Railways 1800's

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In the 1911 Census women employed on the Railways were only classified under;
Officials, Clerks 1,120, out of a total of 85,922
 Ticket- Examiners, Collectors, Checkers 19, out of a total of 3,426
Pointsmen, Level Crossing Men 341, out of a total of 14,833
Other Railway Servants 1,156, out of a total of 43,924

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In the 1921 Census 658,323 men and 23,816 women are shown as being employed by the Railway Companies

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Very few if any women worked in operating railway grades before WW1. The principal exception was occupation crossing keepers, where the crossing keeper was on duty 24 hours a day tied to her home which went with the crossing, and would open the crossing gates perhaps 3 times per week! I believe a few women worked as guards during WW1, but traincrew grades were not open to women before the mid 1980s.Even then between the mid 1980s and 1990s when I retired women took over a traincrew depot rather than mixed with men at a depot, I have no knowledge of figures, but I do know the vast majority of women drivers and guards were concentrated at a very few depots, mainly I understand in the London area.

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Very few if any women worked in operating railway grades before WW1. The principal exception was occupation crossing keepers,

341 in 1911

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Occupational crossing keepers mainly, plus a very few signalwomen?