TXE2- Telephone Exchange

Alarms

Register

1A1/7136/1

"0" ORD 10

TXE2 significant dates

1966 Thursday 15 December first TXE2 installed in Ambergate

1970 -100 TXE2 Exchanges installed ( according to Comms Museum ) 100th was Bawtry near Doncaster, Yorks. according to https://www.britishtelephones.com/histuk.htm

1974 - 500 txe2 Exchanges installed

1977 - 800 txe2 Exchanges installed, that year POEJJ reported "The manufacture and supply of TXE2 exchanges to the BPO is currently undertaken by the General Electric Company Limited (GEC), Plessey Telecommunications Limited (PTL) and Standard Telephones and Cables Limited (STC). "

1981 there are 6,600 exchanges, 55 million calls per day

1983 (September) 1486 TXE2s (299 TXE4) installed OUT OF 6431 TOTAL

1984 March 1965 TXE out of 6292 total

1993 sept 1301 electronic(TXE2 & TXE4 ?) out of 7537 total local exchanges

1995 June 23rd Last TXE2's taken out of service in Ballycastle, Northern Ireland, Llandovery, Wales and Ramsbury, England

How much did they cost ?

1982- 1983 4.8 million

supply only TXE2 packages £11.2 million

References

I MARTIN, J. Electronic Telephone Exchanges: An Introduction to Switching Network Design. P.O.E.E.J, Vol. 60, p. 124, July 1967.

2 ELEY, A. C., and LowE, W. T. Electronic Telephone Exchanges: Reed Relays for Exchange Systems. P.O.E.E.J., Vol. 60, p. 140, July 1967.

3 ROGERS, B. H. E., and KNAGGS, A. The Post Office Type 12 Relay. P.O.E.E.J., Vol. 57, p. 27, April 1964.

4 TIPPLER, J., LONG, R. C., and RIGBY, D. F. Electronic Telephone Exchanges: Speech-Path Control in Reed-Electronic Exchanges. P.0.E.E.J., Vol. 61, p. 103, July 1968.

5 FRENCH, J. A. T., and LO\VE, W. T. Electronic Telephone Exchanges: Component Selection and Mode of Operation. P.O.E.E.J., Vol. 59, p. 233, Jan. 1967.