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Barry Station

OPENED: 1897     CLOSED: 2014

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This grand-looking box survived until 2014 at Barry, South Wales, as a monument to Evans, O’Donnell & Co. (who were the contractors that built the box) as two cast iron plates were mounted on the front of the box to say so. When first opened , it was provided with a 117 lever frame, although this was replaced by a standard GWR frame of 115 levers in 1957, shortened to 77 levers in 1964.

The area, which was of course the hub of the Barry Railway network, was originally controlled by a number of boxes, but latterly this box controlled all that remained of the layout. Until the closure of the other boxes, this one carried the name Barry Station, after which it became plain “Barry”.

Barry Station signal box, 20/12/01
Phil Deans

Until 1895, Saxby & Farmer supplied the Barry Railway’s signalling equipment, but a switch was made to Evans & O’Donnell. The design of the box is unusual – it is not a standard Evans, O’Donnell & Co. product, but appears to have been “lifted” from the Great Eastern Railway standard box of the 1884 to 1889 period. Perhaps the architect had recently returned from a holiday on the Norfolk Broads!

Interior of Barry Station signal box, 25/3/78
N L Cadge

Barry signal box closed on 29th June 2014 and was demolished during the weekend of 28th/29th March 2015.