Image Luffenham Junction signal box (Mid, c. 1900)
Luffenham Junction signal box (Mid, c. 1900)
Luffenham Junction signal box (Mid, c. 1900) Luffenham Junction signal box was a Midland box dating from about 1900 but I do not have its exact date of opening unless anybody can advise. The box closed in the late 2000s making a relatively long block post between Manton Junction (to the west) and Ketton (to the east). The box was located adjacent to the station (closed 06.06.66) of the same name at a point where the line towards Seaton and the Welland Valley diverged. Following closure, the box was dismantled and removed to now be operational again (from the summer of 2013) on the Peak Rail heritage line now named Matlock Riverside. In my contemporary notes, I have stated the station building was ‘surprisingly large for such a rural location’ and that it was ‘designed in the Francais Thompson/Sancton Wood style.’ Keywords: Luffenham Junction signal box
Luffenham Junction signal box (Mid, c. 1900) Luffenham Junction signal box was a Midland box dating from about 1900 but I do not have its exact date of opening unless anybody can advise. The box closed in the late 2000s making a relatively long block post between Manton Junction (to the west) and Ketton (to the east). The box was located adjacent to the station (closed 06.06.66) of the same name at a point where the line towards Seaton and the Welland Valley diverged. Following closure, the box was dismantled and removed to now be operational again (from the summer of 2013) on the Peak Rail heritage line now named Matlock Riverside. In my contemporary notes, I have stated the station building was ‘surprisingly large for such a rural location’ and that it was ‘designed in the Francais Thompson/Sancton Wood style.’ Keywords: Luffenham Junction signal box


Luffenham Junction signal box was a Midland box dating from

about 1900 but I do not have its exact date of opening unless anybody can advise. The box closed in the late 2000s making a relatively long block post between Manton Junction (to the west) and Ketton (to the east). The box was located adjacent to the station (closed 06.06.66) of the same name at a point where the line towards Seaton and the Welland Valley diverged. Following closure, the box was dismantled and removed to now be operational again (from the summer of 2013) on the Peak Rail heritage line now named Matlock Riverside. In my contemporary notes, I have stated the station building was ‘surprisingly large for such a rural location’ and that it was ‘designed in the Francais Thompson/Sancton Wood style.’