Steam railway seeks to rebuild signal box

The steam railway hopes to rebuild the signal box as it would have looked before it was demolished

A steam railway has submitted plans to recreate a signal box.

Many of the original bricks have been reclaimed to rebuild the Horsehay and Dawley box on the Telford Steam Railway, staff from the railway said.

It was originally built in 1883 and the railway said the revamped site would not be operational at first but would be open for visitors to view inside.

Paul Sanderson, from the railway, said he wanted to "simulate as near as possible what it would have looked like".

The line closed to passenger trains in 1962 and the original signal box was demolished in the same year, according to the application.

The steam railway charity now runs steam and diesel days on Sundays and bank holidays, from Easter until the end of September, as well as Christmas specials.

The original signal box was built in the late 19th Century

Mr Sanderson added: “The signal box is important as we want to recreate the whole of the Horsehay and Dawley station site as near as possible to what it was like before it was closed to the public and demolished."

The foundations for the box still exist along with approximately two metres of the lower part of the walls, up to the platform level.

The plans will be considered by Telford and Wrekin Council planning officers at a future date.

This news was gathered by the Local Democracy Reporting Service which covers councils and other public service organisations.