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List of signal boxes

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| Leapgate Siding G.F. || 28 August 1939 || 12 January 1981 || Single track junction facing Stourport serving Regent Oil Co. depot. Two sidings on either side of a gantry, space for 17 20-ton wagons.<ref name="RailwaysInWorcsSVR">[http://www.miac.org.uk/severnvalleyline.html Railways in Worcestershire, Severn Valley Line], accessed 30 Nov 2015</ref><ref name="BranchLinesOfWorcs">The Branch Lines of Worcestershire, Colin C. Maggs</ref> Released by token.
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| [[Stourport]] South || 1885 || 1 April 1951 || Originally 18 levers (14 working, 4 spare). Double-line block working between the two Stourport boxes was authorised in 1887<ref>[[Bibliography#Books | Marshall (1993)]], p129]]</ref>. New frame circa 1923. Renamed "Stourport on Severn South" in 1934. On closure, control of layout went to Stourport North.<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" />
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| Stourport North || Before 1885 || 3 May 1970 || Great Western Type 5 brick signal box. Originally a 20 lever frame, extended to 24 (18 working 6 spare)<ref>Marshall (1993)</ref> by March 1907, new 34 lever GWR frame 1914. Box extended by 6 feet 8 inches and new 43 lever frame installed April 1951, signal box then taking control of whole station. Renamed "Stourport on Severn North" in 1934, apparently kept the name until closure.<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" /> Parts used in rebuilding of Hampton Loade SB.
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| Park Street G.F. || || || Controlled connections at north end of Stourport to coal sidings and Steatite Branch/Burlish Branch, which serviced the Steatite and Porcelain Products Co. factory near Burlish crossing.<ref name="BranchLinesOfWorcs" /><ref name="RailwaysInWorcsSVR" /> Three? levers, electrically released from Stourport (North) S.B. <ref name="StourportDiagram">SRS diagram for Stourport-on-Severn SB</ref>
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