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Of the signal boxes on the SVR, three survive in their original form from GWR days - the two Bewdley boxes and Highley. Bridgnorth and Hampton Loade signal boxes were both partially demolished on the line's closure and were later rebuilt, using parts from both the original boxes and from others. Arley is a former LNWR box, originally located at Yorton (near Whitchurch). Kidderminster was built from scratch, to control the new SVR terminus adjacent to the BR main line.
== List of current SVR Signal Boxes ==
* [[Kidderminster signal box | KidderminsterStation]]
* [[Bewdley South signal box | Bewdley South]]
* [[Bewdley North signal box | Bewdley North]]
* [[Bridgnorth signal box | Bridgnorth]]
== List of current SVR Ground Frames ==
* [[Ground Frames at Foley Park |Foley Park]]
* [[Eardington ground frame | Eardington]]
* [[Bridgnorth Boiler Shop ground frame | Bridgnorth Boiler Shop]]
== List of historical Signal Boxes and Ground Frames ==
=== Severn Valley Railway===
{| class="wikitable"
| [[Hartlebury]] Station || June 1876<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9">Signal Box Register, Volume 1: Great Western, revised 2011 edition, Signalling Record Society (plus correction sheet #9 )</ref> || 24 August 2012 || McKenzie & Holland type 2 box. Originally 21 levers, renewed with 30 lever GWR frame August 1910, frame removed and replaced with switch panel 7 November 1982.<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" />
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| [[Hartlebury Junction ]] || June 1876 || 15 April 1977 || McKenzie & Holland type 2 box. Originally 20 levers, renewed with 27 lever GWR frame 1912.<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" />
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| [[Leapgate Private Sidings| 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 13 20-ton wagonson each.<ref name="RailwaysInWorcsSVRSA1960">[http://www.miac.org.uk/severnvalleyline.html Railways in Worcestershire, Severn Valley Line], accessed 30 Nov 2015Birmingham Traffic District Sectional Appendix 1960</ref><ref name="BranchLinesOfWorcs">The Branch Lines of Worcestershire, Colin C. [[Bibliography#Books | Maggs((2009)]]</ref> Released by token.
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| [[StourportWilden Sand Siding|Sand Siding G.F.]] South || 1885 || 1 April 1951 || New frame circa 1923. Renamed "Single track junction facing Stourport on Severn South" in 1934serving a large sand quarry. On closure, control of layout went to Stourport NorthPoints worked by a ground frame locked by the section token.<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9SA1960" /><ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Marshall (1989)]] p. 87.</ref>
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| [[Stourport North ]] South || Before 1885 || 3 May 1970 1 April 1951 || Great Western Type 5 brick signal box. Originally a 20 lever frame18 levers (14 working, extended to 24 by March 19074 spare). Double-line block working between the two Stourport boxes was authorised in 1887<ref>[[Bibliography#Books | Marshall (1989)]], new 34 lever GWR frame 1914p129</ref>. Box extended by 6 feet 8 inches and new 43 lever New frame installed April 1951, signal box then taking control of whole stationcirca 1923. Renamed "Stourport on Severn NorthSouth" in 1934. On closure, apparently kept the name until closurecontrol of layout went to Stourport North.<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" /> Parts used in rebuilding of Hampton Loade SB.
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| Park Street G.F. Stourport North || Before 1885 || 3 May 1970 || Controlled connections at north end of Stourport Great Western Type 5 brick signal box. Originally a 20 lever frame, extended to coal sidings and Steatite Branch/Burlish Branch, which serviced the Steatite and Porcelain Products Co. factory near Burlish crossing.24 (18 working 6 spare)<ref name="BranchLinesOfWorcs" />Marshall (1989)</ref name="RailwaysInWorcsSVR" /> Three? leversby March 1907, electrically released from 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) S.B" in 1934, apparently kept the name until closure. <ref name="StourportDiagramSRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9"/>SRS diagram for Stourport-on-Severn Parts used in rebuilding of Hampton Loade SB</ref>.
