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I know the SR had a plan in the 70's to have 13 PSB's for the whole
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ups.com... I know the SR had a plan in the 70's to have 13 PSB's for the whole region can anyone shed some light, plan did not happen as such. I don't know if it was ever finished, but London Bridge, Victoria (Clapham Jn) and Ashford were all part of it. MaxB |
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On Apr 3, 2:11 am, "MaxB" wrote:
wrote in message ups.com...I know the SR had a plan in the 70's to have 13 PSB's for the whole region can anyone shed some light, plan did not happen as such. I don't know if it was ever finished, but London Bridge, Victoria (Clapham Jn) and Ashford were all part of it. I agree it certainly started but was not finished. The Central Division (mainly) boxes LB, VA, Three Bridges were certainly three of them - but I think that was it. I am not so sure Ashford was one - maybe if so it would have been much extended. ISTR Ashford was older, resignalled under Kent Coast Phase II, and like Eastleigh and Basingstoke and other 1960s boxes pre-dated the 13 box scheme, and replaced by a new one/s or the equipment/s supplanted. Then what went into Ashford was - by the time it was done - was no longer part of the 13 box scheme. I'm wondering if Dartford was one of them, not sure. OTH, I'm pretty sure Feltham was not. Or again, both of these might have been locations for extension or upgrade into the 13 box plan. Waterloo would also have been one of them - but was deferred delayed and generally procrastinated over by which time the idea had moved on, and SR as in the region had more or less gone by the time it was under way. I'd be interested if anyone can dig out some detailed plans of the 13 box scheme to see how it compares with todays railway. -- Nick |
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![]() "D7666" wrote in message oups.com... I agree it certainly started but was not finished. The Central Division (mainly) boxes LB, VA, Three Bridges were certainly three of them - but I think that was it. I am not so sure Ashford was one - maybe if so it would have been much extended. ISTR Ashford was older, resignalled under Kent Coast Phase II, and like Eastleigh and Basingstoke and other 1960s boxes pre-dated the 13 box scheme, and replaced by a new one/s or the equipment/s supplanted. Then what went into Ashford was - by the time it was done - was no longer part of the 13 box scheme. I'm wondering if Dartford was one of them, not sure. OTH, I'm pretty sure Feltham was not. Or again, both of these might have been locations for extension or upgrade into the 13 box plan. Waterloo would also have been one of them - but was deferred delayed and generally procrastinated over by which time the idea had moved on, and SR as in the region had more or less gone by the time it was under way. I'd be interested if anyone can dig out some detailed plans of the 13 box scheme to see how it compares with todays railway. I wonder if there will ever be any major Area Signalling Centres developed in the south, cf Rugby? Or will there only be piecemeal improvements like Portsmouth (new Havant SC) and the current Basingstoke works... Paul |
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![]() "D7666" wrote in message oups.com... On Apr 3, 2:11 am, "MaxB" wrote: wrote in message ups.com...I know the SR had a plan in the 70's to have 13 PSB's for the whole region can anyone shed some light, plan did not happen as such. I don't know if it was ever finished, but London Bridge, Victoria (Clapham Jn) and Ashford were all part of it. I agree it certainly started but was not finished. The Central Division (mainly) boxes LB, VA, Three Bridges were certainly three of them - but I think that was it. I am not so sure Ashford was one - maybe if so it would have been much extended. ISTR Ashford was older, resignalled under Kent Coast Phase II, and like Eastleigh and Basingstoke and other 1960s boxes pre-dated the 13 box scheme, and replaced by a new one/s or the equipment/s supplanted. Then what went into Ashford was - by the time it was done - was no longer part of the 13 box scheme. I'm wondering if Dartford was one of them, not sure. OTH, I'm pretty sure Feltham was not. Or again, both of these might have been locations for extension or upgrade into the 13 box plan. Waterloo would also have been one of them - but was deferred delayed and generally procrastinated over by which time the idea had moved on, and SR as in the region had more or less gone by the time it was under way. I'd be interested if anyone can dig out some detailed plans of the 13 box scheme to see how it compares with todays railway. -- Nick 'Waterloo' eventually became 'Wimbledon'. Dartford was resignalled, but instead of the part-completed (built, but not kitted-out) box at Gillingham being used, it went into some of the under-used acres of Ashford IECC. In terms of passenger-miles, the majority of the former Southern Region is probably controlled by about a dozen or so control centres. Brian |
