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3 unusual facts about Crewe railway station


Crewe North Junction signal box

Crewe North Junction signal box is located on the junction to the North of Crewe railway station between the Chester Lines and the West Coast Main Line.

Crewe North Junction signal box is signal box with a Westinghouse All Electric Style 'L' lever frame which was commissioned, along with Crewe South Junction signal box (which also had a Westinghouse Style 'L' frame), on 29 March 1940 as part of a resignalling project at Crewe railway station.

Crewe railway station

Built in fields near to Crewe Hall, it originally served the village of Crewe with a population (c. 1831) of just 70 residents.



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