Running in board
{{Short description|Large name sign on railway station platform}}
{{distinguish|Running board}}
File:Signage Cakung.jpg station board]]
File:Hitoyoshi station sign 1.jpg sign in Kumamoto, Japan]]
File:Minobu-station-board.jpg station board at Minobu Station in Yamanashi Prefecture]]
In British English, a running in board is a large sign showing the name of the railway station on which it is found.{{cite book |last1=Shannon |first1=Paul |title=Branch Line Britain: Local Passenger Trains in the Diesel Era |date=2023 |publisher=Pen & Sword Books Limited |location=Barnsley |isbn=978-1-39908-990-6 |page=16}} The signs are intended to inform passengers of their location when on a train entering the station, possibly while still moving at speed. Some signs display the names of the previous and following stations on the line.
In normal circumstances, a two-platform station has one running in board on each platform situated near that end of the platform to which trains serving the platform run in, hence "running in board".
During the Second World War, running in boards and station signs in the United Kingdom were removed{{cite web |title=The Nation at a Standstill: Shutdown in the Second World War |url=https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-nation-at-a-standstill-shutdown-in-the-second-world-war |website=iwm.org.uk |access-date=1 June 2025}}{{cite journal |last1=Foster |first1=Richard |title=Home Front; Britain's railways at war |journal=Rail Magazine |date=30 April 2025 |issue=1,034 |page=57 |publisher=Bauer Media |location=Peterborough|issn=0953-4563}} or obscured to prevent enemy spies or paratroopers from easily discovering their location.
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External links
- [https://sremg.org.uk/infrastr/ribs.shtml Running In Boards] - Southern e-group.
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