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An early form of Block working was introduced to control traffic passing through Box Tunnel by the Great Western Railway in 1847.
Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway (LSWR, MR)
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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. |
There is OS map evidence that the Midland Railway remiled the S&D in a manner similar to most of the rest of its railway.
| RailRef | Line Detail | SBR | ELR |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD001 MR350 SW250 |
Evercreech & Bath Extension0m00c Bath Junction MR344(1) mileages from BR28100, additions and alterations (supplement 21) dated 1952, also S&D Supplement 6 of same date. MR Distance Diagram gives 57m37c for Green Lane LC. SAD: Bath Junction - Templecombe No.2 Junction BJT: Templecombe No.2 Junction - Corfe Mullen Junction 1888 OS maps for Templecombe show mile post mileages from Burnham, the 34mp being at or by No.3 Junction. For the same period the line at Wellow is miled from Bath Green Park (not Bath Junction). A short stretch south of Templecombe is now the Gartell Light Railway. Article: Railway Magazine January 1966. Article: Railway Archive 39 (Midford). Article: Backtrack May-June 2016. |
SAD BJT |
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| SD002 MR351 |
Clandown Branch datum 10m17c Clandown Tramway Junction SD001 |
CLZ | |
| SD003 MR352 |
Wyke Champflower Spur datum Was it ever laid? Shown on Midland Distance Diagram sheet 63 of 1919 as dotted route without comment. The route is visible as earthworks on the 1888 OS map right through to 1978 (Grid 66650 33850) but is now ploughed out although it can just be made out on Google Earth. |
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| SD004 MR353 |
Templecombe No.3 Junction - Abbey Ford Junction datum 35m57c Templecombe No.3 JunctionRan from No.3 Junction to an east facing junction with the LSWR. Closed in 1886 beyond Templecombe Goods, replaced by the west spur to the LSWR. Formation still visible until redevlopment started post Beeching. Name of junction found in Railway & Travel Monthly volume 3 (SRS Archive Box 208). |
TEP | |
| SD005 MR354 |
Templecombe Goods datum 35m57c Templecombe (No.3) Goods Yard Junction SD001This was a spur off the original (east) curve to the LSWR. Mostly gas works and loco shed! |
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| SD006 MR355 SW254 |
Templecombe No.2 Junction - Templecombe Upper datum 36m13c Templecombe (No.2) Junction SD001 |
SAD | |
| SD007 MR356 |
Templecome No.2 to Templecombe No.1 datum |
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| SD008 MR357 SW255 |
Corfe Mullen Junction Line datum Bath Junction 60m18c Corfe Mullen Junction SD001 |
BJT | |
| SD010 MR360 SW251 |
Burnham & Evercreech Line.
24m04c S&D / Jetty boundary |
EBU | |
| SD011 MR361 |
Highbridge Wharf Branch datum Evercreech Junction 23m01c Highbridge Wharf |
HWB | |
| SD012 MR362 SW252 |
Bridgwater Branch.
7m08c Bridgwater |
BWZ | |
| SD013 MR363 |
Bridgwater River Wharf Branch datum Edington Junction 7m44c River Wharf |
BZZ | |
| SD014 MR364 SW253 |
Wells Branch
0m00c end of branch |
WEZ | |
| SD015 MR365 |
Wells Timber Yard Branch datum Glastonbury 5m30c Timber Yard Junction SD014 |
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| SD016 MR366 |
Wells West GWR - Wells Station datum Glastonbury (reverse) 5m39c Wells West Junction GW213 |
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