Railway Signal Box, Dover Marine, Kent

Photograph taken March 1993 © Crown copyright.NMR ref: bb93/11754

The busiest stretches of railway required a vast network of communication and signalling systems to keep the trains running both efficiently and safely. Here the complicated arrangement of levers controlling the signalling near Dover can be seen.

Location

Kent Dover

Period

1990s (1990 - 1999)

Themes

Several steam trains standing at the station platforms, with the Victorian station buildings in the background.Slough Station booking hall, booking office and travel centre were built in 1882. The Great Western Railway from London to Bristol was built in the 1830s and the first Slough Station opened in 1840. The present station is the fifth one and was built when the number of lines was increased.

Railway Signal Box, Dover Marine, Kent

Location

Period

Themes

Tags