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In Norway, level crossings have crossbucks colored in a white background with a red border, with similar lights to the German crossings, although the white light flash when the crossing is clear, instead of a yellow warning light, and the red light flashes, as do the lights on the barriers.
The Langenweddingen rail disaster near Magdeburg in East Germany caused 94 deaths. It occurred on 6 July 1967 at the village of Langenweddingen, today part of the Sülzetal municipality, on the Magdeburg–Thale railway in the then East Germany when a bilevel train struck a fuel tanker, which exploded as a result of the collision, at a level crossing of Highway 81.
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 or the road etc. crossing over or under using an overpass or tunnel.
Level crossing with barriers ahead or: Level crossing without barriers ahead Level crossing (single track) or: Level crossing (multiple tracks) or: Roadworks: or: Other danger Austria Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Czechia Denmark Estonia Finland France and Monaco Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy, San Marino, and ...
In contrast to the American "railroad crossing", Australian signs say "railway crossing" or "tramway crossing". (Most cases where a tram in its own right-of-way crosses a road do not use a crossbuck and so are regular intersections rather than level crossings.) Different countries may classify the sign differently.
The Guidelines for the Safety of Road Construction Sites (RSA, German: Richtlinien für die verkehrsrechtliche Sicherung von Arbeitsstellen an Straßen) [15] Each sign has an assigned number. The suffix number after the hyphen refers to the variation of the sign; the suffix on signs with variable numbers is the number depicted on the sign (for ...
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)
Gives information to snowplough crews. A yellow or white 'V' shape indicates 'lower snowplough', an inverted yellow or white 'V' indicates 'raise snowplough'. These are placed to warn the crew to raise the snowplough so as to avoid hitting any obstructions at rail level, such as level crossings/grade crossings.