Dictionary

signal cabin en · NOUN

Meanings

1. Synonym of signal box.
   • The latest 'go live' introduced the new signalling across the complex junction at Baker Street and saw the decommissioning of the signal cabin at Edgware Road, which opened in 1926. 2019 October, “Edgware Rd cabin closes”, in Modern Railways, page 22:
   • Having completed their task, Fireman Page telephoned from a lineside box to the next signal cabin, briefly reported the incident and said that, as no high explosive had dropped and the track was safe, they proposed proceeding "at caution". 1944 July and August, “Top Link Drivers: XXI—Driver H. Blunt, L.N.E.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 226:
   • At Putney Bridge the train description transmissions for eastbound trains must be originated as there is no manned signal cabin on the London Transport system beyond this point; [...]. 1960 December, “More L.T. progress with programme machines”, in Trains Illustrated, page 758:

Forms

Synonyms

signal box