signal box en · NOUN
Meanings
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A building, typically adjacent to or spanning a railway line, from where signals, points and (sometimes) level crossings are controlled.
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.
2019 October, Tony Miles, Philip Sherratt, Modern Railways, pages 58–59:
- The alarm-box of a police or fire alarm system.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| signalbox | alternative | lexicographic | |
| signal boxes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (8)
mk свртничарница (a building) · ru сигнальная будка (a building) · cs stavědlo (a building) · ru пост централизации (a building) · fr cabine de signalisation (a building) · bg сигнална кула (a building) · fi asetinlaiterakennus (a building) · de Stellwerk (a building)