The Signalling Record Society
RailRef Line Codes MA
Signal Fact 43
Automatic signalling debuted on the North Eastern Railway with the Hall system in 1905.
Named after the inventor, track circuits were employed but the signals were operated by carbonic gas with electrically operated gas valves.
Manchester South & Altrincham Joint Railway (GCR, LNWR)
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MA001 GC440 NW760 |
London Road Junction LNWR - Liverpool Road Junction datum London Euston via Trent Valley & Crewe 188m48c London Road No.2 Junction NW740London Euston mileages introduced from 1 May 1988 (signalling notice 22E). |
COL | |
| MA002 GC441 NW761 |
Castlefield - Bowden datum Manchester Oxford Road 0m37c Castlefield Junction MA001CL050 and MA002 were originally separate, parallel routes between Castlefield and Cornbrook Junctions. |
CDM1 | |
| MA003 GC442 NW762 |
Cornbrook Sidings
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| MA004 GC443 NW763 |
Bowden Extension
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