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Signal Fact 5
The first semaphore signal for the direct control of trains was erected at New Cross on the London & Croydon Railway in late 1841.
Port of London Authority Railway
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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. |
West India Dock opened 1802; East India Dock opened 1806. East & West India Dock Co 1802-1889; then London & West India Docks Joint Committee until 1901; then London & India Docks Co until 1909 when all transferred to Port of London Authority (PLA).
Millwall Docks opened 1868. Millwall Freehold Land & Docks Co until 1870; then Millwall Dock Co until 1909 when all transferred to Port of London Authority (PLA). Millwall Dock Co owned GE165 which was worked by the GER.
Railway connections from GER (London & Blackwall from 1840; LNWR (NLR) from 1851.
Alterations took place to the entrance to the South Dock 1927-1928. Was this when GE164 was severed?
| RailRef | Line Detail | SBR | ELR |
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| PL001 | North London Railway Connection
West India Dock PLA/NLR boundary NW041 |
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| PL010 | West India Export Dock
Blackwall Basin Junction GE164As at 1906 RCH Junction Diagram |
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| PL011 | West India Dock Import Junction - South Dock East Side
West India Dock Import JunctionFrom 1938 plan |
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| PL012 | Blackwall Basin Lines
From 1938 plan |
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| PL013 | West India Import Dock South Side Lines
From 1938 plan |
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| PL014 | West India Export Dock North Side Lines
From 1938 plan |
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| PL015 | West India Export Dock South Side Lines
From 1938 plan |
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| PL016 | West India South Dock South Side Lines
From 1938 plan |
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| PL017 | Millwall Dock West Side Lines
From 1938 plan Article Railway Bylines 2014 January. |
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| PL018 | Millwall Dock East Side Lines
From 1938 plan |
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| PL019 | Manchester Road Branch
From 1938 plan |
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| PL030 | West India South Dock North Side
South Dock Junction GE164As at 1906 RCH Junction Diagram |
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| PL040 | West India South Dock South Side
West India Dock Southside GE164As at 1906 RCH Junction Diagram |
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| PL041 | West - South curve at north end of Millwall Inner Dock linking PL040 and GE164, including line to granary etc to west of Millwall Inner Dock
As at 1906 RCH Junction Diagram |
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| PL042 | Millwall Outer Dock
Graving Dock Junction GE164As at 1906 RCH Junction Diagram |
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| PL050 | East India Docks
East India Dock Goods GE165As at 1906 RCH Junction Diagram |