Broomielaw signal box
Broomielaw signal box
![Bee hives stand guard over Broomielaw's ruined box.](http://www.forgottenrelics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image1-409.jpg)
![Fortunately, the windows will never again need cleaning.](http://www.forgottenrelics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image2-409.jpg)
![Both bricks and slates have parted company.](http://www.forgottenrelics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image3-409.jpg)
![The timberwork has perished but its supports look sturdy enough.](http://www.forgottenrelics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image4-406.jpg)
![A new skylight bathes the interior in sunshine.](http://www.forgottenrelics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image5-398.jpg)
![Levers gone; frame still extant.](http://www.forgottenrelics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image6-379.jpg)
![A wooden post hosts pulleys for the points and signals.](http://www.forgottenrelics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image7-352.jpg)
![The office and waiting room are now 'open plan'.](http://www.forgottenrelics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image8-302.jpg)
![On the platform, an elegant canopy has no-one to shelter.](http://www.forgottenrelics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image9-237.jpg)
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![](http://www.forgottenrelics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image5-398.jpg)
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Broomielaw was a private station built for the Bowes-Lyon family although it occasionally welcomed local children. John Bowes was so proud of his little piece of railway that he named one his racehorses after it.
The station first appeared on the public timetable in 1942 and remained open until November 1964. Complete closure came in the spring of 1965 when the line was axed.
The signal box was of a standard design used by the Southern division of the North Eastern Railway. Today it’s in a rather dilapidated state.