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What (who) is grade crossing - definition

PLACE WHERE A ROAD CROSSES A RAILWAY AT THE SAME LEVEL

Railroad crossing; Grade crossing; Level crossings; Grade crossings; Railroad Crossing; Crossing signal; Railway grade crossing; Railway crossing; Train crossing; Level Crossing; Railroad grade crossing; Rail crossing; Crossing sequence (railways); Crossing sequence (operation); Crossing sequence (signal); Railroad crossing signals; Crossing gates; Stop, look, and listen; RxR

grade crossing

(grade crossings)

A grade crossing is a place where a railroad track crosses a road at the same level. (AM; in BRIT, use level crossing
)

N-COUNT

grade crossing

¦ noun North American term for level crossing.

level crossing

(level crossings)

A level crossing is a place where a railway line crosses a road. (BRIT; in AM, use grade crossing
, railroad crossing
)

N-COUNT

Wikipedia

Level crossing

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 railway line crossing over or under 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 international), grade crossing or railroad crossing (chiefly American), road through railroad, criss-cross, train crossing, and RXR (abbreviated).

There are more than 100,000 level crossings in Europe and more than 200,000 in North America.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Level crossing

Examples of use of grade crossing

1. The wreck happened during rush hour in Elmwood Park, about 10 miles west of downtown Chicago, when a Metra express train ran into five vehicles on the track, smashing them into 11 other automobiles. (Watch the aftermath –– 3:47) The initial investigation shows that the crossing gate and safety lights were activated about a minute before the crash, and the train‘s engineer initiated an emergency stop "as soon as he visually saw that his grade crossing was occupied by vehicles," Rosenker said.