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level crossing
Sign in to saveAlso known as grade crossing, road through railroad, railroad crossing, RXR, rrxing, railroad xing, level xing, level crossings
place where a road crosses a railway at the same level
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Encyclopedic overview
Many level crossings, especially those with no barriers such as this one in Wales, are marked by crossed beams (US: crossbucks) to warn road users A level crossing at Hoylake, Merseyside, England, with a train passing
A level crossing is an intersection where a railway line crosses a road, path, or (in rare situations) airport runway, at the same level, as opposed to the crossing using an overpass or tunnel. The term also applies when a light rail line with separate right-of-way or reserved track crosses a road in the same fashion. Other names include railway level crossing, railway crossing (chiefly Australian), grade crossing/railroad crossing (chiefly American), road through railroad, criss-cross, train crossing, and RXR.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “level crossing” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.