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After the Ufton Nervet rail crash, there have been increased efforts to review the placing of level crossings and to eliminate them where this is practicable.In the UK it has also been suggested that cameras similar to the type used to detect drivers who run traffic lights be deployed at level crossings, and that penalties for ignoring signals should be much more severe.
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.
Level crossing signals are electronic warning devices for road vehicles at railroad level crossings. Level crossings can be operated in various ways. In some countries such as the UK, the warning devices are more often than not activated by remote control, I.e. an operator pressing buttons. However, the majority of countries have automated systems.
A KiwiRail proposal to close five level crossings in the Wairarapa regarded as hazardous aroused mass local opposition. [18] At a Wairarapa level crossing where a woman was seriously injured, police ticketed sixteen drivers in one day! [19] Objections were also raised in 2024 to KiwiRail's estimated cost of keeping a Masterton crossing open. [20]
The semaphore arms were augmented by gas illuminated lights at the top (green and red) to increase visibility of the signal at night. However, in January 1869, the gas used to illuminate the lights at the top leaked and caused an explosion, injuring the police operator.
[1]: 7 The RAIB investigated the cause, and found that the crossing was being operated locally by a level crossing attendant who had not received instruction from the signaller (at Thames Valley Signalling Centre in Didcot [1]: 9 ) to close the crossing. The report concluded that the incident was likely a result of work overload on the signaller.
Helpston level crossing itself carries the Helpston to Glinton road over the four tracks of the ex-GNR line and the two tracks of the ex-MR line. This was previously two separate level crossings, controlled by two separate signal boxes. There was space for two cars between the level crossings.
Efforts to remove level crossings are done in the UK by Network Rail and in Melbourne as part of the Level Crossing Removal Project. The London Extension of the Great Central Railway, built between 1896 and 1899, was the first fully grade-separated railway of this type in the UK. This also applies to light rail and even to street cars.