Raven Square Signal Box, Raven Square Station, Welshpool, Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway

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NPRN415840
Map ReferenceSJ20NW
Grid ReferenceSJ2159007492
Unitary (Local) AuthorityPowys
Old CountyMontgomeryshire
CommunityWelshpool
Type Of SiteSIGNAL BOX
PeriodModern, 20th Century
Description
Raven Square Signal Box is a Welshpool & Llanfair design and dates from 1981. It stands at Raven Square station (nprn 415216), terminus of the narrow-gauge Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway (nprn 43037). A two-storey structure of all-brick construction under a steeply pitched slated roof, with an integral lean-to at the east end, it houses a London & North Western Railway tappet frame, ex-Groeslon, of 18 levers. The box is currently in use.

Sources include: Peter Kay, Signalling Atlas and Signal Box Directory (Third Edition), Signalling Record Society, Wallasey, 2010, p.67. For further information on the types and designs of signal boxes see: The Signalling Study Group, The Signal Box - A Pictorial History and Guide to Designs, OPC, 1986.

B.A.Malaws, RCAHMW, 09 December 2016.