PLATFORM 8 at Carlisle station was the setting for the naming of Direct Rail Services Class 66 No. 66433 Carlisle Power Signal Box 50th Anniversary 1973 – 2023.
Signallers and operations staff past and present gathered for the ceremony on June 7, which was performed by Network Rail senior regional freight manager David Hunter (who was based in the signal box during the 1990s when he was a station announcer at Carlisle) and retired operations manager Ken Harper, who worked for British Rail, Railtrack and Network Rail.