Just outside the county town of Shrewsbury, UK, workers pace the elevated halls of Severn Bridge Junction – the largest operational mechanical signal box in the world. Since 1904, it has provided safe ...

The first signal box at Charing Cross, on the South Eastern Railway (SER), marked a pivotal moment in British railway history ...

The bridge was completed first, and then the M6 was constructed underneath it, with the Lancaster to Penrith section ...

A £61m project to upgrade a train signalling system has been completed, on a route which is undergoing a series of upgrades.

At Carlisle’s signal box, new control panels have been installed, with new digital operating systems installed in the signal ...

Network Rail has celebrated the completion of an overhaul of the West Coast Main Line's signalling system in Carlisle.

Eurotunnel has launched the first phase of a project to modernise rail signalling in the Channel Tunnel, working with ...

History has been made this weekend as the final steam train was signalled through the railway by signal boxes in Farncombe, Petersfield and Haslemere. Ashley Hillier signalled the final steam train ...

The signalling renewal project covers 125 miles of rail line. Credit: Network Rail. French rolling stock manufacturer Alstom has secured a re-signalling contract from UK-based Network Rail for the ...

A signal box in Surrey will soon direct its last train after more than 130 years of service - but it is far from being consigned to the history books. The Grade II-listed signal box at Haslemere still ...

Modernisation of signalling systems will see 80% of old style mechanical boxes in the UK taken out of use over the next 10 to 15 years. Historic Scotland and rail operator Network Rail said the survey ...