Image Maidstone West signal box (EOD, 1899)
Maidstone West signal box (EOD, 1899)
Maidstone West signal box (EOD, 1899) The impressive Maidstone West signal box taken from the platform end of Maidstone West station. It is the first box in a short stretch of absolute block section that extends from here to Paddock Wood; a quite remarkable survivor. The box was built in 1889 by the South Eastern and Chatham Railway Joint Committee. It was very badly damaged in August 1944 following a heavy Doodle Bug attack on Maidstone. Keywords: Maidstone West signal box
Maidstone West signal box (EOD, 1899) The impressive Maidstone West signal box taken from the platform end of Maidstone West station. It is the first box in a short stretch of absolute block section that extends from here to Paddock Wood; a quite remarkable survivor. The box was built in 1889 by the South Eastern and Chatham Railway Joint Committee. It was very badly damaged in August 1944 following a heavy Doodle Bug attack on Maidstone. Keywords: Maidstone West signal box


The impressive Maidstone West signal box taken from the platform

end of Maidstone West station. It is the first box in a short stretch of absolute block section that extends from here to Paddock Wood; a quite remarkable survivor. The box was built in 1889 by the South Eastern and Chatham Railway Joint Committee. It was very badly damaged in August 1944 following a heavy Doodle Bug attack on Maidstone.