Image Bishton signal box (GW, 1941)
Bishton signal box (GW, 1941)
Bishton signal box (GW, 1941) I last visited Bishton signal box in 1985 during the GWR 150 celebrations. It has changed very little in the intervening thirty-four years apart from replacement UPVC windows and the fitting of a reproduction GWR style cast nameplate, in 1985 it had no identification at all! It is good to see that the windows have been replaced with modern ones that replicate the original three panes over two arrangement as per most Great Western boxes. The box is a rare example of one that still has a wheel to operate the gates. In the case of Bishton, it remains a GWR style ship's wheel. The box is only manned from 06.00 to 22.00 so tall vehicles over one point seven metres high have to make a diversion to avoid the very low bridge that goes under the line. Notice the milepost showing one hundred and fifty-three miles next to the box. This is the distance from Paddington but rather than the direct route through the Severn Tunnel it is via Swindon, Stonehouse, Gloucester and Chepstow. Keywords: Bishton signal box 1941
Bishton signal box (GW, 1941) I last visited Bishton signal box in 1985 during the GWR 150 celebrations. It has changed very little in the intervening thirty-four years apart from replacement UPVC windows and the fitting of a reproduction GWR style cast nameplate, in 1985 it had no identification at all! It is good to see that the windows have been replaced with modern ones that replicate the original three panes over two arrangement as per most Great Western boxes. The box is a rare example of one that still has a wheel to operate the gates. In the case of Bishton, it remains a GWR style ship's wheel. The box is only manned from 06.00 to 22.00 so tall vehicles over one point seven metres high have to make a diversion to avoid the very low bridge that goes under the line. Notice the milepost showing one hundred and fifty-three miles next to the box. This is the distance from Paddington but rather than the direct route through the Severn Tunnel it is via Swindon, Stonehouse, Gloucester and Chepstow. Keywords: Bishton signal box 1941


I last visited Bishton signal box in 1985 during the

GWR 150 celebrations. It has changed very little in the intervening thirty-four years apart from replacement UPVC windows and the fitting of a reproduction GWR style cast nameplate, in 1985 it had no identification at all! It is good to see that the windows have been replaced with modern ones that replicate the original three panes over two arrangement as per most Great Western boxes. The box is a rare example of one that still has a wheel to operate the gates. In the case of Bishton, it remains a GWR style ship's wheel. The box is only manned from 06.00 to 22.00 so tall vehicles over one point seven metres high have to make a diversion to avoid the very low bridge that goes under the line. Notice the milepost showing one hundred and fifty-three miles next to the box. This is the distance from Paddington but rather than the direct route through the Severn Tunnel it is via Swindon, Stonehouse, Gloucester and Chepstow.