Liverpool Lime Street

Liverpool Lime Street signal box contained the last Westinghouse “L” type miniature lever frame in use on Network Rail's London North Western Route.

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Key Chronology

August 1836	Station and line from Edge Hill opened by Liverpool & Manchester Railway replacing the original terminus at Crown Street.
8 August 1845	Liverpool & Manchester Railway became part of the Grand Junction Railway.
16 July 1846	Grand Junction Railway became part of the newly formed London & North Western Railway.
25 January 1948	Present Liverpool Lime Street signal box opened. London Midland & Scottish Railway Air Raid Precautions (ARP) type 13 design replacing the previous Lime Street signal box.

 

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