Image Chettisham signal box (GE, 1883)
Chettisham signal box (GE, 1883)
Chettisham signal box (GE, 1883) As we approached Ely earlier from the west I am not too sure why we did not stop at Chettisham to photograph the signal box but we made up for this by calling in later on our way northwards towards Kings Lyn. Chettisham was the first box on the Ely to March line after Ely North Junction and was a relatively short block section from there. It controlled the level crossing and access to a former Government storage depot that had been converted to a grain store that allegedly sent its contents to various Scottish distilleries. The crossing is now automated and the road quiet but back in 1981 before the opening of the Ely/Littleport A10 bypass the signalman was kept busy in the box with the road being heavily used. Notice the slotted concrete signal post that was probably of LNER origin. The box is a standard Great Eastern design dating from 1883. Keywords: Chettisham signal box GE Great Eastern
Chettisham signal box (GE, 1883) As we approached Ely earlier from the west I am not too sure why we did not stop at Chettisham to photograph the signal box but we made up for this by calling in later on our way northwards towards Kings Lyn. Chettisham was the first box on the Ely to March line after Ely North Junction and was a relatively short block section from there. It controlled the level crossing and access to a former Government storage depot that had been converted to a grain store that allegedly sent its contents to various Scottish distilleries. The crossing is now automated and the road quiet but back in 1981 before the opening of the Ely/Littleport A10 bypass the signalman was kept busy in the box with the road being heavily used. Notice the slotted concrete signal post that was probably of LNER origin. The box is a standard Great Eastern design dating from 1883. Keywords: Chettisham signal box GE Great Eastern


As we approached Ely earlier from the west I am

not too sure why we did not stop at Chettisham to photograph the signal box but we made up for this by calling in later on our way northwards towards Kings Lyn. Chettisham was the first box on the Ely to March line after Ely North Junction and was a relatively short block section from there. It controlled the level crossing and access to a former Government storage depot that had been converted to a grain store that allegedly sent its contents to various Scottish distilleries. The crossing is now automated and the road quiet but back in 1981 before the opening of the Ely/Littleport A10 bypass the signalman was kept busy in the box with the road being heavily used. Notice the slotted concrete signal post that was probably of LNER origin. The box is a standard Great Eastern design dating from 1883.