use on 25 June 1939. Both signal boxes were closed on 26 November 1960 when a new "Plymouth Panel Signal Box" was opened on the west end of the new Platform 1; the West box was subsequently demolished. Multiple-aspect signals have controlled movements of trains throughout the Plymouth area since the opening of this new signal box in 1960. The adjacent boxes were initially at Laira Junction in the east and Keyham in the west. The area of control was extended westwards on 2 July 1973 to meet the signal box at , which closed in 1998 so the next signal box westwards is now at Liskeard railway station. Towards the end of 1973 several more signal boxes were closed eastwards from Plymouth, which meant that Plymouth controlled trains until they reached the outer signal of Totnes Signal Box. Totnes box closed on 9 November 1987 when a new panel signal box at Exeter was opened. The Panel Signal Box at the station controls all trains between (but not at) in Devon, and in Cornwall. See also Railways in Plymouth References Further reading External links BBC archive films: Plymouth to Dartmoor train Video footage of Plymouth station Railway stations in Plymouth, Devon Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1877 Railway stations served by Great Western Railway Railway stations served by CrossCountry Former Great Western Railway stations Former London and South Western Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1962 Howard Cavanagh railway stations Ian Campbell railway stations DfT Category C1 stations