Redhill 'B' Signal Box. August 1983.
Redhill 'B' box sat between the divergence of the Brighton and Guildford lines and controlled the southern approach to Redhill station from the Tonbridge, Brighton and Guildford lines. It was a South Eastern & Chatham Railway (SECR) design dating from 1882 when it replaced an older box built in 1858 called Red Hill Junction. This box came into operation on 05/11/1882 and was initially called Red Hill No.2 but by 1932 this had changed to the more modern spelling of Redhill as one word so Redhill No.2. Then in the early BR era it was changed again to Redhill 'B' box. The box was originally an all wood construction but the thick brick base around the locking room was added during World War II as a precaution against air raid damage. I guess the authorities valued the equipment below above that of the men operating the box hence it retained its wooden upper section. It closed on the 12/05/1985 in conjunction with the Brighton line resignalling and control of the three way junction moved to the new Three Bridges Power Signal Box further south on the Brighton line.
Redhill 'B' Signal Box. August 1983.
Redhill 'B' box sat between the divergence of the Brighton and Guildford lines and controlled the southern approach to Redhill station from the Tonbridge, Brighton and Guildford lines. It was a South Eastern & Chatham Railway (SECR) design dating from 1882 when it replaced an older box built in 1858 called Red Hill Junction. This box came into operation on 05/11/1882 and was initially called Red Hill No.2 but by 1932 this had changed to the more modern spelling of Redhill as one word so Redhill No.2. Then in the early BR era it was changed again to Redhill 'B' box. The box was originally an all wood construction but the thick brick base around the locking room was added during World War II as a precaution against air raid damage. I guess the authorities valued the equipment below above that of the men operating the box hence it retained its wooden upper section. It closed on the 12/05/1985 in conjunction with the Brighton line resignalling and control of the three way junction moved to the new Three Bridges Power Signal Box further south on the Brighton line.