Appledore
| Brick-built Appledore Signalbox, photographed in
July 1967.
photograph by Terry Tracey |
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| Appledore signal box opened on the 27th June 1956. The signal
box was to a Southern Railway Type 16 design and contained a 37 lever frame. The
line between Appledore and Rye was singled on the 30th September 1979. The box
closed on the 6th November 1995 and the area is now controlled from Ashford
Integrated Electronic Control Centre.
The level crossing was converted to an automatic open crossing (locally monitored), and without barriers whilst the box was still operational. Barriers were added on a later date as part of a national scheme to upgrade most open crossings of this type. |
| Text from Peter Gibbons. |
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Regrettably, this view from 1st July 2003 shows all that remains
of the box is the concrete floor, and in addition the gates have been
replaced by lifting barriers.
photograph by Neil Walkling |
| Fast forward to 2007 and the only thing that's changed on
the railway is the rolling stock! Instead of the thumpers there are now
class 171s (apparently known locally
as 'Flymos'). Here unit 71729 is en route to Brighton.
photograph by Neil Walkling |
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This page was last updated 9 July 2020
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