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Elmshall Place, ST. ALBANS, AL1 3BJ

St Albans South Signal Box was built in 1892 but was closed in 1980. It then became derelict but was restored from 2005 and was opened to the public in 2009. Tours include a chance to try the 44 levers. The volunteers are very knowledgeable and welcoming. The fast trains from St Pancras pass by the box and make it shake. The steps are designed so that if the signal person falls through the door they won’t fall straight down the steps. For more information on the signal box see the Trust's website at http://www.tlr.ltd.uk/sigbox/home.eb

The multi-storey car park opened in 2008. Built on the site of the former St Albans engine shed, which was demolished in 1965. The part of the building to the left of the tower containing the stairs and lifts is a block of flats which form one side of this complex. Just to the left of this is the roof of a new block of flats, just completed and not yet on the maps. The long low redbrick building in the middle of the photograph is a relay room controlling signals in the St Albans City station area from the power signal box at West Hampstead. On the Down Fast line a 319 unit approaches St Albans City station. This photo was taken from the top of the stairs at the preserved St Albans South signal box. (See Image)

St Albans South Signal Box was built in 1892 but was closed in 1980. It then became derelict but was restored from 2005 and was opened to the public in 2009. Tours include a chance to try the 44 levers. The volunteers are very knowledgeable and welcoming. The fast trains from St Pancras pass by the box and make it shake. This is one of six information panels in the box. For more information on the signal box see the Trust's website at http://www.tlr.ltd.uk/sigbox/home.eb

St Albans South Signal Box was built in 1892 but was closed in 1980. It then became derelict but was restored from 2005 and was opened to the public in 2009. Tours include a chance to try the 44 levers. The volunteers are very knowledgeable and welcoming. The fast trains from St Pancras pass by the box and make it shake. This is one of six information panels in the box. For more information on the signal box see the Trust's website at http://www.tlr.ltd.uk/sigbox/home.eb

St Albans South Signal Box was built in 1892 but was closed in 1980. It then became derelict but was restored from 2005 and was opened to the public in 2009. Tours include a chance to try the 44 levers. The volunteers are very knowledgeable and welcoming. The fast trains from St Pancras pass by the box and make it shake. This is one of six information panels in the box. For more information on the signal box see the Trust's website at http://www.tlr.ltd.uk/sigbox/home.eb

St Albans South Signal Box was built in 1892 but was closed in 1980. It then became derelict but was restored from 2005 and was opened to the public in 2009. Tours include a chance to try the 44 levers. The volunteers are very knowledgeable and welcoming. The fast trains from St Pancras pass by the box and make it shake. This is one of six information panels in the box. For more information on the signal box see the Trust's website at http://www.tlr.ltd.uk/sigbox/home.eb

St Albans South Signal Box was built in 1892 but was closed in 1980. It then became derelict but was restored from 2005 and was opened to the public in 2009. Tours include a chance to try the 44 levers. The volunteers are very knowledgeable and welcoming. The fast trains from St Pancras pass by the box and make it shake. This is one of six information panels in the box. For more information on the signal box see the Trust's website at http://www.tlr.ltd.uk/sigbox/home.eb

Taken from a similar viewpoint to Image, this photo shows the refaced and slightly reshaped "Ziggurat" building starting to emerge from its cocoon of scaffolding that has surrounded it for about a year.

St Albans South Signal Box was built in 1892 but was closed in 1980. It then became derelict but was restored from 2005 and was opened to the public in 2009. Tours include a chance to try the 44 levers. The volunteers are very knowledgeable and welcoming. The fast trains from St Pancras pass by the box and make it shake. This is one of six information panels in the box. For more information on the signal box see the Trust's website at http://www.tlr.ltd.uk/sigbox/home.eb

The Ziggurat (see Image) seen over the rooftops of London Road from the Clock Tower. On the skyline in the far distance is an office block in Potters Bar.