OLD DEVONPORT . UK
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RAILWAYS IN OLD DEVONPORT  |  CORNWALL RAILWAY COMPANY
MAIN LINE, PLYMOUTH STATION (MILLBAY) TO LISKEARD STATION

SALTASH SIGNAL BOX

Saltash Signal Box, at 251 miles 26 chains mile post mileage from London Paddington Station via Bristol Temple Meads Station and Plymouth Station (Millbay), was opened by the Great Western Railway Company in January 1882: the Board of Trade inspected it on January 25th 1882.  The 18-lever frame was housed in a Box measuring 14 feet 8 inches by 12 feet 3 inches.

The fireman of British Railways number 5075 leans out of the cab in July 1959,
ready to hand the Saltash signalman the single-line electric token
from Royal Albert Bridge Signal Box.
©  Photomatic Limited, Hatfield, Hertfordshire.

In 1909 during station restructuring work it was extended to 23 levers and in April 1943 the Box itself was extended to 22 feet 1 inch in length to accommodate a 31-lever frame.

The points for accessing the Saltash to Wearde Down Goods Running Loop, lever 9, were worked by electricity using Westinghouse Brake and Saxby Signal style C hand generators, for which a hand crank was kept in the Signal Box.

Saltash Signal Box was closed on and as from Monday July 2nd 1973, when a Ground Frame was brought into use to operate the points at the Up Refuge Siding.