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Signal Fact 74
In 1875 the Royal Commission on Railway Safety recommended introduction the the block system on lines where passengers were conveyed and that points and signals be worked from an interlocked lever frame.
Sadly, this was not compulsory until 1889.
Wirral Railway
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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 | SBR | ELR |
|---|---|---|---|
| WI001 | Birkenhead Park - New Brighton datum Man Island Junction 3m05c Birkenhead Park MY005(1) Birkenhead North from c1930 (2) New Brighton No.1 (1899-1913 OS maps 328840 391250) (3) Wallasey Grove Road from 1948 CWK2: Birkenhead Park - Bidston East Junction BEN: Bidston East Junction - New Brighton 1960 Appendix refers to a speed restriction between 4mp and station at New Brighton indicating that the mile post datum for the line was probably Birkenhead Park. |
CWK2 BEN |
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| WI002 | Birkenhead North No.2 - Birkenhead Docks (M.D.& H.B.) datum Bidston East Junction 0m43c Mersey Dock and Harbour Board Estate(1) Cobb labels this Birkenhead Docks South Junction |
BEM | |
| WI004 | Seacombe Junction No.2 - Seacombe & Egremont datum Mann Island 4m73c Seacombe No.1 Junction (1) WI001(1) Seacombe No.1 Junction (1899-1913 OS maps) (2) New Brighton No.2 Junction (1913 RCH map) (3) Seacombe until 1911 and from 1953 1937 Appendix refers to speed restrictions using mile post distances of 7m60c to 8m20c mile posts between Slopes Branch Junction and Seacombe & Egremont. These distances are right for a datum of West Kirby. |
SJU | |
| WI005 | Seacombe Junction No.2 - Seacombe Junction No.3
Seacombe No.2 Junction WI004RCH 1913 map calls them New Brighton No.2 and New Brighton No.1 |
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| WI006 | Slopes Branch
MDHB/WR boundary |
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| WI007 | New Brighton Sand Sidings
end of sidingIs this New Brighton No.1 Junction to New Brighton No.2 Junction |
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| WI010 | West Kirby - Bidston East Junction datum Mann Island 4m40c Bidston East Junction WI001(1) Moreton Merseyside from 1980 1960 Appendix refers to a speed restriction from West Kirby to the quarter mile post indicating that mile posts ran from zero at West Kirby. Had been remiled by 1988. |
CWK3 | |
| WI013 | Bidston West Junction - Bidston North Junction
Bidston West Junction WI010Extended to Seacombe (No.1) Junction when Bidston Junction abolished. Datum was prbably West Kirby until ?? |
BDS |
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