LMS Route: Evesham to Birmingham

Redditch Station: mrred408

View of the replacement LMS built Redditch North Signal Box which was opened on 8th November 1926. Bob Essery states in his book that the signal box opened on 17th January 1926 and that according to John Gough's Chronology the signal box was renamed Redditch after this photograph was taken 6th June 1976 and prior to its closure on 10th August 1986. The lamppost on the right is placed next to a small area fenced off to allow the signalman to lean outwards in order to exchange tokens with the crews of passing locomotives. The steps to the signal box are offset to the door reducing the risk of the signalman accidentally slipping down the steps. The fire buckets hanging from the wall were a common feature throughout railway history.

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