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Signal Fact 29

The first structures which became known as signal boxes were opened by the South Eastern Railway on the approaches to London Bridge in the very early 1860s.

Built by Saxby & Farmer on legs and spanning the tracks, they featured semaphore signals on posts elevated above the signal box structure.

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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	ELR
HB001	Stairfoot Junction GCR - Wrangbrook Junction datum Hull Alexandra Dock 55m73c Stairfoot East Junction GC270 55m57c New Oaks Colliery Junction HB002 55m49c Stairfoot North SB 53m33c Carlton Main Junction HB003 53m33c Carlton Main Colliery Sidings SB 52m72c Cudworth Depôt South SB 52m70c Cudworth Yard South Junction HB004 HB005 Cudworth Depôt GF "A" Cudworth Yard North Junction HB006 52m27c Cudworth Depôt North SB 51m50c Hiendley SB 51m29c Monkton Empty Sidings Junction HB006c 51m22c Hiendley Main SB 50m50c Brierley Junction LY390 Hemsworth & South Kirkby station 48m34c Hemsworth & South Kirkby SB Hemsworth Sidings SB 47m39c Hemsworth East Junction HB007 Upton & North Elmsall station 46m01c Upton SB Wrangbrook West Junction BR 1960 junction HB007c 44m64c Wrangbrook Junction HB010	HBR3
HB002	New Oaks Colliery Branch datum 55m57c New Oaks Colliery Junction HB001 56m00c New Oaks Colliery
HB003	Monk Bretton Junction MR - Carlton Main Junction datum Hull Alexandra Dock 54m00c Monk Bretton Junction MR842 53m33c Carlton Main Junction HB001
HB004	Cudworth South Junction MR - Cudworth South Junction datum Hull Alexandra Dock 54m21c Cudworth Station South Junction MR840 52m70c Cudworth Yard South Junction HB001	CUS
HB005	Carlton Exchange Sidings MR - Cudworth South Junction datum Hull Alexandra Dock 53m20c Cudworth North Junction MR840 52m70c Cudworth Yard South Junction HB001
HB006	Cudworth Yard North - Monckton Main Colliery datum near Cudworth South Junction Cudworth Yard North Junction HB001 Monckton Main Colliery 0m00c - 0m76c
HB006c	Monkton Main Colliery Empties Branch datum 1m03c Monkton Main Colliery 0m00c Monkton Emptying Sidings Junction HB001 LNER 1947, closed c1961 according to Cobb. Phil Deaves says opened 1 June 1958..	MNC
HB007	Hemsworth Loop datum Hull Alexandra Dock 48m12c Hemsworth South Junction (1) WR001 47m39c Hemsworth East Junction HB001 (1) Signal Box diagram gives mileage as 49m09c and names it as Hemsworth G N Ry Junction.	HLO
HB007c	BR 1960 Spur datum Wrangbrook West Junction HB001 Wrangbrook South Junction HB011
HB010	Wrangbrook Junction - Aire Junction datum Hull Alexandra Dock 44m64c Wrangbrook Junction HB001 HB011 Wrangbrook North Junction HB015 44m60c Wrangbrook Junction SB 43m06c Barnsdale SB accommodation LC 41m61c Kirk Smeaton & SB 39m22c Doncaster Road SB LC 38m09c Balne Moor SB LC 36m62c Heck SB 35m13c Gowdall Junction HB017 34m41c Aire Junction HB020 HB030 HBR3: Wrangbrook Junction - Gowdall Junction DRA1: Cowdall Junction - Aire Junction	HBR3 DRA1
HB011	Wath (H&B) - Wrangbrook Junction 8m47c Wath Wath Station Junction HB012 8m30c Wath SB Hickleton Colliery Junction 6m04c Hickleton Main SB 5m51c Hickleton & Thurnscoe SB Hickleton & Thurnscoe station Moorhouse Station Junction HB014 2m50c Moorhouse & South Elmshall SB Moorhouse & South Elmsall station Moorhouse Junction WR007 0m20c Wrangbrook West SB Wrangbrook South Junction BR 1960 Junction HB007c 0m00c Wrangbrook Junction HB001 HB001	WBR
HB012	Manvers Main Colliery - Wath Junction datum Wath Junction 0m00c Wath Station Junction HB011 0m36c Manvers Main Colliery Allocation of MAC is uncertain. Quoted as 0m18c - 0m57c. For a period a connection existed from Wath GCR and ran over part of this line. MAC could equally belong to the connection from Wath North (MR) that crossed over this line by bridge to reach Manvers Main.	MAC
HB013	Hickleton Colliery Junction - DVR Hickleton Colliery Spur
HB014	Frickley Colliery Branch 0m43c Frickley Colliery 0m00c Moorhouse Station Junction HB011 1960 and 1972 Appendices show down from Frickley to Moorhouse.	FRC1
