Tag:railway=level_crossing
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 railway = level_crossing
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A crossing between a railway and a road. 
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Status: approved
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A level crossing (where a road crosses a railway on the same level - i.e. without a bridge). Some have barriers or gates that are either automatic or manually operated. The automatic ones usually have warning mechanisms - flashing red lights or bells (or both). Some crossings do not have barriers, just the warning lights. Manually operated ones are either operated by the rail company or by the crossing user. If the latter, it may be a requirement to telephone the signal box to check it's safe to cross with a vehicle or farm animals before any gate is opened.
Usage
Use this tag on a node 
. The node should be the one common to both the highway and the railway.
Additional tags
- crossing:activation=* - the way of operation:
- crossing:activation=automatic - automatic (by contacts)
- crossing:activation=local - locally operated (by railway company)
- crossing:activation=remote - remote operated (by train dispatcher)
- crossing:activation=user - user operated
- crossing:barrier=* to indicate the type of gates:
- crossing:barrier=double_half - double half size gates
- crossing:barrier=full - full size gates
- crossing:barrier=half - half size gates
- crossing:barrier=no - no gates
- crossing:barrier=yes - gates (to use when you do not know a more precise value)
- crossing:bell=yes/no if an acoustic warning is provided
- crossing:light=yes/no to add information about lights
- crossing:on_demand=yes/no the gate opens on demand only
- crossing:saltire=yes/no if there is a warning cross
- crossing=uncontrolled - no gates, no lights, no bell maybe a warning cross
See also
- highway=crossing - Pedestrians can cross a street here
- railway=crossing - Pedestrians can cross a railway here
- railway=railway_crossing - Crossing rails that do not interconnect
- railway=switch - A railway switch
- crossing=* - Further refinement for nodes already tagged with highway=crossing or railway=crossing
- a discussion in 2017 on the tagging mailing list about crossings of trams
- railway=tram_level_crossing - A crossing between a tramway and a road. (Status: proposed)