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 ...

As a new rail bridge opens, one man recalls the original being slid into place 60 years ago.

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 ...

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

The West Coast Mainline at Carlisle has brighter signal lights and updated systems installed.

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 ...

An accessible, reliable public transport network plays a huge part in every community, and last year, the UK’s Department for Transport recognised the crucial role rail can play to ease isolation for ...

The semaphore signals at Manea were the last in use on the Ely to Peterborough line (stock image) A railway historian says he believes the traditional semaphore signals removed from a rural railway ...

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 ...