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London Bridge was opened by the Southern Railway on 17th June 1928. It was an non standard 3 story all-brick structure built to a similar outline as the Southern Railway Type 11 and 12 designs, and was fitted with a 311 lever Westinghouse Brake & Saxby Signal Co. Ltd. Style 'K' style frame.
On the 19th Aril 1969 the Brighton Bell was an unusual visitor having been diverted from Victoria.The coloured light signals are visible. The lever frame controlled 216 signals, and 79 sets of points, also provided were 2 illuminated track diagrams. London Bridge was and still is a terminus station with 4 through tacks to Cannon Street and Charing Cross stations. To open a separate aerial view of London Bridge station use this link
The signal box was closed on 19th April 1976 when signalling of the area was taken over by London Bridge Area Signal Center.
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Interior of the all electric signal box at London Bridge station, Southern Railway from the cigarette card. Clearly taken from the photgraph above. The rear of the card states it is of Brighton signal box, however it's clearly the interior of London Bridge signal box. The best guess is that Southern Railway publicity department wanted a signal box interior, and the available picture was of London Bridge, so London Bridge was used for the Brighton signal box picture. |
Attached is Southern Railway signal instruction 20 notice of 1928 and signal instruction 20 track diagram of 1928 ) for London Bridge signalbox, this covers the London Bridge track layout. These diagram(s) are taken from the website of the Signalling Record Society Research Note37. These images are copyright of the Signalling Record Society, and reproduced by permission.
London Bridge to Brighton (Main & Local Lines ) Southbound
Bricklayers Arms Junction signal box was the adjacent signalbox.
London Bridge to Dover Marine (via Tonbridge) SECR line
To the South, Spa Road signal box was the adjacent box, Spa Road signal box was closed on 1st December 1929 and North Kent East Junction signal box (2m 539yds away) became the adjacent box until closure
Bricklayers Arms to North Kent East Junction LBSCR line
Bricklayers Arms Junction signal box was replaced by a new box (1m 1675yds away) on 8th October 1950. Bricklayers Arms Junction signal box was closed on 20th July 1975 and London Bridge PSB became the adjacent box.
London Bridge to Cannon Street & Blackfrairs station lines
To the North, Borough Market Junction signal box (642yds away) was the adjacent box until closure.
London Bridge to Victoria (South London Lines )
Peckham Rye "C" was the next adjacent box. Peckham Rye "C" box was closed on 13/04/1969 when the box was replaced by a panel installed in Bricklayers Arms Junction.
London Bridge "A", a South Eastern & Chatham Railway box,
London Bridge "B", a South Eastern & Chatham Railway box opened on 25/05/1902, and fitted with a 148 lever frame,
London Bridge "C" a South Eastern & Chatham Railway box opened on 13/04/1902, and fitted with a 47 lever frame,
London Bridge North, a London, Brighton & South Coast Railway box opened in 1878 (probably a Saxby & Farmer design), and fitted with a Saxby & Farmer '1874 Patent Rocker & Gridiron' frame consisting of two 140 lever frames which were interlocked using common interlocking,
London Bridge South, a Saxby & Farmer Type 5 design box opened in 1878 for the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway, and fitted with a 98 lever Saxby & Farmer '1874 Patent Rocker & Gridiron' frame,
Up Croydon Line Junction, a South Eastern & Chatham Railway box opened on 28/09/1902, and fitted with a 12 lever frame,
Abbey Street, a London, Brighton & South Coast Railway box opened on 19/10/1909, and fitted with a 22 lever frame,
St. James' Road, a London, Brighton & South Coast Railway box opened on 19/10/1909, and was fitted with a 23 lever frame,
South Bermondsey Junction, a London, Brighton & South Coast Railway box opened in 1875, and fitted with a 56 frame
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