Like Littlehampton, that I visited yesterday, Lancing box seen here should be closed by now with full control moving the Three Bridges regional operation centre. However, both are still operational, in the case of the former still controlling semaphores! I am not quite sure what role Lancing box still plays but it did have a Westinghouse M5 entrance-exit signalling panel commissioned and installed in 1988. The box was built in 1963 replacing a mechanical box on the opposite of the line. The roof is not original as it was blown off during the 'Great Storm' of 1987.
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