Walsall, Ryecroft Junction to Barton and Walton Wichnor Junction (Midland Lines)

Restored archive page

This is a track and signalling schedule from the original British Railways 1960 archive, compiled by Brian Robertson. It records the running lines, junctions, signal boxes, and stations along this section as worked in the nationalisation era.

Junctions and other features Running Lines Stations, Signal Boxes and Junctions Distance from Signal Box above Loops and Refuge Sidings Notes
Up Down
Maximum permissible speed 60 m.p.h.
1 – ↓ Ryecroft Junction –
2 ↑ ↓ Rushall (Level Crossing) 1m 218yds
3 ? ↑ ↓ Leighswood Sidings 0m 1650yds
↑ ↓ Pelsall Station
4 ↑ ↓ Norton Junction No. 1 1m 241yds
5 ↑ ↓ Brownhills Station 1m 498yds
6 ↑ ↓ Anglesea Sidings 1m 238yds URS 41
7 ↑ ↓ Hammerwich Station 1m 260yds
8 ↑ ↓ Fossway Road Crossing 1m 1400yds
9 ↑ ↓↓ Lichfield No. 1 1m 600yds
10 ↑↑ ↓ Lichfield No. 2 0m 359yds URS 36
11 ↑ ↓ Trent Valley Junction (Level Crossing) 1m 400yds
12 ↑ ↓ Brookway Crossing 1m 1282yds
13 ↑ ↓ Alrewas Station (Level Crossing) 2m 338yds
14 ↑ ↓ Wichnor Sidings (Midland Lines) 1m 239yds
15 ↑ – Wichnor Junction (Midland Lines) 0m 646yds

Source: the original britishrailways1960.co.uk archive (Brian Robertson, 2003 to 2013), restored from the site’s own records. Corrections welcome via the contribute page.

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