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| Brindley Street [[Burlish Branch|Park Sidings G.F. ]] ||| || |Controlled connections at north end of Stourport to coal sidings and [[Burlish Branch| Served National Cold StoresSteatite Branch/Burlish Branch]], which serviced the Steatite and Porcelain Products Co. factory near Burlish crossing.<ref name="BranchLinesOfWorcs" /> Two<ref name="RailwaysInWorcsSVR">[http://www.miac.org.uk/severnvalleyline.html Railways in Worcestershire, Severn Valley Line], accessed 30 Nov 2015</ref> Three? levers and an intermediate token machine, electrically released by tokenfrom Stourport (North) S.B.<ref name="StourportDiagram" >SRS diagram for Stourport-on-Severn SB</ref>
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| Bewdley South [[National Cold Stores Siding | Brindley Street G.F.]] || 1878 1941 || 3 May 1970 || McKenzie and Holland Type 3 brick signal boxServed National Cold Stores. Originally 28 <ref name="BranchLinesOfWorcs" /> Two leversand an intermediate token machine, extended to 31 September 1901, new 32 lever GWR frame circa 1923. Reopened and extended to 34 levers in preservationreleased by token.<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9StourportDiagram" /><ref name="SA1960" />
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| [[Bewdley North South signal box|Bewdley South]] || 1878 || 3 May 1970 || McKenzie and Holland Type 3 timber brick signal box. Original frame of unknown lengthOriginally 28 levers, extended to 31 September 1901, new 37 32 lever GWR frame 25 June 1908circa 1923. Reopened and extended to 34 levers in preservation.<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" />
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| Folly Point Siding G.F. [[Bewdley North signal box|Bewdley North]] || 16 September 1899 1878 || 1906 3 May 1970 || Siding laid McKenzie and Holland Type 3 timber signal box. Original frame of unknown length, new 37 lever GWR frame 25 June 1908. Reopened in connection with the construction of the [[Elan Valley Aqueduct]]preservation.<ref name="RailwaysInWorcsSVRSRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" />. Access controlled by two ground frames each with two levers, locked by a key on the electric train staff for the section<ref>[[Bibliography#Books | Marshall (1989)]], p95</ref>.
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| [[Folly Point|Folly Point Siding G.F.]] || 16 September 1899 || 1906 || Siding laid in connection with the construction of the [[Elan Valley Aqueduct]]<ref name="RailwaysInWorcsSVR" />. Access controlled by two ground frames each with two levers, locked by a key on the electric train staff for the section<ref>[[Bibliography#Books | Marshall (1989)]], p95</ref>.|-| [[Arley signal box|Arley]] || June 1883 || 28 June 1964 || McKenzie and Holland signal box, brick/timber construction. 14 lever frame.<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" /> Demolished, replacement preservation-era box in same location
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| [[Kinlet and Billingsley Sidings signal box | Kinlet Sidings South G.F.]] || After 9 October 1895 (1st), March 1943 (2nd) || December 1913 (1st) || Replaced by S.B. in 1913, replaced S.B. in 1943. Intermediate token instrument in second incarnation. Released by token.
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| [[Kinlet and Billingsley Sidings signal box | Kinlet and Billingsley Sidings]] || December 1913 || March 1943 || Replaced G.F.s in 1913, itself replaced by G.F.s in 1943. 38 lever frame(32 working, 6 spare), manned 08.00-16.00 and the only box on the line able to switch out<ref>Marshall (1989), p132</ref>.
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| [[Kinlet and Billingsley Sidings signal box | Kinlet Sidings North G.F.]] || After 9 October 1895 (1st), March 1943 (2nd) || December 1913 (1st) || Replaced by S.B. in 1913, replaced S.B. in 1943. Intermediate token instrument in second incarnation. Released by token.
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| [[Highley signal box|Highley]] || June 1883 || 3 May 1970 || McKenzie and Holland signal box, brick/timber construction. 14 lever frame.<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" /> Reopened in preservation, virtually unchanged since construction.
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| [[Alveley Sidings (South ) ground frame | Alveley Sidings (South ) G.F.]] || 30 January 1939 || || Two levers, released by token, intermediate token instrument.<ref name="AlveleyOpeningDoc">Opening notice for Alveley Sidings: [[Media:GWR_Alveley_Colliery_2.jpg|Side A]] and [[Media:GWR Alveley Colliery 1.jpg|Side B]].</ref>
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| [[Alveley Sidings (North ) ground frame | Alveley Sidings (North ) G.F.]] || 30 January 1939 || || Two levers, released by token, intermediate token instrument.<ref name="AlveleyOpeningDoc" />
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| [[Hampton Loade signal box|Hampton Loade]] || May 1883 || 2 December 1963 || McKenzie and Holland brick signal box, 14 levers.<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" /> Partly demolished, replica preservation-era box build from structure of Hampton and Stourport boxes
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| [[Hampton Loade ground frame | Hampton Loade G.F.]]* || || || Preservation-era G.F. used to run round ca. 1970 before reopening of signal box
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| Eardington G.F.(s) || || || Existence assumed. The [[Eardington | station]] had a goods loop, reduced to a siding in 1959. The station had no signal box and was unstaffed after 1949.|-| [[Knowlesands Sidings#Knowlesands Sidings ground frames | Knowlesands Sidings G.F.s]] || August 1922 || || North and South G.F.s. Released by token.
