gate box

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English

The old gate box at California Crossing, Gloucester, now moved and preserved elsewhere.

Noun

gate box (plural gate boxes)

  1. (rail transport, UK) A signal box that controls a level crossing.
    • 2020 July 1, David Allen, “Signalling from Leeds along the S&C”, in Rail, page 74:
      This 142-year-old tiny ex-LNWR SB is an amazing survivor, probably owing its longevity to its location alongside a level crossing. Indeed it started life as a gate box with the delightful name of Lady Ann's Crossing.