signal box
English
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Noun
signal box (plural signal boxes)
- A building, typically adjacent to or spanning a railway line, from where signals, points and (sometimes) level crossings are controlled.
- 2019 October, Tony Miles and Philip Sherratt, Modern Railways, pages 58-59:
- This includes plans to run earlier [Sunday] services on the Derby to Crewe and Skegness routes, which will require Network Rail to open signal boxes on these lines earlier than at present.
- The alarm-box of a police or fire-alarm system.
Synonyms
- (building for control of rail signals): signal cabin