Image Dawlish signal box (GWR, 1918)
Dawlish signal box (GWR, 1918)
Dawlish signal box (GWR, 1918) On summer Saturdays and other busy times, Dawlish signal box was manned, but at other times, it was switched out. This led to a very long block section along the entire South Devon Coast from Dawlish Warren to Teignmouth. The unusually designed box with its narrow base was to give room for passengers and their luggage on the up platform of the station. The bow, opened by the GWR in 1918, must have been a smashing place to do a shift on a balmy day like this one but on a stormy night in February with the sea spray blowing over the box it must have been a somewhat different experience! After closure came in September 1986 the box was boarded up and the access steps removed. There were many attempts to find a use for the unique structure but none found so it was eventually demolished over a weekend in July 2013. Keywords: Dawlish signal box GWR 1918
Dawlish signal box (GWR, 1918) On summer Saturdays and other busy times, Dawlish signal box was manned, but at other times, it was switched out. This led to a very long block section along the entire South Devon Coast from Dawlish Warren to Teignmouth. The unusually designed box with its narrow base was to give room for passengers and their luggage on the up platform of the station. The bow, opened by the GWR in 1918, must have been a smashing place to do a shift on a balmy day like this one but on a stormy night in February with the sea spray blowing over the box it must have been a somewhat different experience! After closure came in September 1986 the box was boarded up and the access steps removed. There were many attempts to find a use for the unique structure but none found so it was eventually demolished over a weekend in July 2013. Keywords: Dawlish signal box GWR 1918


On summer Saturdays and other busy times, Dawlish signal box

was manned, but at other times, it was switched out. This led to a very long block section along the entire South Devon Coast from Dawlish Warren to Teignmouth. The unusually designed box with its narrow base was to give room for passengers and their luggage on the up platform of the station. The bow, opened by the GWR in 1918, must have been a smashing place to do a shift on a balmy day like this one but on a stormy night in February with the sea spray blowing over the box it must have been a somewhat different experience! After closure came in September 1986 the box was boarded up and the access steps removed. There were many attempts to find a use for the unique structure but none found so it was eventually demolished over a weekend in July 2013.