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| [[Bridgnorth|Bridgnorth South]] || October 1892 || 1923 || GWR Type 5 brick signal box. 21 lever frame.<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" />
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| [[Bridgnorth signal box|Bridgnorth]] (1) || || October 1892 || No further details known. <ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" />, although Marshall's comment on Buildwas Station (1) below may also apply here as interlocking of starting signal and points was authorised at the same time.
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| Bridgnorth (2) || 1923 || 2 December 1963 || GWR Type 8A brick signal box. 54 lever frame.<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" /> Partly demolished, shortened base re-used for 30 lever preservation-era box.
| [[Bridgnorth|Bridgnorth North]] || October 1892 || 1923 || GWR signal box, identical dimensions (and construction?) to South. 23 lever frame.<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" />
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| [[Coalport]] || ca. November 1895 || 2 December 1963 || GWR Type 5 brick signal box. 31 lever frame. Also controlled access to [[Coalport Brick & Tile Works Siding]].|-| Coalport G.F. || ca. 1895 || ca. 1930 || Two lever G.F., locked from the signal box, to work the loop points and FPL at the north end of the station<ref name = "Marshall131" />. Removed and replaced by motorised points around 1930.
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| [[Maw and Co's Siding|Maw and Co's Siding G.F.]] || 1877 || 18 October 1959 || Originally a McKenzie and Holland signal box, demoted to ground frame status 1893, replaced by an actual ground frame by 1945.<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" />
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| [[Jackfield Sidingsidings|Jackfield Siding Sidings G.F.s]] || || Up to || At least three ground frames serving brick and tile factories at Jackfield
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| [[Ironbridge and Broseley]] || 1894 || 25 November 1956 || GWR Type 5 brick signal box. 31 lever GWR frame, replaced with new frame of same length but more modern design 1917<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" />, although this may have simply been a replacement of the interlocking (5 1/4 inch lever pitch retained).
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| [[Bower Yard Lime Kilns Siding]] (G.F.) || 1920s? || After 1934<ref>[[Bibliography#Books | Vanns (1998/2013)]] Photo dated 1934 on p.85 shows siding</ref> || Historic lime kilns revived at some date in 1920s and rail siding added. Official name not known.|-| [[Buildwas#Signalling|Buildwas]] Junction || circa 1864 || 4? November 1923 || At 1864, probably just a simple ground frame. One of two signal boxes opened in 1888. New 32 lever installed 1913.<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" />
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| Power Station Siding G.F. || ca. 1931 || || Access to CEGB sidings at Buildwas. Electrically released from S.B. <ref name="BuildwasDiagram">SRS diagram for Buildwas SB</ref>
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| [[Buildwas #Signalling|Buildwas]] || 4 November 1923 || 15 March 1964 || Central box which replaced two boxes in 1923. GWR Type 7D brick signal box. 66 lever frame, extended by approx. 14 feet and new 113 lever frame 9 December 1931, in connection with Power Station opening.<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" />
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| [[Buildwas#Signalling| Buildwas Station (1) ]] || By 1871|| 1888 || In August 1871, the GWR Board authorised 'connecting the down starting signal with the signal box'. Marshall suggests this was probably a small cabin covering a ground frame<ref>[[Bibliography#Books | Marshall (1989)]], p127</ref>.
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| [[Buildwas#Signalling| Buildwas Station (2) ]] || 23 October 1888 || 4? November 1923 || One of two signal boxes opened in 1888. New 49 lever frame 1906.<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" /> New 66 lever frame in 1923<ref>Great Western Railway Magazine, January 1924</ref>
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| [[Buildwas#Signalling|Buildwas Crossing]] G.F. || ? || ? || Level crossing on the Buildwas-Much Wenlock road with a crossing keeper's cottage and hut containing a ground frame.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Vanns (1998)]] p. 30.</ref>|-| [[Sand Pit siding at Buildwas| Mileage Siding G.F. ]] || || || Two? lever G.F. providing access to siding at north end of Buildwas. Electrically released from S.B. <ref name="BuildwasDiagram" />
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| [[Cressage]] || By 1890, replaced June 1894 || 2 December 1963 || Replacement box GWR Type 5 brick signal box, 23 lever frame<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" />, (19 working, 4 spare), gate wheel for the level crossing<ref name = "Marshall131">[[Bibliography#Books | Marshall (1989)]], p131</ref>.
