Bagillt signal box was a remarkable survivor even when photographed

here in 1981! It had already been closed for nine years and was suprisingly intact except for some broken windows. The box was a Type 5 London and North Western structure located, as was common practice on this route, in the centre of the four tracks at the site of the station that had closed in February 1966. I am not sure how long the box lingered on but it did seem a casualty waiting to happen thanks to local arsonists! Notice the former station footbridge beyond the box, this is still in use today permitting access to the Wales Coast long-distance footpath.