The Signalling Record Society
RailRef Line Codes BJ
Birkenhead Joint Railway
Signal Fact 30
The Norwich & Yarmouth Railway introduced block telegraph working in 1848 using Cooke & Wheatstone 1830s style instruments.
The instruments were used for general messages as well as authorising train movements.
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In the list below the information is set out in tabular form, spread over four columns. The column entries are -
| RailRef | The Line Code used in RailRef system. |
| Line Detail | The principal locations included within the Line Code. They are arranged in 'down' direction order. Locations shown are primarily stations and junctions to allow easy cross check against published atlases. Signal box names appear in italics where these are 'intermediate' to stations or have been shown to facilitate links from other pages on this web site. The inclusion of a station or junction name does not imply that there was always a signal box of that same name! |
| SBR | The section reference used in the relevant Signal Box Register published by the Society. |
| ELR | The corresponding Engineer's Line Reference(s). This will be blank for railways that never came within British Railways terms of reference. It will also be blank where British Railways had no surviving responsibility for infrastructure at the time the ELR system came into use. |
| RailRef | Line Detail | SBR | ELR |
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| BJ001 GW880 NW440 |
Chester & Birkenhead Line datum Chester General Station (179m14c) 0m18c Chester No.4 BJ002CRR1: Chester No.4 - Hooton South Junction CRR2: Hooton South Junction - 9 mile post |
CRR1 CRR2 |
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| BJ002 GW881 NW430 |
Chester No.1 to Chester No.6 datum London Euston 178m67c Chester East (No.1) Junction LNWR/BJR boundary BJ020 NW420(1) Chester General from 1922 to 1968. |
CNH2 | |
| BJ003 GW882 NW441 |
Chester No.6 - Chester No.5
0m24c Tunnel Junction BJ002 |
CVS | |
| BJ004 GW883 NW442 |
Hooton South Junction - Helsby Junction datum Hooton Junction 0m03c Hooton South Junction BJ001 BJ010 |
HHJ | |
| BJ005 GW884 NW443 |
Ellesmere Port No.4 - Ship Canal (S.U. Canal)
Ellesmere Port Junction BJ004 |
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| BJ006 GW885 NW444 |
Hooton Junction - Wirral Junction, West Kirby
0m00c Hooton Junction BJ001Article Backtrack 2013 August. |
JCH | |
| BJ007 GW886 NW445 |
Parkgate Colliery Branch
Parkgate Colliery Junction BJ006 |
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| BJ008 GW887 NW446 |
Parkgate Original Terminus Branch
Parkgate Junction BJ006 |
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| BJ010 GW890 NW450 |
Hooton - Birkenhead Woodside datum Chester General Station (179m14c) 9m00c mile post BJ001CRR2: 9 mile post - Rock Ferry (13m39c) CCS1: Rock Ferry South Junction (13m30c) - Green Lane Junction BKH: Green Lane Junction - Birkenhead Woodside |
CRR2 CCS1 BKH |
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| BJ011 GW891 NW451 |
Green Lane Junction - Cathcart Street Goods datum Chester General Station (179m14c) 14m14c Green Lane Junction BJ010CCS1: Green Lane Junction - Brook Street Junction CCS2: Brook Street Junction - Canning Street North |
CCS1 CCS2 |
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| BJ012 GW892 NW452 |
Brook Street Junction - Shore Road Junction datum Chester General Station (179m14c) 15m10c Brook Street Junction BJ011 |
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| BJ013 GW893 NW453 |
Canning Street North - Cavendish Sidings datum Chester General Station (179m14c) 15m29c Canning Street North BJ012 |
CCS2 | |
| BJ014 GW895 NW454 |
Green Lane Junction - Monks Ferry datum Chester General Station (179m14c) 14m14c Green Lane Junction BJ010 BJ011 |
CCS3 | |
| BJ015 GW896 NW455 |
Green Lane Junction - Tranmere Pool/Abbey Street datum Chester General Station (179m14c) 14m14c Green Lane Junction BJ010 BJ011 |
CCS4 | |
| BJ020 GW900 NW431 |
Chester No.1 - Walton New Junction [LNWR] datum Chester General Station (179m14c) 0m26c Chester No.1 BJ002 NW |
CHW1 | |
| BJ021 GW901 NW432 |
Norton Junction - Preston Brook Canal Basin
Norton Station Junction BJ0201853 - 1860 according to Cobb. Takeover by GWR & LNWR was on 1 January 1860. 1877 OS Map 355890 381370shows a powder amagazine just beyond Cawley's Bridge. |
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| BJ022 GW902 NW433 |
Daresbury - Walton Old Junction [LNWR] via old alignment datum Chester General Station (179m14c) 15m23c Daresbury BJ0201896 OS map shows section from Daresbury (Junction) to MSC retained as 'refuge siding'; and a similar siding north of the canal that became the LNWR connection to the MSC Railway. Also shows this joint line continuing towards Arpley. Cobb does not show this alignment, probably in error as it should have been shown. |
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| BJ023 GW903 NW434 |
Acton Grange Viaduct Junction - Walton Old Junction datum Chester General Station (179m14c) 16m40c Acton Grange Junction BJ020Post 1893 railway. |
CHW1 |