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| Cressage G.F. || 1894 || 2 December 1963 ca. 1930 || Two lever G.F., locked from the signal box, to work the loop points and FPL at the north end of the station<ref name = "Marshall131" />. Removed and replaced by motorised points around 1930.
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| [[Berrington]] || By 1890, replaced June 1894 || 2 December 1963 || Original box reportedly able to switch out. Replacement box GWR Type 5 brick signal box, 19 lever frame<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" />, (16 working, 3 spare)<ref name = "Marshall131" />.
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| Berrington G.F. || 1894 || 2 December 1963 ca. 1930 || Two lever G.F., locked from the signal box, to work the loop points and FPL at the south end of the station<ref name = "Marshall131" />. Removed and replaced by motorised points around 1930.
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| Burnt Mill Junction || Box ordered January 1894 || 14 February 1937 || 10 lever frame.<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" /> End of short double track section from Sutton Bridge Jn
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| [[Sutton_Bridge_Junction_Signal_Box|Sutton Bridge Junction]] || 1913 || Open || Replacement box opened 1913.<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" /> Still open.
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|}
===Tenbury and Bewdley Railway (at Bewdley)===
{| Burnt Mill Junction class="wikitable"! Location !! Opened !! Closed !! Notes|-|Bewdley South | Box ordered January 1894 |1864 | 14 February 1937 |1878? | 10 lever frame|Early McKenzie, Clunes & Co box situated between the Down platform and the [[Bewdley Down Yard | goods yard]].10ft x 12ft x 10ft in size, with 7 signal levers and 4 point levers<ref nameName ="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9Beddoes" >[[Bibliography#Books | Beddoes and Smith (1995)]], p27</ref> End of short double track section from Sutton Bridge Jn.
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| [[ShrewsburyBewdley North |Sutton Bridge Junction]] |1864 | |1878? | Open || Replacement box opened 1913McKenzie, Clunes & Co ‘signal box’ provided in 1864 for signals at the north end. Cost only £8 10s, suggesting probably a hut covering a ground frame<ref Ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9Beddoes" /> Still open.
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|}
! Location !! Opened !! Closed !! Notes
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| [[KidderminsterStation signal box (c.1873-1973) | Kidderminster Station]] Station || By 1882 Ca. 1873 || 15 July 1973 || McKenzie and Holland brick signal box. 21 levers by 1893, new . Relocated closer to the running line in 1900. New 30 lever GWR frame 1 May 1913. Frame re-used in preservation-era box at Arley<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" />, name plate used on current SVR box.
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| [[Kidderminster Junction signal box|Kidderminster Junction]] || By 1882 Ca. 1877-78 || 24 August 2012<ref>[http://ukrailways1970tilltoday.me.uk/Kidderminster_junction_signal_box.html UK Railways 1970 Till Today], accessed 30 Nov 2015</ref> || Original box perhaps McKenzie and Holland, 35 lever frame, new 40 lever frame circa 1912. Replacement GWR Type 28B timber box 18 December 1937. Box demolished by derailed wagon on 7 June 1953, temporary SB until 25 October 1953 when new brick box with 66 levers built.<ref name="SRSSignalBoxRegister_Update9" />
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| [[Kidderminster ground frame | Kidderminster G.F.]]* || || || Temporary preservation-era G.F. before commissioning of signal box. Now installed at [[Ground Frames at Foley Park |Foley Park]]. |-| [[H. Whitehouse's Sand Siding | H. Whitehouse's Sand Siding]] || || || Siding for 12 wagons, controlled by a ground frame.
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| [[Ground Frames at Foley Park | Foley Park Sidings G.F.]] || || || Provided access to British Sugar.
<nowiki />* Installed during preservation but later removed as no longer required.
==See also==
[[Wrangaton Signal Box]] at [[Kidderminster Railway Museum]]
==References==
<references />
== Links ==
[http://www.svrsig.org/ SVR Signals & Telegraph Department web site]
[[Category: The Severn Valley Railway in preservation]]
[[Category:The Severn Valley Railway under GWR/BR ownership]]
