Faversham Re-signalling
Faversham station under going re-signalling with the erection of a new signal gantry.
The work is part of the proposed multi-million pound East Kent Resignalling Project.
The advance work, involving cable diversions and earth works, are all part of a plan which ultimately could see the end of existing mechanical signalling equipment dating back to the 1950s. The equipment, which includes mechanically operated signalboxes, would be replaced with a modern computerised system, controlled from a signalling centre at Gillingham.
Faversham is significant as it sits at a junction that splits into two routes, one of which will be used by the new Class 395 Hitachi-built trains.
In one direction the line from London via Rochester continues on the north Kent route to Ramsgate and Margate, whilst the other line leads to Dover Priory via Canterbury East – an area where there are still clusters of semaphore signals.
Faversham Re-signalling
Faversham station under going re-signalling with the erection of a new signal gantry.
The work is part of the proposed multi-million pound East Kent Resignalling Project.
The advance work, involving cable diversions and earth works, are all part of a plan which ultimately could see the end of existing mechanical signalling equipment dating back to the 1950s. The equipment, which includes mechanically operated signalboxes, would be replaced with a modern computerised system, controlled from a signalling centre at Gillingham.
Faversham is significant as it sits at a junction that splits into two routes, one of which will be used by the new Class 395 Hitachi-built trains.
In one direction the line from London via Rochester continues on the north Kent route to Ramsgate and Margate, whilst the other line leads to Dover Priory via Canterbury East – an area where there are still clusters of semaphore signals.