Image Former Settle Station signal box (Preserved, Mid, 1891)
Former Settle Station signal box (Preserved, Mid, 1891)
Former Settle Station signal box (Preserved, Mid, 1891) Settle station signal box was closed by BR in 1984 in an effort to cut the running costs of the line or was it to further facilitate their case for closure? Either way, the signal box was not simply destroyed but was dismantled and moved to this location slightly back from the line. It is now run as a small working museum dedicated to mechanical-era railway signalling on the Settle-Carlisle Railway being staffed and maintained by a small group of dedicated volunteers and is open to the public on a regular basis. According to the Historic England website, the Midland Type 2a box is Grade II listed box that dates from 1891 cost £235 to construct including its associated signalling, that equates to £27,000 today! Keywords: Former Settle Station signal box Preserved, Midland Railway 1891)
Former Settle Station signal box (Preserved, Mid, 1891) Settle station signal box was closed by BR in 1984 in an effort to cut the running costs of the line or was it to further facilitate their case for closure? Either way, the signal box was not simply destroyed but was dismantled and moved to this location slightly back from the line. It is now run as a small working museum dedicated to mechanical-era railway signalling on the Settle-Carlisle Railway being staffed and maintained by a small group of dedicated volunteers and is open to the public on a regular basis. According to the Historic England website, the Midland Type 2a box is Grade II listed box that dates from 1891 cost £235 to construct including its associated signalling, that equates to £27,000 today! Keywords: Former Settle Station signal box Preserved, Midland Railway 1891)


Settle station signal box was closed by BR in 1984

in an effort to cut the running costs of the line or was it to further facilitate their case for closure? Either way, the signal box was not simply destroyed but was dismantled and moved to this location slightly back from the line. It is now run as a small working museum dedicated to mechanical-era railway signalling on the Settle-Carlisle Railway being staffed and maintained by a small group of dedicated volunteers and is open to the public on a regular basis. According to the Historic England website, the Midland Type 2a box is Grade II listed box that dates from 1891 cost £235 to construct including its associated signalling, that equates to £27,000 today!