Barry Signal Box
Barry signal box, August 2013. A large building which housed 77 lever frames in 1957, but has just 4 active semaphore levers in use today. It would have been a very busy signal box in its day, with coal traffic to Barry Docks and passenger services to Barry Island. Sadly, after 116 years of service, it is due to be decommissioned in January 2014. Aberthaw signal box was closed down in early 2013, and other signal boxes in South Wales including Ystrad Mynach and Bargoed on the Rhymney line, are scheduled to be decommissioned in September 2013. This is the result of modernisation by Network Rail, where all signalling will soon be controlled from Cardiff.
Barry Signal Box
Barry signal box, August 2013. A large building which housed 77 lever frames in 1957, but has just 4 active semaphore levers in use today. It would have been a very busy signal box in its day, with coal traffic to Barry Docks and passenger services to Barry Island. Sadly, after 116 years of service, it is due to be decommissioned in January 2014. Aberthaw signal box was closed down in early 2013, and other signal boxes in South Wales including Ystrad Mynach and Bargoed on the Rhymney line, are scheduled to be decommissioned in September 2013. This is the result of modernisation by Network Rail, where all signalling will soon be controlled from Cardiff.