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    Great Western Signal Boxes


    Aynho Junction, Birmingham, Wolverhampton and North Warwickshire Line


        Aynho Junction to Birmingham Moor Street                       For details on the notes shown in red, see below

Distance
Box to Box		 Name of Box Times during which boxes are open Whether
provided
with
Switch
Week Days Sundays
Opened at Closed at Opened at Closed at
Miles Chains Mondays Other Days
--- --- Aynho Junction --- Open continuously --- --- Yes
1 40 King's Sutton Junction 6. 0 a.m. 6. 0 a.m. 10. 30 p.m. --- --- Yes
1 39¾ Astrop Siding 5. 0 a.m. --- --- C 6. 0 a.m. Yes
1 79½ Banbury South --- Open continuously --- --- No
--- 24¾ Banbury North --- Open continuously --- --- Yes
1 4¼ Banbury Junction --- Open continuously --- --- Yes
--- 40½ Banbury Ironstone Branch 6. 0 a.m. --- --- --- 6. 0 a.m. Yes
1 79¾ Cropredy 6. 0 a.m. --- --- C 6. 0 a.m. Yes
2 31½ Claydon Crossing --- Open continuously --- --- Yes
2 52 Fenny Compton --- Open continuously --- --- Yes
2 10½ Knightcote 6. 0 a.m. 6. 0 a.m. 10. 0 p.m. --- --- Yes
2 5½ Greaves Siding 6. 0 a.m. --- --- --- 6. 0 a.m. Yes
--- 68 Southam Road --- Open continuously --- --- Yes
2 22¼ Fosse Road 4. 0 a.m. --- --- C 6. 0 a.m. Yes
3 29¾ Leamington Spa South Junction --- Open continuously --- --- Yes
--- 25 Leamington Spa South --- Open continuously --- --- Yes
--- 26 Leamington Spa North --- Open continuously --- --- No
1 5½ Warwick (Avon Bridge) Open as required (Weekdays only) --- Yes
--- 52 Warwick 5. 0 a.m. --- --- ---
6. 30 p.m.		 8. 0 a.m. C
10. 30 p.m.		 Yes
--- 68¾ Warwick North 9. 0 a.m. 9. 0 a.m. 5. 0 p.m. --- --- Yes
1 8¾ Budbrook 5. 0 a.m. --- --- ---
9. 0 a.m.		 6. 0 a.m.
9. 0 p.m.		 Yes
2 14 Hatton South --- Open continuously --- --- Yes
--- 35 Hatton North Junction 5. 0 a.m. --- --- ---
9. 0 a.m.		 6. 0 a.m.
9. 0 p.m.		 Yes
2 12¾ Rowington Junction 8. 0 a.m. 8. 0 a.m. 4. 0 p.m. C --- Yes
1 54¾ Lapworth --- Open continuously --- --- Yes
2 32 Knowle & Dorridge 5. 30 a.m. --- --- --- 5. 30 a.m. Yes
--- 54¼ Bentley Heath Crossing --- Open continuously --- --- No
1 37½ Widney Manor 6. 0 a.m. 6. 0 a.m. 10. 0 p.m. --- --- Yes
1 22½ Solihull 5. 0 a.m. --- --- --- 10. 0 p.m. Yes
2 58¼ Acocks Green 6. 0 a.m. --- --- --- 10. 0 p.m. C Yes
--- 73¼ Tyseley South --- Open continuously --- --- Yes
--- 26¾ Tyseley North 5. 0 a.m. 5. 0 a.m. 11. 0 p.m. A --- --- Yes
--- --- Tyseley Loco --- Open continuously --- --- No
--- 34¾ Small Heath South --- Open continuously --- --- Yes
--- 38¼ Small Heath North --- Open continuously --- --- Yes
--- 48¼ Bordesley South --- Open continuously --- --- No
--- 41 Bordesley North 5. 0 a.m. --- --- --- 10. 0 p.m. Yes
--- 35 Moor Street --- --- --- C
10. 0 p.m.		 2. 0 p.m.
---		 Yes
--- 42¼       Birmingham South --- Open continuously --- --- No


