One day in Severn preview

[@stuartb3663]

Going to get this one

[@mccoy79productions66]

Nice share!

[@video125com]

Thanks. Many of our Driver's eye views take us inside various signal boxes. For example on the Cumbrian Coast or Chiltern Take Two - in many cases signal boxes that have long since been abolished. However we also show modern signalling centres. For example all FIVE responsible for Eurostar services from Brussels to London. We haven't made another production like One Day in Severn based entirely on the signalling though.

[@chelmswoodjunction]

what a great program i will be purchasing this one for my collection

[@HenrysAdventures]

Very interesting! I must get this one!

[@A_10_PaAng_111]

6:22 The guy hanging out the first car...who is he waving to and why is he carrying on like that O.o ?

[@claretbadger]

flailing or bashing

[@TheAudiostud]

I wanted to know that too?

[@welshpete12]

I think he was the guard , wanting to know why they couldn't just run straight in the platform . and if he should get off the train and go to the phone at the signal man .

[@bussesandtrains1218]

it was a diesel enthusiast strange lads they are, they think flailing their arms around like spastics is normal, and indeed thats whats happening there

[@szymongorczynski7621]

Was this signalbox abolished or did Network Rail keep it considering it's Europe's biggest mechanical one?

[@edwardianeccentric]

It is still in daily use, not because it is the largest but because the costs of resignalling the Shrewsbury area have so far proved prohibitive.

[@szymongorczynski7621]

edwardianeccentric I have already found that out but thanks. Now it's the world's biggest box!

[@sebastianfrost9969]

Saturday the 30th june 1990

[@PEK-97]

It's incredible that this signal box is still in use to this day. Network Rail even did a little refurbishment in 2021: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3yso6N3htiioNE (If you compare the two videos you can see that this box has not changed at all in these 30 years!)

[@GeorgeUKCFC]

I've actually been in that box.

[@davidimhoff2118]

Wow 6/30/90 was my mom and stepdads marriage date lol

[@oldschoolpaul73]

Still going strong in 2024, wouldn’t mind betting it will be in 2034 too.

[@choirboyfromhell1]

Helluva Tower!!!!!

[@MrBnsftrain]

I'm pretty sure this is now automated with modern signals!

[@dkbmaestrorules]

No, still there, and now the world's largest surviving mechanical signal box!

[@shaunjenks5768]

no still here in 2019, and still going strong with almost twice as many train movements now as there was when this was filmed in 1990 and more additional services coming over the next couple of years. Shrewsbury is seeing a kind of railway rennaisance right now with both passenger numbers and services doubling since privatisation. Platform 3 is now back in full operational service and the station and canopys are undergoing full referbishment. All new rolling stock will also be put into service over the next few years and from May 2019 Shrewsbury will see 3 trains per hour to Birmingham.