signalbox

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signalbox noun

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

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signal cabin signal box gate box cabin telephone box locking room loosebox pillar box way station floor box pressbox loose-box box junction station-house stationhouse windowbox post box

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