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  2. ABC Rail Guide - Wikipedia

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    The guide was first published in 1853 [2] by William Tweedie of 337 Strand, London, under the title The ABC or Alphabetical Railway Guide.It had the subtitle: How and when you can go from London to the different stations in Great Britain, and return; together with the fares, distances, population, and the cab fares from the different stations.

  3. Level crossings in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    In fact, between 1845 and 1933, [3] there was a 4 miles per hour (6.4 km/h) speed limit on level crossings of turnpike roads adjacent to stations for lines whose authorising act of Parliament had been consolidated in the Railways Clauses Consolidation Act 1845 although this limit was at least sometimes (and possibly often) disregarded. [4] [a] [5]

  4. Level crossings by country - Wikipedia

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    Malaysian railway crossing. Example : 2°34'54.3"N 102°36'05.0"E Malaysian level crossing usually made out of white pole, 2 lights, white and red crossbuck, and yellow and black gate. This model is similar to the most-used crossing at Jakarta (Example : 6°09'45.7"S 106°50'30.9"E) but with different gate and color.

  5. Level crossing - Wikipedia

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    Other names include railway level crossing, [1] railway crossing (chiefly international), grade crossing or railroad crossing (chiefly American), [2] road through railroad, criss-cross, train crossing, and RXR (abbreviated). There are more than 100,000 level crossings in Europe and more than 200,000 in North America.

  6. Level junction - Wikipedia

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    A diamond crossing between 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) standard gauge and 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in), broad gauge exists at Ararat in Victoria, Australia [citation needed]. At Porthmadog , in the United Kingdom , there is a flat-crossing between the single track standard gauge Cambrian Line and the narrow-gauge Welsh Highland Railway ( 1 ft 11 + 1 ...

  7. Level Crossing Removal Project - Wikipedia

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    In 2021, the government announced a further ten level crossing removals and four level crossing closures would occur by 2025, bringing the total planned level crossing removals to 85 by 2025. [4] [5] In 2022, the Andrews government announced the removal of an additional 25 level crossings by 2030, bringing the total to 110.

  8. Crossbuck - Wikipedia

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    A crossbuck is a traffic sign used to indicate a level railway crossing. It is composed of two slats of wood or metal of equal length, fastened together on a pole in a saltire formation (resembling the letter X). Crossbucks are often supplemented by electrical warnings of flashing lights, a bell, and/or a boom barrier that descends to block the ...

  9. Helpston railway station - Wikipedia

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    Out of all level crossings in the United Kingdom, this has the longest stretch of road between the barriers, crossing six tracks (grouped as four tracks of the 125 mph East Coast Mainline, and two tracks of the Birmingham–Peterborough line). As of January 2021, the crossing was assessed to have a "very high" collective risk rating. [3] [4]