had another structure that was similar in appearance to the signal box but was in fact a timekeepers office. Here the planned train service was monitored and where trains were running late their performance was communicated out to signallers down the line. The statistics would have also been used by the GE and later LNER to understand how the service was running. The box opened in approximately 1891 and continued in use until after nationalisation. It was located on the up local platform which was demolished after closure in December 1946 (although the box had gone before closure). However two posts were transferred to the new box in 1949 and in the early years the function of the timekeepers there was: Lean out of the window and get the next working (as advised by the crew shouting the details) of any light engines (locomotive only ) moves that were proceeding towards Liverpool Street. This was then telephoned though to the main panel at Liverpool Street station. The second was to input the Liverpool Street platform details into a train describer again to assist the operation of the terminus station. Accidents On 4 September 1953, a passenger train derailed when a set of points moved under it. On 17 June 1962, a southbound passenger train was derailed due to a track fault. Seventeen passengers were injured. On 12 February 1964 a train of empty stock was derailed when a set of points moved underneath it. The location was very similar to the 1962 accident at the eastern end of the station. Spitalfields Engine Shed There was a small single track engine shed on the south side of the line as part of the Spitalfields goods yard. Precise opening date is unknown but thought to be late 1860s/early 1870s with its earliest mention being in 1872. It housed shunting locomotives that worked Bishopsgate Goods depot and the Spitalfields coal sidings which were in use 24 hours per day. The locomotives allocated were generally GE classes such as GER Class C72 (LNE classification J68), GER Class R24 (LNE classification J67) and GER Class S56 (LNE classification J69) and allocated to Stratford engine shed. In the late 1950s traffic declined and a single diesel shunter was able to deal with the traffic. As a result, the shed closed c1959/60. References External links Railway station Former Great Eastern Railway stations Railway stations in the London