Image March East Junction signal box (GE, 1885)
March East Junction signal box (GE, 1885)
March East Junction signal box (GE, 1885) Catching some welcome sunshine March East Junction signal box stands adjacent to the busy level crossing that it controls where the B1101 Station Road crosses the line. The box is still in operation (at the time of writing in 2023) and is a fine example of a Great Eastern Type 5 design built in 1885 with its ornate decorative edging to the facias and barge boarding. It was raised to its present height in 1897 to give the signalmen a better view of operations with a huge increase in freight activity having taken place. The locking room windows were bricked up during the run-up to World War II to provide better blast protection. The box is now Grade II listed so its immediate future is secure once the resignalling of this route takes place in the not-too-distant future. Keywords: March East Junction signal box Great Eastern
March East Junction signal box (GE, 1885) Catching some welcome sunshine March East Junction signal box stands adjacent to the busy level crossing that it controls where the B1101 Station Road crosses the line. The box is still in operation (at the time of writing in 2023) and is a fine example of a Great Eastern Type 5 design built in 1885 with its ornate decorative edging to the facias and barge boarding. It was raised to its present height in 1897 to give the signalmen a better view of operations with a huge increase in freight activity having taken place. The locking room windows were bricked up during the run-up to World War II to provide better blast protection. The box is now Grade II listed so its immediate future is secure once the resignalling of this route takes place in the not-too-distant future. Keywords: March East Junction signal box Great Eastern


Catching some welcome sunshine March East Junction signal box stands

adjacent to the busy level crossing that it controls where the B1101 Station Road crosses the line. The box is still in operation (at the time of writing in 2023) and is a fine example of a Great Eastern Type 5 design built in 1885 with its ornate decorative edging to the facias and barge boarding. It was raised to its present height in 1897 to give the signalmen a better view of operations with a huge increase in freight activity having taken place. The locking room windows were bricked up during the run-up to World War II to provide better blast protection. The box is now Grade II listed so its immediate future is secure once the resignalling of this route takes place in the not-too-distant future.