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Meaning of signal box | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

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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Examples

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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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