When I was a trainspotter in the 50s and 60s, railway signals were mostly of the semaphore type operated by wires and men in signal boxes, and I don’t remember “signal failure” ever being a cause of disruption to services, whereas nowadays it is a daily occurrence. Is the new technology more trouble than it’s worth, or is my memory at fault?

David Harrison, Brighton

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