level crossing

English

A level crossing.

Traditional level crossing gates at Newbridge, North Yorkshire

The level crossing in Hampton, Greater London

Noun

level crossing (plural level crossings)

1. (chiefly British) An at-grade crossing between a railway line and an ordinary road, with rails and road at the same level.

   Synonyms: (chiefly North American) grade crossing, (American English) railroad crossing

   Coordinate term: level junction

   • 2020 December 16, “Network News: "Robust case" for Fawley branch reopening”, in Rail, page 14:

     The aim is to secure up to £140 million for the combined road and rail improvements, including a new road bridge to replace a level crossing at Totton.

Derived terms

• automatic half-barrier level crossing

Translations

at-grade crossing

• Belarusian: чыгу́начны перае́зд m (čyhúnačny pjerajézd)
• Catalan: pas a nivell m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 平交道口 (píngjiāodàokǒu), 平交道 (píngjiāodào), 鐵路道口 / 铁路道口 (tiělù dàokǒu), 平面交叉 (píngmiàn jiāochā), 道口 (zh) (dàokǒu)

• Cornish: treusva hyns horn f
• Czech: železniční přejezd m, úrovňové křížení
• Danish: jernbaneoverskæring (da) c
• Dutch: spoorwegovergang (nl) m, overweg (nl) m
• Esperanto: traknivela pasejo
• Estonian: raudteeülesõidukoht
• Finnish: tasoristeys (fi)
• French: passage à niveau (fr) m, PN (fr) m
• German: Bahnübergang (de) m, BÜ m
• Greek: ισόπεδος διάβασις m (isópedos diávasis)
• Hindi: फाटक (hi) m (phāṭak)
• Hungarian: útátjáró (hu), szintbeli/szintbeni/​sorompós vasúti átjáró/​átkelőhely/​kereszteződés/​útkereszteződés
• Indonesian: perlintasan sebidang
• Italian: passaggio a livello (it) m
• Japanese: 踏切 (ja) (ふみきり, fumikiri)
• Korean: 건널목 (ko) (geonneolmok)
• Latvian: pārbrauktuve f
• Lithuanian: geležinkelio pervaža f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: planovergang m

  Nynorsk: planovergang m

• Polish: przejazd kolejowo-drogowy m
• Portuguese: passagem de nível (pt) f
• Romanian: trecere de nivel (ro) f
• Russian: железнодоро́жный перее́зд m (železnodoróžnyj perejézd)
• Slovak: železničné priecestie f
• Spanish: paso a nivel m
• Swedish: plankorsning c
• Turkish: hemzemin geçit
• Ukrainian: залі́зничний пере́їзд m (zalíznyčnyj peréjizd)
• Vietnamese: đường ngang, giao cắt đường sắt
• Welsh: croesfan gwastad m

Further reading

• level crossing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia