gate box

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 [signal box, at Batley] 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.