Meanings
plural signal boxes · alternative signalbox
- rail transportA 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 58–59Synonyms: signal cabin, signal tower
- The alarm-box of a police or fire alarm system.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA building, typically adjacent to or spanning a railway line, from where signals, points and (sometimes) level crossings are controlled.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna building from which signals are sent to control the movements of railway trains
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian сигнална кула
- сигнална кула (signalna kula)a building
Czech stavědlo
- stavědloa building
Finnish asetinlaiterakennus
- asetinlaiterakennusa building
French cabine de signalisation
- cabine de signalisationa building
German Stellwerk
- Stellwerka building
Russian пост централизации, сигнальная будка
- пост централизацииa building
- сигнальная будка (signalʹnaja budka)a building
Cite this entry
signal box. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/signal%20box
“signal box.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/signal%20box. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “signal box,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/signal%20box.
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