Virtual Museum

Crewe Station A Signal Box

The “Crewe Station A” Signal Box was opened in February 1907 as part of the London & North Western Railway Company’s rebuilding of the railway station, following the construction of the Goods Avoiding Lines to Basford Hall.

Identical to “Crewe Station B” Signal Box each with 26 levers, they were the smallest of the nine electrical Signal Boxes that controlled the whole of Crewe railway station and the surrounding sidings.

In 1985 a £14.3 million scheme by British Rail saw the track layout of the railway station modernised and simplified, this eliminated many of the points and crossings allowing trains to pass through the station at the much higher speed of 80 mph (130 km/h). 

As a result of this scheme many of the Signal Boxes became redundant, with control of the station passing to the newly built Signalling Centre. It was at this time that ‘Crewe Station A’ was dismantled and placed into storage, until it was re built in 1987 at the Heritage Centre where it can still be seen today.