Last updated: December 2008.

Part 9: Level crossings

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1. Introduction
   • Purpose
   • Level crossings
   • Scope of document
2. Responsibilities for level crossings
   • Need for cooperation between rail and road authorities
   • What is a level crossing?
   • Legal status of level crossings
   • Types of level crossings
   • New level crossings
   • Closure of level crossings
   • Out-of-service railway lines
   • Trespass
3. Risk assessment/ALCAM
   • Introduction
   • ALCAM description
   • Assessment of level crossings
4. Traffic signs
   • Introduction
   • General specifications
   • Signs used at level crossings
   • Signs used in advance of level crossings
5. Road marking
   • Standards
   • Responsibilities
   • Requirements
6. Control devices
   • Introduction
   • Types of controls
   • Railway-activated control devices
   • Traffic signal integration with level crossing
   • Locomotive-mounted warning devices
   • Rail vehicles yielding to road traffic
7. Road geometry, surfacing and lighting
   • Introduction
   • Responsibility
   • Standard construction requirements for level crossings
   • Seal requirements
   • Alignment
   • Level crossing in close proximity to an intersection
   • Level crossing in close proximity to a driveway
   • Lighting
8. Requirements for pedestrian and cycle level crossings
   • Introduction
   • Pedestrian level crossings
   • Cycle facilities
   • Footway and cycleway construction
   • Pedestrian mazes
   • Active protection
9. Requirements for specific road vehicles
   • Buses and dangerous goods vehicles at level crossings
   • Overweight and over-dimension road loads
10. Requirements for private level crossings
    • Introduction
    • Private property access level crossings
11. Requirements for rail operations level crossings
    • Introduction
    • Rail access level crossings
    • Public access level crossings
12. Requirements for tramway level crossings
    • Introduction
    • Tramway level crossings
    • Tramways as special vehicle lanes
13. Definitions
14. References

Appendix A: Standard sign and marking layouts

Appendix B: Sight distances at level crossings

Appendix C: Working on or near level crossings

Appendix D: Australian Level Crossing Assessment Model (ALCAM)