       Birmingham Snow Hill to Oxley

Distance
Box to Box		 Name of Box Times during which boxes are open Whether
provided
with
Switch
Week Days Sundays
Opened at Closed at Opened at Closed at
Miles Chains Mondays Other Days
--- 22¼ Birmingham North --- Open continuously --- --- No
--- 40¾ Hockley South B --- Open continuously --- --- No
--- 32½ Hockley North 5. 0 a.m. --- --- --- 8. 0 p.m. Yes
--- 44 Soho 4. 0 a.m. --- --- --- 10. 0 p.m. C Yes
--- 38¾ Queen's Head 6. 0 a.m. --- --- --- 6. 0 a.m. Yes
--- 33¾ Handsworth Station 5. 30 a.m. --- --- --- 8. 0 a.m. Yes
--- 66 Handsworth Junction --- Open continuously --- --- No
1 38¼ West Bromwich 3. 30 a.m. --- --- --- 10. 0 p.m. Yes
--- 75 Swan Village Junction South 5. 15 a.m. 5. 15 a.m. 10. 0 p.m. 8. 0 a.m. 5. 0 p.m. Yes
--- 16 Swan Village North --- Open continuously --- --- No
--- 14 Swan Village West 5. 30 a.m. 5. 30 a.m. 10. 0 p.m. C --- No
--- 28 Swan Village Basin 6. 0 a.m. 6. 0 a.m. 10. 0 p.m. C --- Yes
--- 65 Great Bridge 5. 45 a.m. 5. 45 a.m. 10. 0 p.m. C --- Yes
--- --- Horseley Fields Junction L.M.S. 6. 0 a.m. --- 12. 0 night D --- --- Yes
1 46 Wednesbury South --- Open continuously --- --- Yes
--- 35 Wednesbury North 5. 0 a.m. --- --- --- 2. 0 p.m. Yes
1 64 Bilston G.W. 5. 0 a.m. --- --- --- 10. 0 p.m. Yes
1 16 Priestfield Junction --- Open continuously --- --- No
--- 35¼ Stow Heath 5. 0 a.m. --- --- --- 8. 0 p.m. Yes
1 0¼ Wolverhampton South --- Open continuously --- --- No
--- 16¼ Wolverhampton North --- Open continuously --- --- Yes
--- 34½ Cannock Road Junction --- Open continuously --- --- Yes
--- 36 Dunstall Park 5. 0 a.m. 5. 0 a.m. 1. 0 p.m. --- --- Yes
--- 18 Stafford Road Junction --- Open continuously --- --- Yes
--- 13½ Oxley South --- Open continuously --- --- Yes
--- 25¾ Oxley Middle --- Open continuously --- --- Yes
--- 61¼ Oxley Branch Junction 5. 30 a.m. --- --- --- 10. 0 p.m. No
--- 52 Oxley North Junction 5. 30 a.m. --- --- --- 10. 0 p.m. Yes
--- 44 Victoria Basin --- Open continuously --- --- No


       Handsworth Junction to Stourbridge

Distance
Box to Box		 Name of Box Times during which boxes are open Whether
provided
with
Switch
Week Days Sundays
Opened at Closed at Opened at Closed at
Miles Chains Mondays Other Days
--- 59¾ Smethwick Junction 5. 45 a.m. 5. 45 a.m. F C --- Yes
--- 58¾ Oldbury & Langley Green East 5. 30 a.m. --- --- C 6. 0 a.m. E Yes
--- 37¾ Oldbury & Langley Green Middle 5. 15 a.m. --- --- C 6. 0 a.m. E Yes
--- 71¼ Oldbury Goods 6. 0 a.m. 6. 0 a.m. 10. 0 p.m. G C --- No
--- 14½ Oldbury & Langley Green
West Crossing		 --- Open continuously --- --- Yes
1 19¾ Rowley Regis 5. 0 a.m. --- --- C 6. 0 a.m. U Yes
1 31 Old Hill Junction 4. 30 a.m. --- --- C 6. 0 a.m. U Yes
1 34¾ Halesowen 4. 45 a.m. --- --- C 6. 0 a.m. G No
--- 64½ Cox's Lane 5. 45 a.m. --- --- C 2. 0 a.m. G No
--- 65¼ Windmill End 8. 0 a.m. 8. 0 a.m. 4. 0 p.m. --- --- Yes
--- 46 Windmill End Junction 6. 0 a.m. 6. 0 a.m. 10. 0 p.m. C --- Yes
--- 47 Blowers Green Junction 5. 30 a.m. --- --- C 4. 0 a.m. U Yes
1 34¾ Cradley East --- Open continuously --- --- No
--- 23¼ Cradley West 5. 30 a.m. --- 11. 0 p.m.Q C --- Yes
--- 76¼ Lye 5. 0 a.m. --- --- C 4. 0 a.m. U Yes
--- --- Timmis Siding Opened as required for traffic for sidings only --- ---
--- --- Stourbridge Junction South 5. 0 a.m. --- --- --- 10. 30 p.m. Yes
--- 17½ Stourbridge Junction Middle --- Open continuously --- --- Yes
--- 29¾ Stourbridge Junction North --- Open continuously --- --- No
--- 33¾ Stourbridge Junction Engine Hse --- Open continuously --- --- Yes


