Level crossings

A level crossing is where a railway line is crossed by a road or right of way without the use of a tunnel or bridge. There are almost 9000 level crossings in Great Britain. Over 7000 are managed by Network Rail. The rest are located on heritage railways, metro systems and industrial railways.

More information about our level crossing strategy can be found in level crossing topic strategy ( PDF 92 Kb).

In this section:

• Types of level crossings – descriptions of level crossing types.
• Policy – our current level crossings policy.
• Legislation – the law on level crossings.
• Consultation – planned changes to the law.
• Facts and figures on the risks and dangers of level crossings.
• Safety Performance – for the latest information on the safety performance of level crossings.

Last updated: 4 August 2011

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