in 1985/1986 and replaced by spartan brick-built structures. The privatisation era (1994 – present day) After privatisation in April 1994 the services calling at Bethnal Green were operated by a train operating unit before the franchise was won by West Anglia Great Northern Railway. The table below shows how the franchises that served Bethnal Green have changed over the years: Control of the infrastructure was passed to Railtrack but was then passed to Network Rail in 2002. Services The following off-peak weekday services currently call at Bethnal Green: Operations Signal Boxes By 1900 there were four signal boxes operating in the area: Middle Signal Box was located between East London Junction on the gradient up towards Bethnal Green. Bethnal Green West End box controlled the crossover and west end of the station whilst Bethnal Green East controlled the eastern and northern approaches to the area. Granary Junction was the main signal box controlling the approaches to Bishopsgate Goods Yard (as it was by then) and the sidings at Spitalfields. The first Granary Junction box was opened in 1872 and was replaced in 1880 with both structures being on the south side of the goods lines. This second box lasted until 15 January when a third box was opened this time on the north side of the line. The box had a pioneering electro-pneumatically operated table lever frame produced by McKenzie & Holland and this was preserved when the box closed on 9 October 1966. The frame is now (2021) at the UK National Railway Museum. Bethnal Green West (built 1891) stood at the end of platforms 2 and 3. It was a McKenzie and Holland frame with 84 working levers. Bethnal Green East (built 1891) stood in the area between the Hackney line and the Great Eastern Main line. The box lost its semaphores on 27 November 1935 when the line between Bethnal Green and Hackney Downs was converted to Track Circuit Block and automatic colour light signalling. The area was re-signalled after the war and Bethnal Green West (closed 13 April 1947) and Bethnal Green East (closed 5 February 1949) signal boxes were closed and replaced by a flat roofed brick build structure located in the V between the junction that operated from 6 February 1949 to closure on 25 March 1989 when a further re-signalling scheme saw control transferred to Liverpool Street signalling centre. Timekeepers Office The station