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"D7666" wrote: On Apr 3, 2:11 am, "MaxB" wrote: wrote in message ups.com...I know the SR had a plan in the 70's to have 13 PSB's for the whole region can anyone shed some light, plan did not happen as such. I don't know if it was ever finished, but London Bridge, Victoria (Clapham Jn) and Ashford were all part of it. I agree it certainly started but was not finished. The Central Division (mainly) boxes LB, VA, Three Bridges were certainly three of them - but I think that was it. I am not so sure Ashford was one - maybe if so it would have been much extended. ISTR Ashford was older, resignalled under Kent Coast Phase II, and like Eastleigh and Basingstoke and other 1960s boxes pre-dated the 13 box scheme, and replaced by a new one/s or the equipment/s supplanted. Then what went into Ashford was - by the time it was done - was no longer part of the 13 box scheme. I was under the impression that Basingstoke was one of the 13, hence the elimination of the Southampton boxes about 1980. sneaky plug For a touch of LSWR/SR nostalgia my Southampton signal box pages are at http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail/sigbox/sigbox.htm -- Graeme Wall This address is not read, substitute trains for rail. Transport Miscellany at http://www.greywall.demon.co.uk/rail/index.html |
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On Apr 3, 6:10 am, "BH Williams" wrote:
'Waterloo' eventually became 'Wimbledon'. Dartford was resignalled, but instead of the part-completed (built, but not kitted-out) box at Gillingham being used, it went into some of the under-used acres of Ashford IECC. This is the sort of thing I was thinking of - the BR SR 13 plan for Ashford was not the same as the new Ashford that is today, In terms of passenger-miles, the majority of the former Southern Region is probably controlled by about a dozen or so control centres. Yes and no - there are approaching that number of large panel/IECC boxes Waterloo/Wimbledon Feltham Woking Basingstoke Eastleigh Portsmouth (haha) Victoria Three Bridges London Bridge Dartford Ashford = 11, but the point about the SR 13 is they would have eliminated *all* other boxes, and clearly there are still a large number of those all over the present southern zone. So today instead of 13 large area boxes and nothing else, we appear to have 11 larg-ish area boxes plus quite a lot of other installations, some of which looking as if they will run on for ever. -- Nick |
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![]() "D7666" wrote in message oups.com... On Apr 3, 6:10 am, "BH Williams" wrote: 'Waterloo' eventually became 'Wimbledon'. Dartford was resignalled, but instead of the part-completed (built, but not kitted-out) box at Gillingham being used, it went into some of the under-used acres of Ashford IECC. This is the sort of thing I was thinking of - the BR SR 13 plan for Ashford was not the same as the new Ashford that is today, In terms of passenger-miles, the majority of the former Southern Region is probably controlled by about a dozen or so control centres. Yes and no - there are approaching that number of large panel/IECC boxes Waterloo/Wimbledon Feltham Woking Basingstoke Eastleigh Portsmouth (haha) Victoria Three Bridges London Bridge Dartford Ashford = 11, but the point about the SR 13 is they would have eliminated *all* other boxes, and clearly there are still a large number of those all over the present southern zone. So today instead of 13 large area boxes and nothing else, we appear to have 11 larg-ish area boxes plus quite a lot of other installations, some of which looking as if they will run on for ever. -- Nick Arundel was being mentioned recently as being upgraded to a power box but I think it will be at Barnham now. |
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On Apr 3, 8:59 am, "8sub" wrote:
over the present southern zone. So today instead of 13 large area boxes and nothing else, we appear to have 11 larg-ish area boxes plus quite a lot of other installations, some of which looking as if they will run on for ever. Arundel was being mentioned recently as being upgraded to a power box but I think it will be at Barnham now. Yep, but still nothing on the scale of the large 13 area boxes. For example Salisbury is also a panel - and has been since c.1980 - but was neither one of the SR 13 nor is it anywhere near as large. -- Nick |
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![]() "D7666" wrote in message oups.com... On Apr 3, 6:10 am, "BH Williams" wrote: 'Waterloo' eventually became 'Wimbledon'. Dartford was resignalled, but instead of the part-completed (built, but not kitted-out) box at Gillingham being used, it went into some of the under-used acres of Ashford IECC. This is the sort of thing I was thinking of - the BR SR 13 plan for Ashford was not the same as the new Ashford that is today, In terms of passenger-miles, the majority of the former Southern Region is probably controlled by about a dozen or so control centres. Yes and no - there are approaching that number of large panel/IECC boxes Waterloo/Wimbledon Feltham Woking Basingstoke Eastleigh Portsmouth (haha) Victoria Three Bridges London Bridge Dartford Ashford = 11, but the point about the SR 13 is they would have eliminated *all* other boxes, and clearly there are still a large number of those all over the present southern zone. So today instead of 13 large area boxes and nothing else, we appear to have 11 larg-ish area boxes plus quite a lot of other installations, some of which looking as if they will run on for ever. -- Nick 'Dartford' is a workstation at Ashford IECC, as is the CTRL . Brian |
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