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Signal Fact 74

In 1875 the Royal Commission on Railway Safety recommended introduction the the block system on lines where passengers were conveyed and that points and signals be worked from an interlocked lever frame.

Sadly, this was not compulsory until 1889.

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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
DR001	Tower Gateway to Beckton Tower Gateway Royal Mint Street Junction 002 Shadwell Limehouse Westferry North Quay Viaduct Junction Poplar Blackwall East India Canning Town Thames Wharf Royal Victoria Custom House Prince Regent Royal Albert Beckton Park Cyprus Gallions Reach Beckton Planned to extend to Barking Riverside & Dagenham Dock
DR002	Bank - Royal Mint Junction Bank Royal Mint Street Junction 001
DR003	Beckton eastbound diveunder
DR004	Poplar eastbound (not via flyover)
DR005	Canning Town Flyover Missing out Thames Wharf
DR006	Beckton Depot
DR010	Stratford - Lewisham Stratford Pudding Mill Lane Bow Church Devons Road Langdon Park All Saints Poplar West India Quay Canary Wharf Heron Quays South Quay Cross Harbour & London Arena Mudchute Island Gardens Cutty Sark Greenwich Deptford Bridge Elverson Road Lewisham
DR011	Poplar Depot
DR012	West India Dock realignment
DR020	Stratford International - Woolwich Arsenal Stratford International Stratford Stratford High Street Abbey Road West Ham Star Lane Canning Town Flyover Junction West Silvertown Pontoon Dock London City Airport King George V Woolwich Arsenal
DR021	Canning Town eastbound loop
DR022	Canning Town westbound loop

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