For trains to pass, there are the normal twin flashing red lights as well as the barriers, but additionally the traffic lights are changed to red for the left-right traffic. The stop line to the left is sited far enough away to allow trams also to pass when the road traffic is stopped.The main road traffic retains a green phase for as long as the rail crossing is closed. When the rail barriers are open, the crossing works on a normal phasing pattern. Within this pattern, trams get a proceed signal when the traffic lights are red for the crossing traffic.

Nottingham's first generation of electric trams ran along Vernon Road, the main road alongside the railway, later being replaced by trolleybuses. Panoramic view from three separate images.