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- According to the Signal Box Register published by Network Rail in February 2013, Carlisle Powerbox was built in 1973 and it contains an 'NX Panel' dating from the same year.
- When it opened, it replaced "approximately 30 lever boxes on the busy west coast main line so that it now safely controls all the train movements from just north of Carnforth, right up to Kirkpatrick Flemming, twelve miles north of Carlisle. ... it also controls several lines radiating from Carlisle:- North to Annan on the ‘Glasgow & South West’ line, East to Corby Gates on the Newcastle line, West to Wigton on the Cumbria coast line, South to Cotehill on the Settle-Carlisle line. As well as the main line and its “branches” the power signal box is also responsible for both Kingmoor and Upperby goods yards."
Source: http://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/carlisle-signal-box-is-30-years-old# - According to the same article: in 2003 it was operated by just 3 signallers and it also housed the station announcer for Carlisle Citadel Station.
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