SCRCA Primary Reference: Review of MRC's Weekly Notices for Blea Moor Signal Box

According to entries in the Midland Railway Company's Weekly Notices, the opening dates for the four signal boxes at Blea Moor were:

• Opened 2.8.1875
• Replacement box opened 4.12.1892
• Replacement box opened 28.6.1914
• Replacement box 60 yards to the south opened 16.12.1941

This information was kindly supplied by Dave Harris (the Study Centre Co-ordinator for the Midland Railway Study Centre in Derby).