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Bollo Lane, LONDON, W4 5LX

London Overground 378204 crosses Bollo Lane with the 12:08 Richmond to Stratford service. Traffic on Bollo Lane can be very heavy and can result in delays to the trains whilst waiting for the crossing barriers to safely close. On the right is Bollo Lane Junction signal box. It was constructed by the London & South Western Railway in 1878 when Acton Curve was introduced, turning Gunnersbury Junction into a triangle. It was built around 200 yards from the junction it controlled in order to give the signal man good visibility of the Bollo Lane Level Crossing. When the curve closed (late 1960's?) the box only controlled the crossing and its associated signals. In the 1970's the adjacent box on the South Acton Junction - Kew Junctions line was closed and Bollo Lane Junction box took over control of the junction and the second Bollo Lane Level Crossing. In 1983 it took on control of the Level Crossing at Acton Central too - using CCTV to monitor the crossing. In June 2012 the box finally closed as signalling and control of the level crossings passed to Acton Wells. The box is the sole surviving example of the L&SWR's 1877 simple box design - it is to be hoped that its historical importance will be recognised. Fuller details of the box can be found at http://www.signalbox.org/gallery/s/bollolanejcn.php .

The barriers of the line to Kew, now only used for freight services can just be seen further on. The signal box is an original London and South Western Railway example from around 1873 and is believed to be the only surviving example of its type. It is Listed Grade II.

The signal box is a Grade II Listed Building being, it is thought, the only surviving example of a certain type built by the London & South Western Railway (LSWR). It dates from 1878 when the LSWR built their Acton Junction line through here, and is thought to be little altered since. Today the line forms a section of the London Overground, here between South Acton station to the right and Gunnersbury station to the left. Bollo Lane is blessed with two level crossings within about 100 metres of one another, the other being here Image