Section 12: Level Crossings

Question 1

Describe a level crossing with passive control

Answer 1

uses signs only to warn about the presence of a level crossing

Question 2

Describe a level crossing with active control

Answer 2

Uses one of more of lights, booms, gate, audible warning devices or lit signs to warn that rail traffic is approaching a level crossing

Question 3

Type B level crossing

Answer 3

Has give way roadside warning signs immediately before the level crossing

Question 4

Type D level crossings

Answer 4

have STOP roadside warning signs immediately before the level crossing

Question 5

Type F level crossings

Answer 5

have roadside flashing lights and audible warning devices, and with or without booms

Question 6

List some private crossings

Answer 6

Level crossings with manually operated gates, network access level crossings, pedestrian level crossings

Question 7

Pedestrian traffic is controlled by one or more of:

Answer 7

walkway warning signs, crossing approach mazes, audible warning devices, lit DON”T WALK displays, lit STOP displays, Lit arrows showing the direction of approach of rail traffic or automatically/manually controlled gates or booms

Question 8

At a Type F level crossing, roadside warning equipment may be

Answer 8

operated automatically by track-circuit or controlled by qualified workers

Question 9

The sign for standard Type F crossing

Answer 9

Yellow background with black edges

Question 10

The sign for Type F level crossings equipped with predictor circuitry

Answer 10

yellow background with blue edges

Question 11

The Type F crossing warning equipment includes

Answer 11

Advance warning signs, bells or other audible warning devices and flashing lights

Question 12

Addition warning equipment that may be included in a Type F level crossing

Answer 12

Advance warning lights for road users, full/half booms that lower across a road to stop road traffic, booms or gates for pedestrian traffic, warning lights for pedestrians, advance warning lights which give a more distant warning to road users

Question 13

Level crossings with manually operated gates allow

Answer 13

for the gates to close across the track, the road or walkway

Question 14

At unattended locations, other than private level crossings, Train Crew must make sure that manually-operated gates are

Answer 14

Closed across roads and walkways before rail traffic uses the level crossing and re-opened to road and pedestrian traffic only after rail traffic has fully cleared the level crossing

Question 15

Network Access level crossings

Answer 15

usually permanent crossings provided at authorised locations for Network Maintenance

Question 16

Temporary level crossings

Answer 16

may be established for Network Maintenance and Possession Protection Officers and Protection Officers are responsible for the safety and protection of these during maintenance work

Question 17

Private level crossings

Answer 17

allow private access across RIC Network tracks.

Question 18

Level crossing speed signs

Answer 18

placed on the approach to level crossings at locations where visibility of the level crossing is reduced

Question 19

Train crew approaching a level crossing

Answer 19

must reduce speed of their train to the indicated speed and may resume the track speed indicated by the previous permanent track speed sign when the leading motive power unit has passed the level crossing

Question 20

Emergency roadside warning equipment is used to warn road and pedestrian traffic at Type F level crossings if warning equipment

Answer 20

cannot be operated or is to be disconnected

Question 21

Emergency warning equipment consists of

Answer 21

yellow covers for flashing lights, combined rail crossing and handnetwork control officer signs, Prepare to stop signs and/or hand held stop signs

Question 22

HandNetwork Control Officers protect Type F level crossings when

Answer 22

roadside or pedestrian warning equipment is faulty or cannot be activated

Question 23

Qualified workers in charge of level crossings with manually operated roadside and pedestrian warning equipment must make sure that the warning equipment is

Answer 23

activated before rail traffic is authorised to use the level crossing and deactivated only after rail traffic has fully cleared the level crossing

Question 24

If rail traffic needs to use a Type F level crossing operated automatically by track circuits, but the rail traffic cannot be relied upon to activate the track circuits, train crew must

Answer 24

stop short of the level crossing and if possible manually operate the level crossing warning equipment or wait for approaching road and pedestrian traffic to be stopped and then proceed over the level crossing if it is safe to do so

Question 25

If rail traffic is stopped on the controlling track-circuit of a Type F level crossing and cannot be moved, train crew must

Answer 25

immediately tell the NCO is rail traffic is delayed and cannot be moved

Question 26

If rail traffic is stopped on the controlling track-circuit of a Type F level crossing and cannot be moved, The NCO must arrange for

Answer 26

Qualified workers to control the level crossing and emergency services to control road and pedestrian traffic as necessary

Question 27

A Locomotive Driver who has been warned about a potentially faulty level crossing must

Answer 27

stop short of the level crossing to check whether the warning equipment is operating correctly, report the condition of the warning equipment to the NCO as soon as possible, Proceed if warning equipment is working correctly and treat the level crossing as faulty if equipment is not operating correctly

Question 28

If a Type F level crossing is faulty, the NCO must

Answer 28

warn train crew that the warning equipment is faulty in accordance with the requirements of Rule NGE 206 reporting and responding to Conditions Affecting the Network (CAN), arrange for a HandNetwork Control Officer to protect the level crossing as necessary, arrange for a maintenance representative to attend and record the details in permanent form

Question 29

The procedure for train crew at a faulty level crossing which is protected by a HandNetwork Control Officer

Answer 29

be prepared to stop short of the level crossing, Proceed over the level crossing only when authorised by a handnetwork control officer

Question 30

the procedure for train crew at a faulty level crossing which is not protected by a handnetwork control officer

Answer 30

stop short of the level crossing, arrange to stop all approaching road and pedestrian traffic, proceed over the level crossing only if it is safe to do so

Question 31

HandNetwork Control Officers protecting a level crossing

Answer 31

Are responsible for the safety of rail, road and pedestrian traffic and must not perform other tasks

Question 32

If there is no HandNetwork Control Officer to protect a wrong-running direction movement over a Type F level crossing, operated automatically by track-ciruits, the Locomotive driver must

Answer 32

Stop short of the level crossing and if possible manually operate the level crossing warning equipment or arrange to stop approaching road and pedestrian traffic and rail traffic may proceed over the level crossing only if it is safe to do so (walking speed/10km/h)

Question 33

If all warning equipment at a type F level crossing cannot be operated, the NCO must

Answer 33

arrange for emergency roadside warning equipment to be installed

Question 34

If all warning equipment at a type F level crossing cannot be operated, and the level crossing is required for rail traffic movements, the NCO must

Answer 34

Make sure that the HandNetwork Control Officer is provided to protect the level crossing as soon as possible