Crossing gate mechanism with integrated maintenance status alarm

A crossing gate system comprising:

• one or more crossing gate arm(s), and
• a crossing gate mechanism comprising:
• an enclosure housing multiple electric and electronic components including a control unit configured to operate the crossing gate mechanism and associated crossing gate arm,
• a cover for opening and closing the enclosure, wherein the cover is moveable between a closed position and an open position,
• an operating mode switch, wherein a first position of the operating mode switch is associated with a normal operating mode and a second position of the operating mode switch is associated with a maintenance mode, and
• a status alarm circuit,
• wherein the enclosure houses at least one sensing device,
• wherein the cover comprises a detectable device,
• wherein the detectable device is arranged in the cover such that, when the cover is moved into the closed position, the detectable device comes in proximity to the at least one sensing device, and the at least one sensing device is configured to generate a signal indicating that the cover is in the closed position, and
• wherein the status alarm circuit is configured to issue an alarm when the operating mode switch is in the second position associated with the maintenance mode and the cover is in the closed position.