A display unit for a passage control device, having a housing that has a front side, a rear side and an encircling circumferential side connecting the front side and rear side to one another. A display surface is integrated in the front side of the housing. The housing has an optical signaling apparatus that consists of front and rear light bands that are able to be actuated by a computing unit of the passage control device. The front light strip is arranged between the front and circumferential sides and the rear light strip is arranged between the rear and circumferential sides such that the front light strip is visible in a plan view of the front side and the rear light strip is visible in a plan view of the rear side.