The Signal and Telegraph department provides and maintains all of the East Lancashire Railway's signaling equipment. This presently ranges from simple ground frames, signal boxes, signals and also electrical and mechanical detection and interlocking. As the signaling at Bury progresses over the next eighteen months, more help will be essential and is urgently required. The Railway currently has operational signal boxes at Ramsbottom Station, Townsend Fold and Rawtenstall West. Further signal boxes will be commissioned over the next eighteen months as the Heywood line is prepared for opening.
More help is vital to the continued operation of the Railway.
There are currently three staffed stations on the Railway, these being Bury Bolton Street, Ramsbottom and Rawtenstall. Anyone who is interested in joining one of the station teams should enjoy meeting and dealing with the general public. Station staff must also be smart in appearance and polite, so as to create a lasting impression on our visitors, hence, they must be friendly and approachable. The platform staff are responsible for the general safety and well being of the passengers, both ariving at the staion and also boarding trains. Station staff are also responsible for various operational duties whilst trains are in, or approaching the stations.