A
turnstile, also called a
baffle gate, is a form of
gate which allows one person to pass at a time. It can also be made so as to enforce one-way traffic of people, and in addition, it can restrict passage only to people who insert a coin, a ticket, a pass, or similar. Thus a turnstile can be used in the case of
paid access (sometimes called a
faregate when used for this purpose), for example
public transport as a ticket barrier or a
pay toilet, or to restrict access to authorized people, for example in the lobby of an office building.