right-away signal

English

Noun

right-away signal (plural right-away signals)

1. (rail transport, UK) A signal given to a train driver by the guard of the train, or a member of station staff, that the train is ready to depart.
   • 1963 October, “News and Comment”, in Modern Railways, page 228:

     Travelling porters do not ride in the trains at off-peak times, when guards supervise boarding and alighting and give the right-away signal if no station staff is available, for if only there is only one station porter on duty he may be on the opposite platform.