Section 24: Kind of fixed stop signals for approaching trains

The stop signal which control the movement of trains approaching a station in a double line automatic block territory shall also be either manually operated or a semi-automatic home signal as in rule 19, and other provision of the said rule remaining same and equally applicable, except that it shall be placed outside all connections at an adequate distance of not less than one hundred twenty meters;

In case of single line such approach stop signals shall always be manually operated stop signal for each direction, and it shall be located outside all connections at an adequate distance of not less than one hundred eighty meters;