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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 or the road etc. crossing over or under using an overpass or tunnel.
A level crossing with obstacle detection systems at Pevensey & Westham, East Sussex, England. Level crossings in the United Kingdom started out as crossings with gates opened manually by a signalman. These were standard all across the network until mechanised barriers started to be introduced.
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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 ...
July 1967 — Korat level crossing disaster — At least forty were killed and thirty-nine were injured, when an overcrowded bus was hit by an express train in Nakhon Ratchasima. [citation needed] May 1988 — Takhli level crossing disaster — A track slammed into the side of a Lopburi−Pitsanulok passenger train, at least twenty-seven were ...
Level Cross may refer to: Level crossing, intersection where a road crosses a railway at the same level Level crossing signals, services used to warn pedestrians and drivers of incoming trains at level crossings; Level crossings by country; Level Cross, Randolph County, North Carolina; Level Cross, Surry County, North Carolina
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)
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).