railways that never came within British Railways terms of reference. It will also be blank where British Railways had no surviving responsibility for infrastructure at the time the ELR system came into use. |
| RailRef | Line Detail | SBR | ELR |
|---|---|---|---|
| BJ001 GW880 NW440 |
Chester & Birkenhead Line, datum Chester General Station (179m14c)
0m18c Chester No.4 BJ002 0m23c Chester (GWR) Goods 0m37c Chester No.5 0m41c Brook Lane Junction BJ003 1m35c Bache 1m36c Upton-by-Chester 1m42c Upton 2m74c Mollington 4m02c Dunkirk 5m09c Capenhurst 6m09c Ledsham Junction 6m71c Ledsham 7m68c Hooton South Junction BJ004 7m72c Hooton 7m74c Hooton Junction BJ005 8m08c Hooton 8m26c Hooton North 9m00c mile post BJ010 CRR1: Chester No.4 - Hooton South Junction CRR2: Hooton South Junction - 9 mile post |
CRR1 CRR2 |
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| BJ002 GW881 NW430 |
Chester No.1 to Chester No.6, datum London Euston
178m67c Chester East (No.1) Junction LNWR/BJR boundary BJ020 NW420 178m74c Chester No.2 179m11c Chester (1) 179m12c Chester No.3 179m17c Chester No.3A 179m29c Chester No.4 BJ001 179m47c Chester No.6 BJ003 179m56c BJR/LNWR boundary NW460 (1) Chester General from 1922 to 1968. |
CNH2 | |
| BJ003 GW882 NW441 |
Chester No.6 - Chester No.5
0m24c Tunnel Junction BJ002 |
CVS | |
| BJ004 GW883 NW442 |
Hooton South Junction - Helsby Junction, datum Hooton Junction
0m03c Hooton South Junction BJ001 BJ010 1m47c Little Sutton 2m28c Overpool 2m71c Ellesmere Port No.1 3m14c Ellesmere Port Loop 3m26c Ellesmere Port No.2 3m34c Ellesmere Port No.3 (Station) 3m44c Ellesmere Port Ellesmere Port Junction BJ005 3m74c Ellesmere Port No.4 5m67c Stanlow & Thornton 6m66c Ince & Elton 6m69c Ince & Elton LC 8m12c Helsby West Cheshire Junction CL025 8m60c Helsby 8m67c Helsby Junction BJ020 |
HHJ | |
| BJ005 GW884 NW443 |
Ellesmere Port No.4 - Ship Canal (S.U. Canal)
Ellesmere Port Junction BJ004 |
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| BJ006 GW885 NW444 |
Hooton Junction - Wirral Junction, West Kirby
0m00c Hooton Junction BJ001 1m36c Hadlow Road 3m49c Neston South 4m27c Parkgate Colliery Junction BJ007 4m34c Parkgate Parkgate Junction BJ008 4m56c Parkgate (2nd) 6m63c Heswall 9m10c Thirlstaston 10m41c Caldy 11m20c Kirby Park 11m68 West Kirby 11m78c Wirral Junction WI010 Article Backtrack 2013 August. |
JCH | |
| BJ007 GW886 NW445 |
Parkgate Colliery Branch
Parkgate Colliery Junction BJ006 |
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| BJ008 GW887 NW446 |
Parkgate Original Terminus Branch
Parkgate Junction BJ006 |
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| BJ010 GW890 NW450 |
Hooton - Birkenhead Woodside, datum Chester General Station (179m14c)
9m00c mile post BJ001 9m76c Bromborough 11m16c Spital 11m49c Port Sunlight Sidings 11m62c Port Sunlight 12m27c Bebington & New Ferry Rock Lane 13m30c Rock Ferry South Jcn 13m43c Rock Ferry 13m51c Mersey Junction 13m58c Rock Ferry North Junction MY001 13m78c Union Junction 14m06c Green Lane Junction 14m14c Green Lane Junction BJ011 BJ014 BJ015 14m36c Tranmere Pool Branch Junction 14m53c Birkenhead Town 15m14c Birkenhead Woodside CRR2: 9 mile post - Rock Ferry (13m39c) CCS1: Rock Ferry South Junction (13m30c) - Green Lane Junction BKH: Green Lane Junction - Birkenhead Woodside |
CRR2 CCS1 BKH |
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| BJ011 GW891 NW451 |
Green Lane Junction - Cathcart Street Goods datum Chester General Station (179m14c) 14m14c Green Lane Junction BJ010CCS1: Green Lane Junction - Brook Street Junction CCS2: Brook Street Junction - Canning Street North |
CCS1 CCS2 |
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| BJ012 GW892 NW452 |
Brook Street Junction - Shore Road Junction datum Chester General Station (179m14c) 15m10c Brook Street Junction BJ011 |
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| BJ013 GW893 NW453 |
Canning Street North - Cavendish Sidings datum Chester General Station (179m14c) 15m29c Canning Street North BJ012 |
CCS2 | |
| BJ014 GW895 NW454 |
Green Lane Junction - Monks Ferry datum Chester General Station (179m14c) 14m14c Green Lane Junction BJ010 BJ011 |
CCS3 | |
| BJ015 GW896 NW455 |
Green Lane Junction - Tranmere Pool/Abbey Street datum Chester General Station (179m14c) 14m14c Green Lane Junction BJ010 BJ011 |
CCS4 | |
| BJ020 GW900 NW431 |
Chester No.1 - Walton New Junction [LNWR], datum Chester General Station (179m14c)
0m26c Chester No.1 BJ002 NW 2m53c Mickle Trafford South Junction CL032 2m60c Mickle Trafford 2m63c Mickle Trafford North Junction CL031 5m19c Dunham Hill 7m33c Helsby 7m40c Helsby Junction BJ003 9m65c Frodsham 11m05c Frodsham Junction NW270 11m34c Halton 12m70c Norton Junction 13m18c Norton Station Junction BJ021 13m20c Norton 13m23c Runcorn East 15m23c Daresbury BJ022 16m40c Acton Grange Junction BJ023 17m09c Walton New Junction NW |
CHW1 | |
| BJ021 GW901 NW432 |
Norton Junction - Preston Brook Canal Basin
Norton Station Junction BJ0201853 - 1860 according to Cobb. Takeover by GWR & LNWR was on 1 January 1860. 1877 OS Map 355890 381370shows a powder amagazine just beyond Cawley's Bridge. |
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| BJ022 GW902 NW433 |
Daresbury - Walton Old Junction [LNWR] via old alignment datum Chester General Station (179m14c) 15m23c Daresbury BJ0201896 OS map shows section from Daresbury (Junction) to MSC retained as 'refuge siding'; and a similar siding north of the canal that became the LNWR connection to the MSC Railway. Also shows this joint line continuing towards Arpley. Cobb does not show this alignment, probably in error as it should have been shown. |
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| BJ023 GW903 NW434 |
Acton Grange Viaduct Junction - Walton Old Junction datum Chester General Station (179m14c) 16m40c Acton Grange Junction BJ020Post 1893 railway. |
CHW1 |
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