TWO redundant signalboxes on the Hertford East branch face a brighter future thanks to plans by Network Rail and Greater Anglia, reports Richard Horner.
listed signalbox at Hertford East on January 30, 2017. Network Rail hopes to move the building to the Wensleydale Railway for restoration and use at Constable Burton.
BOTH: RICHARD HORNER
Hertford East ’box, a Grade II-listed former Great Eastern Railway Type 7 structure dating from 1888, has become increasingly dilapidated since its closure in 2003.
NR plans to dismantle and transport the timber-framed and weather-boarded structure (including its lever frame and associated equipment) to Constable Burton on the Wensleydale Railway, subject to obtaining listed building consent.
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