Ashton Moss North Junction - 28th November 2017
The box is a Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Standard design, with 56 levers and opened in 1911.
It will close in May 2018 when it is absorbed by the ever expanding ROC at Ashburys.
The planned electrification to Stalybridge under the NWEP scheme has now been shelved (a familiar pattern recently) and the services will be worked by Northern "Flex" class 319s equipped with diesel engines.
The semaphores are due to be concerted to colour light signals before the box closes.
Interestingly for this area, it still works the Absolute Block system of signalling the three adjacent boxes - Manchester East SCC, Baguley Fold & Denton Junction.
Ashton Moss North Junction - 28th November 2017
The box is a Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Standard design, with 56 levers and opened in 1911.
It will close in May 2018 when it is absorbed by the ever expanding ROC at Ashburys.
The planned electrification to Stalybridge under the NWEP scheme has now been shelved (a familiar pattern recently) and the services will be worked by Northern "Flex" class 319s equipped with diesel engines.
The semaphores are due to be concerted to colour light signals before the box closes.
Interestingly for this area, it still works the Absolute Block system of signalling the three adjacent boxes - Manchester East SCC, Baguley Fold & Denton Junction.