Lincoln Central Railway Station - Resignalling

Resignalling

Network Rail instituted a major resignalling scheme for Lincoln Central during the years 2007–2008 which saw:

• the replacement of the semaphore signals with colour light signals,
• the concentration of all signalling control into one signal box rather than the previous four,
• track relaying, and ballasting
• new points and crossovers which allow all three through platforms at Lincoln to be used in both directions and allows trains from the east to enter the two bay platforms (1 & 2) directly.

As a direct result, terminating trains no longer need to shunt from one side of the station to the other to take up their return workings, reducing turnaround times for terminating trains and improve train service punctuality and reliability.

As part of the overall scheme, Lincoln Central's platforms have been renumbered from 3–7 to 1–5: (the current platform 1 was previously platform 3, 2 was 4 etc.)

All four existing signal boxes - High Street, East Holmes, West Holmes and Pelham Street Junction - were closed and replaced by a new state of the art signalling centre near the West Holmes box. It is likely that the West Holmes and Pelham Street boxes will eventually be demolished, but the High Street and East Holmes boxes are listed buildings so should be preserved.

This work was completed as planned and the station reopened on 1 September 2008.