Staverton station on the South Devon Railway. Here, on this museum line, there is still a manually controlled gate (MG). These legacy gated crossings are locally operated by a signaller or other railway staff. They consist of wooden or metal gates that close against road traffic and may be operated by hand. When closed to road traffic, the gates are detected/locked and the protecting signal/s can be released. The signalman is now closing the gate for the road traffic. When locked, he can open the signal for railway trafffic in the signal box.
