LMS Route: The Shakespeare Route

Fenny Compton Station: smjfc177

A signalman at Fenny Compton's original signal box, supplied by the Railway Signal Company, poses for the camera. All of the E&WJR's signalling equipment was supplied by the Railway Signal Company of Fazakerley in Liverpool which included a novel and innovative token system adopted for the single line route, a surprising development for a line which suffered from being under funded. The later replacement, built by the LMS in 1931, was sited on the opposite platform and was a Midland pattern box but controlled both the LMS and GWR lines.

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