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A level crossing is an intersection where a railway line crosses a road, path, or (in rare situations) airport runway, at the same level, [1] as opposed to the railway line crossing over or under using an overpass or tunnel.
Accidents at railway level crossings remain a very serious concern, such as when a truck entered a level crossing and collided with the Taroko Express in Jan 17, 2012. The Taiwan Railway Administration alone has hundreds of level crossings along its routes of slightly more than 1,100 kilometres (680 mi). On average, there is a level crossing ...
Level crossing incidents in the United Kingdom (6 P) Railroad crossing accidents in the United States (17 P) V. Level crossing incidents in Vietnam (1 P)
On the Taieri Gorge Railway in rural South Island, roads and railways share the same bridge when crossing a river, with the rail line in the road.Motorists, as well as giving way to oncoming traffic if required (the bridges have one lane) must ensure that the bridge is clear of a train, end to end, before starting to cross the bridge.
Gated level crossings were mandatory from 1839, but initial rules were for the gates to be ordinarily kept closed across the highway. [6] The original form of road level crossing on British railways dates from 1842 onwards, [6] [7] it consisted of two or four wooden gates (one or two on each side of the railway). When open to road traffic, the ...
A level junction (or in the United Kingdom a flat crossing) is a railway junction that has a track configuration in which merging or crossing railroad lines provide track connections with each other that require trains to cross over in front of opposing traffic at grade (i.e. on the level).
October 7 – Canada – The Dorion level crossing accident: In Dorion, Quebec, a chartered school bus carrying teenage students to a dance stopped at a level crossing while a Canadian National Railway passenger train passed through, but then one or more youths deliberately raised the barrier arm although a freight train approached in the other ...
The level crossing at Clayton Road, Clayton prior to its removal. As of 2014, there were 176 level crossings left on metropolitan Melbourne's rail network (5 of which involved tram lines) and 228 places where railways had been separated from roads; [15] by the end of the Level Crossing Removal Project (LXRP), 66 level crossings will remain. [16]