Well-merited

At each station is a level crossing, in addition to others away from stations, and, as both the road and rail traffic are heavy, the gatekeepers (mostly signalmen) are quite busy and have acquired well-merited mention for reducing delays to road traffic to a minimum.

One is reluctant to sour the well-merited tributes paid to Sir Brian Robertson on his retirement from the Chairmanship of the B.T.C.