Just outside the county town of Shrewsbury, UK, workers pace the elevated halls of Severn Bridge Junction – the largest operational mechanical signal box in the world. Since 1904, it has provided safe ...

Captains grab tokens on moving trains — a 140-year safety ritual still protecting single tracks. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

It is part of a £200m project to renew the signalling system, adding Cambridge South station.

The Swanage Railway is holding a Community Weekend in February, when visitors can get the rare chance to find out what goes ...

A signal box in Surrey will soon direct its last train after more than 130 years of service - but it is far from being consigned to the history books. The Grade II-listed signal box at Haslemere still ...

Since its establishment in 2018, the section has been responsible for maintaining and repairing signal equipment at three high-altitude stations -- Tanggula South, Za'gya Zangbo and Xuechama. Ten ...

A signal box which has been Grade II-listed is to open to the public in March.

Modernisation of signalling systems will see 80% of old style mechanical boxes in the UK taken out of use over the next 10 to 15 years. Historic Scotland and rail operator Network Rail said the survey ...