HB015	Lowfield Junction GCR - Wrangbrook (North) Junction datum Wrangbrook North Junction 11m39c Lowfield Junction GC270 Denaby station Denaby SB Sprotborough station & SB Pickburn SB Pickburn & Brodsworth station Pickburn Junction HB016 Wrangbrook South LC 0m21c Wrangbrook South SB LC 0m00c Wrangbrook North Junction HB010	DEN PIC
HB016	Pickburn Junction - Brodsworth Main Colliery 0m00c Pickburn Junction HB015 0m59c Brodsworth Main Colliery
HB017	Hensall Junction LYR - Gowdall Junction datum Hull Alexandra Dock 35m53c (0m00c) Hensall Junction LY360 35m13c (0m40c) Gowdall Junction HB010 Mileages in brackets are those applicable from 1974 when the curve was reused to access Drax Power Station.	DRA1
HB020 GC250	Braithwell Junction - Aire Junction 21m31c Braithwell Junction HB023 GC233 Warmsworth Junction HB024 Sprotborough South Junction GC252 Sprotborough North Junction GC252 Doncaster South Junction HB025 Doncaster North Junction HB026 Bullcroft (south) Junction HB027 Bullcroft (north) Junction Thorpe Marsh CEGB 00m00c Aire Junction HB010 HB030	GBL
HB021	Bramley & Maltby Goods Branch Bramley & Maltby (Hellaby) Goods Bramley & Maltby Junction (1) HB023 (1) aka Hellaby Junction
HB022 MR673	Thurcroft Colliery Branch Thurcroft Sidings Junction HB023 6m15c Thurcroft Colliery	THC
HB023 GC232 MR672	Laughton West Junction - Braithwell Junction datum Brancliffe East Junction 4m24c GC/MR - GC/HB/MR boundary GC230 4m29c Laughton West Junction SY003 5m38c Thurcroft Sidings Junction HB022 7m66c Bramley & Maltby Junction (1) HB021 8m48c Braithwell (Northern) Junction HB020 (1) aka Hellaby Junction THC: Laughton West Junction - Thurcroft Sidings Junction RML1: Thurcroft Sidings Junction - Braithwell Junction	THC RML1
HB024 GC251	Yorkshire Main Colliery Branch 16m39c Warmsworth Junction HB020 Yorkshire Main Colliery
HB025 GC253	Doncaster Curve Doncaster South Junction HB020 Doncaster East Junction HB025
HB026 GC254	Doncaster Goods Branch 0m00c Doncaster North Junction HB020 Doncaster East Junction HB025 0m57c Doncaster York Road Goods	YRG
HB027 GC255	Bentley Colliery Branch 0m00c Bullcroft (south) Junction HB020 0m46c Bentley Colliery Exchange Sidings
HB028	Bullcroft Colliery - Bullcroft Junction datum Bullcroft Junction 0m00c Bullcroft (south) Junction HB020 1m65c Bullcroft Colliery Connection to GN/GC joint at Skellow Junction is by transfer siding parallel with GN/GC line, not justifying a RailRef.	BCC
HB030	Aire Junction - Alexandra Dock, Hull 34m41c (1m12c) Aire Junction HB010 HB020 34m07c (1m52c) West Bank Hall SB LC 33m25c (2m28c) Jacky Duffin Wood LC 33m07c (2m46c) Linwith Lane LC 32m58c Carlton SB Carlton station (1) 31m79c (3m54c) Wood Road LC 31m53c (4m00c)Power station Junction HB030c 31m16c Drax LC Drax 31m03c Drax SB 30m22c Drax Abbey SB 29m48c Ouse Bridge SB 28m69c Barmby SB Barnby station 27m69c Asselby SB 25m74c Howden West SB 25m52c Howden East SB Howden station (2) 22m51c Eastrington West SB LC North Eastrington station 22m34c Eastrington East SB LC 20m60c Ings Wood SB LC Sandholme station 20m08c Sandholme SB Newport station (3) 18m76c Newport SB 16m26c North Cave SB North Cave station 14m67c South Cave SB South Cave station 13m25c Weedly Block SB 12m40c Drewton Tunnel SB 10m45c Little Weighton SB Little Weighton station 9m30c Skidby SB 7m65c Kirk Ella Cutting SB Kirk Ella occupation LC 7m13c Willerby & Kirk Ella SB LC Willerby & Kirk Ella station Springhead Halt Locomotive Junction HB031 4m20c Springbank North Junction HB033 Springbank Road Junction HB036 3m13c Ella Street SB 3m09c Ella Street Junction HB037 Beverley Road 2m39c Beverley Road Junction HB038 2m18c Sculcoates Goods Junction HB039 Sculcoates Gas Junction HB039c 1m62c Hull Bridge SB 1m37c Burleigh Street North Junction HB039f Wilmington Viaduct Junction HB039i 1m00c Burleigh Street SB Burleigh Street Goods Junction HB041 0m41c Bridges Junction Alexandra Dock Junction HB042 Alexandra Dock LC Alexandra Dock station 0m00c Alexandra Dock (1) Carlton Towers from 1922 (2) South Howden from 1922 (3) Newport Yorks from 1921 then Wallingfen from 1923 DRA1: Aire Junction - Power Station Junction, new mileages in brackets. HBR2: Power Station Junction - Springbank North Junction ADH1: Springbank North Junction - Bridges Junction HBR1: Bridges Junction - Alexandra Dock 1947 Appendix seems to list line as down from Alexandra Dock to Aire Junction to Cudworth and Stairfoot, but this appendix is unreliable in this resepct. 1960 Appendix lists Springbank North to West as 'down'.	DRA1 HBR2 ADH1 HBR1
