Ardmore West Signal Box
Location type
Name and dates
Ardmore West Signal Box (1943-1973)Opened on the Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh Railway.
Description
This wartime signal box of 1943 was north of Moss Road Level Crossing and located on the east side of the railway. The box controlled the approach to the north end of Ardmore Yard, associated with Faslane Military Port. The buffer stops of the eastbound yard were just to the south over Moss Road.
The box was modernised for the electrification of the line in 1960. The yard, in reduced form, surviving for some time afterwards. The box closed in 1973.
Tags
Signal box level crossing Second World War
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