{"id":47656,"date":"2026-08-14T14:43:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T13:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=47656"},"modified":"2026-08-14T14:43:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T13:43:42","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-signal-box-reopens-as-working-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=47656","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Signal box reopens as working museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"219\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47657\" style=\"width:392px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-2.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-2-300x199.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">image for illustration: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Haslemere_signal_box.jpg\">Murgatroyd49, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Victorian signal box in Surrey is reopening to visitors after being transformed into a heritage attraction, reports BBC News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BBC News writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Grade II-listed Haslemere signal box, which directed trains on the Portsmouth Direct Line until last year, will open on Sunday as part of a project to preserve railway history\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trust chairman Ken Griffiths said volunteers had spent years working to secure the future of the signal box, which dates from 1895.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Griffiths described the signalling system as a \u2018clever bit of an early mechanical computer\u2019\u2026 a system of levers prevented operators from making unsafe signalling decisions\u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cp87yve3dd7o\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image for illustration: Murgatroyd49, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons A Victorian signal box in Surrey is reopening to visitors after being transformed into a heritage attraction, reports BBC News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[668,35,957,77],"class_list":["post-47656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-listed-buildings","tag-museum","tag-railway-heritage","tag-volunteers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47656"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47658,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47656\/revisions\/47658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}