Image Waterbeach signal box (GE, 1882)
Waterbeach signal box (GE, 1882)
Waterbeach signal box (GE, 1882) The fortunes of Waterbeach station have gone through many changes over the years. Today it is a relatively busy commuter station just over sixty miles from London with passenger numbers on the ascendancy after the COVID dip. The platforms are now extended and staggered being either side of the level crossing as well as the route now being electrified. This means that in the 1981 view of the former signal box the up platform is now located to the left beyond the level crossing. The 1882-built Great Eastern Type 2 looks a little tatty which is not surprising really as it was set to close just four years after this photograph was taken. Notice the six bells on the gable end above the door that would have created quite a crescendo when the gates were to be closed. The saga of Waterbeach station is not yet over as there are now controversial plans to relocate it further north in response to plans to develop a New Town of between eight and nine thousand homes on the former Waterbeach Barracks. Keywords: Waterbeach signal box GE Great Eastern Railway
Waterbeach signal box (GE, 1882) The fortunes of Waterbeach station have gone through many changes over the years. Today it is a relatively busy commuter station just over sixty miles from London with passenger numbers on the ascendancy after the COVID dip. The platforms are now extended and staggered being either side of the level crossing as well as the route now being electrified. This means that in the 1981 view of the former signal box the up platform is now located to the left beyond the level crossing. The 1882-built Great Eastern Type 2 looks a little tatty which is not surprising really as it was set to close just four years after this photograph was taken. Notice the six bells on the gable end above the door that would have created quite a crescendo when the gates were to be closed. The saga of Waterbeach station is not yet over as there are now controversial plans to relocate it further north in response to plans to develop a New Town of between eight and nine thousand homes on the former Waterbeach Barracks. Keywords: Waterbeach signal box GE Great Eastern Railway


The fortunes of Waterbeach station have gone through many changes

over the years. Today it is a relatively busy commuter station just over sixty miles from London with passenger numbers on the ascendancy after the COVID dip. The platforms are now extended and staggered being either side of the level crossing as well as the route now being electrified. This means that in the 1981 view of the former signal box the up platform is now located to the left beyond the level crossing. The 1882-built Great Eastern Type 2 looks a little tatty which is not surprising really as it was set to close just four years after this photograph was taken. Notice the six bells on the gable end above the door that would have created quite a crescendo when the gates were to be closed. The saga of Waterbeach station is not yet over as there are now controversial plans to relocate it further north in response to plans to develop a New Town of between eight and nine thousand homes on the former Waterbeach Barracks.