What is Level crossing?
Posted on:1/3/2006
| The term level crossing (also called: railroad crossing, railway crossing or grade crossing) is a crossing on one level - without recourse to a bridge or tunnel - used to describe the crossing of a railway line by a road, path, or other railroad.
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It also applies when a light rail line with separate right-of-way (or a reserved track tramway) crosses a road; the term "metro" usually means by definition that there are no level crossings (i.e. that the system is grade-separated).
A level crossing at Chertsey, England, as the barriers rise
A level crossing with flashing lights but no barriers on the Tyne And Metro, England.