Signal box, Grendon Underwood, Buckinghamshire

Photograph taken 1905 © Reproduced by permission of Historic England Archive ref: aa97/05277

The man at the levers has a pocket watch in his waistcoat to check the times of the trains. The coming of the railways in the middle of the 19th century was the first occasion that time needed to be standardised across the country, and the term 'Railway Time' was often used.

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Buckinghamshire Grendon Underwood

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Victorian (1837 - 1901)

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Several steam trains standing at the station platforms, with the Victorian station buildings in the background.Slough Station booking hall, booking office and travel centre were built in 1882. The Great Western Railway from London to Bristol was built in the 1830s and the first Slough Station opened in 1840. The present station is the fifth one and was built when the number of lines was increased.

Signal box, Grendon Underwood, Buckinghamshire

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