St Albans South signal box, built by the Midland Railway in 1892 and discarded by BR in 1980, was restored by a charitable Preservation Trust and opened to the public in 2009. This Grade 2 listed box is the largest Midland box in preservation and uniquely stands where it actually worked, adjacent to the Midland main line by St Albans City Station. Downstairs there is an exhibition of signalling and other railway items, upstairs the restored frame and replacement instruments show how the box worked shortly before closure.
The grounds around the box have been made into an attractive garden area with some working signals and other items on show.
Entry is FREE, and every visitor gets an Edmundson card ticket as a souvenir – we always welcome donations, of course!
Light refreshments (tea/coffee/squash/biscuits) are available when we are open.
There is wheelchair access to the ground floor, including the toilet, but we regret the nature of the building precludes wheelchair access to the first floor.
We are in Ridgmont Road, St Albans – AL1 3AJ, at the bottom of the NR carpark – full location details on our website www.sigbox.co.uk.
We are open as follows in 2011 :
Jan 15th/16th: 10am to 4pm in parallel with the annual Chiltern Model Railway Association show at St Albans Arena.
Open 2pm-5pm on:
Feb 13th,
March 13th,
April 10th and 24th (Easter Sunday),
May 8th and 22nd
June 12th and 26th
July 10th and 24th
August 14th and 28th (Sunday of Bank Holiday weekend)
September 10th and 11th - Heritage Open Days - extended opening 10am-4pm
Open 2pm-5pm:
September 25th
October 9th
November 13th
December 11th
Any changes to the above will be put on our website up to three months before the alteration takes place.
To save you writing all this down, we have available now a 2011 Calender in full colour - twelve pictures of the box exterior and interior - the exterior ones also usually include part of the garden or are of the items on display there. Size is A4 and under each photo for each month there is an 'engagements' style grid for the month on which are printed our opening dates.
A copy costs £7.50 + p&p - contact [email protected] to order one.
New attractions expected for 2011:
Full computer simulator in operation by Easter to allow 'trains' on all tracks
Four-aspect signal sequence display in the garden
MR Ground frame and hut working ground disc signals
John Webb
(Publicity Officer, St Albans Signal Box Preservation Trust)
The grounds around the box have been made into an attractive garden area with some working signals and other items on show.
Entry is FREE, and every visitor gets an Edmundson card ticket as a souvenir – we always welcome donations, of course!
Light refreshments (tea/coffee/squash/biscuits) are available when we are open.
There is wheelchair access to the ground floor, including the toilet, but we regret the nature of the building precludes wheelchair access to the first floor.
We are in Ridgmont Road, St Albans – AL1 3AJ, at the bottom of the NR carpark – full location details on our website www.sigbox.co.uk.
We are open as follows in 2011 :
Jan 15th/16th: 10am to 4pm in parallel with the annual Chiltern Model Railway Association show at St Albans Arena.
Open 2pm-5pm on:
Feb 13th,
March 13th,
April 10th and 24th (Easter Sunday),
May 8th and 22nd
June 12th and 26th
July 10th and 24th
August 14th and 28th (Sunday of Bank Holiday weekend)
September 10th and 11th - Heritage Open Days - extended opening 10am-4pm
Open 2pm-5pm:
September 25th
October 9th
November 13th
December 11th
Any changes to the above will be put on our website up to three months before the alteration takes place.
To save you writing all this down, we have available now a 2011 Calender in full colour - twelve pictures of the box exterior and interior - the exterior ones also usually include part of the garden or are of the items on display there. Size is A4 and under each photo for each month there is an 'engagements' style grid for the month on which are printed our opening dates.
A copy costs £7.50 + p&p - contact [email protected] to order one.
New attractions expected for 2011:
Full computer simulator in operation by Easter to allow 'trains' on all tracks
Four-aspect signal sequence display in the garden
MR Ground frame and hut working ground disc signals
John Webb
(Publicity Officer, St Albans Signal Box Preservation Trust)
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