       Tyseley South to Henley-in-Arden

Distance
Box to Box		 Name of Box Times during which boxes are open Whether
provided
with
Switch
Week Days Sundays
Opened at Closed at Opened at Closed at
Miles Chains Mondays Other Days
--- --- Tyseley South --- Open continuously --- --- Yes
"center">1 22 Hall Green 5. 30 a.m. 5. 30 a.m. 9. 30 p.m. C --- Yes
2 44 Shirley 5. 15 a.m. 5. 15 a.m. 2. 0 a.m. C 2. 0 a.m. U Yes
3 79 Earlswood Lakes --- Open continuously --- --- Yes
2 52¾ Danzey (for Tanworth) 6. 0 a.m. --- --- C 6. 0 a.m. Yes
2 57¾ Henley-in-Arden 6. 0 a.m. --- --- --- 9. 15 p.m. Yes


       Hatton West Junction to Malvern Road West

Distance
Box to Box		 Name of Box Times during which boxes are open Whether
provided
with
Switch
Week Days Sundays
Opened at Closed at Opened at Closed at
Miles Chains Mondays Other Days
--- --- Hatton West Junction Open as required for trains passing over North Loop
between 6. 0 a.m. and 10. 0 p.m. and during periods of thick fog.		 Yes
1 18 Claverdon Open as required for trains picking up
and putting off in Goods Yard		 Yes
3 37½ Bearley East 6. 0 a.m. 6. 0 a.m. 11. 0 p.m. --- --- Yes
3 63 * Bearley North Junction 6. 0 a.m. 6. 0 a.m. 10. 0 p.m. --- --- Yes
--- 44 ‡ Bearley West Junction --- Open continuously --- --- Yes
1 1 Wilmcote 6. 0 a.m. --- --- C 6. 0 a.m. Yes
2 51 Stratford-upon-Avon East --- Open continuously --- --- Yes
--- 17 Stratford-upon-Avon West 6. 0 a.m. 6. 30 a.m. 10. 45 p.m. 9. 45 a.m.
4. 0 p.m.		 2. 45 p.m.
10. 0 p.m.		 Yes
--- 27 Stratford-upon-Avon Evesham Rd --- Open continuously --- --- No
--- 9 Stratford-upon-Avon LMS Junction 12. 15 p.m. 12. 15 p.m. 8. 15 p.m. --- --- Yes
2 40 Milcote --- Open continuously --- --- No
2 38½ Long Marston --- Open continuously --- --- No
3 55 Honeybourne South Loop Junction --- Open continuously --- --- Yes
--- 75 Honeybourne Station South --- Open continuously --- --- Yes
--- 34 Honeybourne Station North --- Open continuously --- --- Yes
--- --- Honeybourne Junction East --- Open continuously --- --- Yes
--- --- Honeybourne Junction West --- Open continuously --- --- Yes
1 58 Weston-sub-Edge 9. 0 a.m. 9. 0 a.m. 12. 0 noon --- --- Yes
2 68 Broadway --- Open continuously --- --- Yes
4 49 Toddington --- Open continuously --- --- Yes
2 26 Winchcombe 6. 0 a.m. 6. 0 a.m. 10. 0 p.m.U --- --- Yes
3 43 Gotherington Open for Trains to attach or detach traffic only --- Yes
1 45 Bishop's Cleeve --- Open continuously --- --- Yes
1 45 Race Course Open on Race Days only --- --- Yes
2 16 Malvern Road East --- Open continuously --- --- Yes
--- 25 Malvern Road West --- Open continuously --- --- Yes

    Notes

* Distance between Henley-in-Arden and Bearley North Junction. Distance between Bearley East and Bearley North Junction 39½ chains
‡ Distance between Bearley East and Bearley West Junction 33½ chains
A Or until 10. 40 p.m. Goods Tyseley to Bordesley Junction has left Goods Yard
B Passenger Trains stopping at Hockley to run over Relief Lines between Handsworth Junction and Hockley South, and Up and Down Goods Trains having traffic off at Hockley to be dealt with at the South End
C Open at week-ends as necessary during period of National Emergency
D Saturdays only
E After service has finished
F After disposal of Longbridge stock
G Or after last train
Q During the time the box is switched out, Up Distant Signals to be left at caution
U Or as ordered by Control
Z Opened as required for Special Trains

    

Great Western Railway Signal Boxes

Signal Box Introduction       London, Reading, Didcot, Oxford, Wycombe and Banbury
Reading, Newbury, Westbury, Castle Cary and Weymouth       Bristol, Didcot, Severn Tunnel Junction and Highbridge    Exeter Division
Plymouth, Ashburton Junction and Penzance       Swindon. Gloucester, Cardiff and Pyle
Newport, Blaenavon, Pontypridd and Talyllyn Junction       Cardiff, Merthyr, Aberdare, Penarth, Barry and Bridgend
Pyle, Swansea, Carmarthen, Neyland and Fishguard       Pontypool Road and Neath Junction
Shrewsbury, Worcester, Hereford and Newport       Chester, Birkenhead and Wolverhampton
Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton       Whitchurch, Brecon, Pwllheli and Aberystwyth

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