High Dyke
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A temporary box commissioned at Lea, near Gainsborough, during the Hatfield colliery landslip. It never signalled a train as the route from Doncaster reopened a few days after installation.I recall the painters turning up at a signal box that the bulldozers were going through four days later!
On a similar note, there was the strange case of Maryhill Park Junction: box burned down, new one built and design completed. It was then decided that what were known as the Outer and Inner Circle lines between Anniesland and Maryhill were no longer needed so the box never opened and was sold off, being used for various purposes since then.
Also a Signal Passed at Danger (SPAD) incident at Barkston East signal box on its last day in service. The resulting investigation was curtailed somewhat, when the relevant signals involved were removed that night. The final sentence of the report does conclude "this type of incident will never occur again at this location."