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

Derived terms

• automatic half-barrier level crossing

Translations

at-grade crossing

• Catalan: pas a nivell m
• Chinese:

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

• 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
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: útátjáró
• Japanese: 踏切 (ふみきり, fumikiri)
• Korean: 건널목 (ko) (geonneolmok)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: planovergang m

  Nynorsk: planovergang m

• Portuguese: passagem de nível (pt) f
• Russian: железнодоро́жный перее́зд m (železnodoróžnyj perejézd)
• Spanish: paso a nivel m
• Swedish: plankorsning c
• Turkish: hemzemin geçit

Further reading

• level crossing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia