Image Ely Dock Junction signal box (LNER, 1928)
Ely Dock Junction signal box (LNER, 1928)
Ely Dock Junction signal box (LNER, 1928) Ely Dock Junction signal box was located south of the station according to British Railways (Eastern) enamel by half a mile. It controlled the junction where the now singled track route to Snailwell Junction (now named Chippenham Junction) left the direct route to Cambridge (and ultimately London Liverpool Street). Notice the superb three-doll bracket signal just beyond the box with the down Soham arms installed including an Ely Station North signal box single line fixed distant (bottom left far left as seen). The box is an LNER Type 11a design dating from 1928 and it contained an eighty two lever Westinghouse Brake & Saxby A2 frame. It closed on 10.04.92 with it being demolished two weeks later. Interestingly, by the time it closed the large enamel sign had been replaced with a Network SouthEast version that had the station at a mile to the north. As neither the station or the signal box had moved in the intervening years I am not sure how the distance between the two had doubled! Keywords: Ely Dock Junction signal box LNER London and North Eastern Railway
Ely Dock Junction signal box (LNER, 1928) Ely Dock Junction signal box was located south of the station according to British Railways (Eastern) enamel by half a mile. It controlled the junction where the now singled track route to Snailwell Junction (now named Chippenham Junction) left the direct route to Cambridge (and ultimately London Liverpool Street). Notice the superb three-doll bracket signal just beyond the box with the down Soham arms installed including an Ely Station North signal box single line fixed distant (bottom left far left as seen). The box is an LNER Type 11a design dating from 1928 and it contained an eighty two lever Westinghouse Brake & Saxby A2 frame. It closed on 10.04.92 with it being demolished two weeks later. Interestingly, by the time it closed the large enamel sign had been replaced with a Network SouthEast version that had the station at a mile to the north. As neither the station or the signal box had moved in the intervening years I am not sure how the distance between the two had doubled! Keywords: Ely Dock Junction signal box LNER London and North Eastern Railway


Ely Dock Junction signal box was located south of the

station according to British Railways (Eastern) enamel by half a mile. It controlled the junction where the now singled track route to Snailwell Junction (now named Chippenham Junction) left the direct route to Cambridge (and ultimately London Liverpool Street). Notice the superb three-doll bracket signal just beyond the box with the down Soham arms installed including an Ely Station North signal box single line fixed distant (bottom left far left as seen). The box is an LNER Type 11a design dating from 1928 and it contained an eighty two lever Westinghouse Brake & Saxby A2 frame. It closed on 10.04.92 with it being demolished two weeks later. Interestingly, by the time it closed the large enamel sign had been replaced with a Network SouthEast version that had the station at a mile to the north. As neither the station or the signal box had moved in the intervening years I am not sure how the distance between the two had doubled!