Meaning of signal box | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A building, typically adjacent to or spanning a railway line, from where signals, points and (sometimes) level crossings are controlled.
2. The alarm-box of a police or fire alarm system.

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“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⟳.”

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