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Victoria Street, ST. ALBANS, AL1 3TA

The signal box was built in 1892 replacing an earlier box on the site. It was prefabricated in Derby as were all Midland Railway Company signal boxes, and believed to have been extended sometime to house more levers that were never installed. The construction is entirely of wood with no foundations. Early in 2002 a group of St Albans residents decided that the signal box at the end of their road had been left to decay for 25 years too many. They decided to save the Grade 2 listed building and formed a Building Preservation Trust. See http://www.sigbox.co.uk .

Looking west from the bridge over the railway. The spire of Trinity United Reformed Church is a prominent landmark.

A row of Edwardian shops running from the junction of Victoria Street with Beaconsfield Road (the road off to the left) to its bridge over the railway (in the background). No 145, the nearest building, has particularly fine terracotta detailing. Most are locally listed.

Row of small shops in Victoria Street built around the turn of the 19th/20th Centuries, opposite was the original site of St Albans City Station (since replaced by a new building beyond the railway bridge in the right background, although a side entrance remains in its original location). Note the terracotta detailing on no 145, the nearest building.

St Albans City railway station, also known simply as St Albans, is one of two railway stations serving the city of St Albans in Hertfordshire, England (the other being St Albans Abbey). The "City" station is the more important of the two, as it is on the better-connected Midland Main Line 19 miles 71 chains (32.0 km) from London St Pancras, being served by Thameslink trains on the Thameslink route.

Corner shop with unusually decorative terracotta panels at eaves level. Locally listed in the Conservation Area review.

St. Albans Railway Station is not shy in proclaiming its identity. See Stacey Harris's photo Image for the context of this close-up.

Being a passing visitor to St Albans, I was not sure what function this curious small building performs or once performed. However, in December 2017 I received this helpful input from John Webb (St Albans Signal Box Preservation Trust member) - "It may have started life as an office for one of the coal merchants who used the City Station goods yard. This closed mid-1960s. It has seen several retail uses since then."

This hut offers a set of tailoring services close to St Albans City station.