PLANS have been submitted to carry out necessary repair work to a piece of Warrington’s railway heritage. Network Rail is seeking listed building consent to refurbish Monks Siding Signal Box in Sankey Bridges and give it the loving attention that it rightly deserves. The Grade II-listed building sits on Quay Fold next to the railway line which connects Warrington Bank Quay and Liverpool South Parkway train stations. It was built in 1875 and still retains its original 20-lever LNWR tumbler frame. The signal box is a two-storey timber framed structure. The ground floor houses signalling equipment which is operated by a signaller from the first floor.
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High Speed 2 (HS2) stations in Manchester and Leeds face a major design rethink following publication of the National Infrastructure Commission’s (NIC’s)
Current plans are for terminus stations in both cities, but the report says that through stations offer better connectivity, higher capacity and better operational efficiency in city centres.
Expedition Engineering director Alistair Lenczner said that building terminus stations in both cities would repeat problems caused by 19th century railway planning.
Manchester and Leeds originally had terminus stations that were either replaced by new through stations or modified to allow some through running. Other cities whose terminus stations were eventually replaced by through stations include York, Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh and Newcastle.