HB030c	Drax Curve datum Junction HB030 4m40c Junction NE029 BR 1974, part of Drax Power Station branch	DRA1
HB031	Locomotive Junction - Springbank North Junction 1m02c Locomotive Junction HB030 Springhead Sidings 0m19c Springbank West Junction (1) HB032 Springbank North Junction HB030 HB033 1m02c - 0m00c (1) signal box diagram for box gives 4m62c from Alexandra Dock. SPY1: Springhead Goods Loop, Locomotive Junction - Springbank West	SPY1
HB032	Springbank West Junction - Neptune Street Goods 2m44c Springbank West Junction HB031 2m24c Springbank South Junction HB033 2m21c Springbank South Junction SB 1m26c BR 1951 Junction HB035 Neptune Street "B" GF Neptune Street "A" GF Neptune Street Subway SB 0m00c Neptune Street Goods SPY2: Springbank West Junction - Springbank East Junction ADH2: BR 1951 Junction - Springbank South Junction, remiled from 0m00c at Hessle Road Junction to 0m78c at Springbank South Junction.	SPY2 ADH2
HB033	Springbank South Junction - Springbank North Junction datum 4m59c Springbank South Junction HB032 4m37c Springbank North Junction HB030	ADH1
HB034	Dairycoates Depot - Dairycoates Branch Junction datum 0m59c Springbank South Junction HB033 0m00c Dairycoates Goods
HB035	Hessle Road Junction 1951 Connection datum 0m00c Hessle Road Junction NE050 Hessle Road Junction HB032 BR 1951 connection	ADH2
HB036	Springbank Road Junction - Walton Street Junction datum 1m55c Springbank Road Junction HB030 1m27c Walton Street Junction NE070	SPW
HB037	Radiator Works Branch datum Alexandra Dock 4m02c National Radiator Works 3m09c Ella Street Junction HB030 Connections also from Cottingham Junction to the works.	RWB
HB038	Beverley Road Junction - Cannon Street 0m00c Beverley Road Junction HB030 Beverley Road station Cannon Street SB 1m04c Cannon Street
HB039	Sculcoates Junction - Sculcoates (H&B) Goods datum 0m00c Sculcoates Goods Junction HB030 0m25c Sculcoates H&B Goods 0m00c - 1m31c ???? SSG: Goods Branch is only 25 chains long. SPS: OS maps show a link from the Goods Yard to a power station in the vee between HB030 and HB038. This parallel to HB030 and BR Residual still have an item along the line of route.	SSG SPS
HB039c	Gasworks Branchdatum 0m00c Sculcoates Gas Junction HB030 0m20c British Gaslight Company Works Shown on 1914 RCH junction map.
HB039f	Wilmington Curve datum 1m37c Burleigh Street North Junction HB030 1m63c Wilmington New Junction NE074 BR 1969 - 1976	WCE
HB039i	British Extracting Works Branch datum Stoneferry Works Wilmington Viaduct Junction HB030 The 1911 map shows the formation but no track and states 'old railway'. 1893 map shows track in place but not connected at the NER end. The section may well have been built to make a link but then not used until the Extraction Works was built some time between the 1911 and 1938 editions of the OS maps.
HB040	connection with works lines - Burleigh Street Junction datum 1m47c - 1m22c
HB041	Burleigh Street Goods Junction - Burleigh Street Goods 0m00c Burleigh Street Goods Junction HB030 0m22c Burleigh Street Goods
HB042	Alexandra Dock Junction - King George Dock datum Alexandra Dock Junction HB030 Graving Dock Holderness Drain South King George Dock Junction King George Dock KGV: Alexandra Dock Junction - King George Dock Junction KGD: King George Dock Junction - King George Dock	KGV KGD
HB043	Saltend Branch datum Hessle Road Junction King George Dock Junction junction to timber yards (Steel Terminal) 7m70c Kingston Terminal Junction 8m56c Saltend	HJS

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