11.1 Unrestricted grade crossings for vehicular use shall have a grade crossing warning system if:
(a)
the forecast cross-product is 1,000 or more; or
the grade crossing does not include a sidewalk and the maximum railway operating speed exceeds
80 mph; or
the grade crossing includes a sidewalk and the maximum railway operating speed exceeds 60 mph;
or
there are two or more tracks and trains may be passing one another; or
the sightlines or alternative measures specified in section 8-3 are not provided, including where
trains, engines, railway cars, or other railway equipment, standing or stored, may obscure driver or
pedestrian sightlines of a train approaching the grade crossing.
Alternatively, if the grade crossing is located where trains stop before entering the grade crossing, train
movements over the grade crossing may be manually protected, or traffic signals may be installed in lieu
of a grade crossing warning system. The normal display of such traffic signals shall be a green light for
road traffic, while trains will be required to stop until given an indication that they are to proceed.
(b) the maximum railway operating speed exceeds 15 mph, there is a Stop Sign or traffic signals controlling
vehicular traffic on that part of the road leading away from the grade crossing, and the distance between
the front of a vehicle in the first stopped position at the Stop Sign or traffic signals and a rail in the grade
crossing surface is:
less than 30 m for a Stop Sign (refer to Figure 11-1 a); or
30 m or more for a Stop Sign, unless a traffic study indicates that queued traffic will not encroach
within 2.4 m of the rail nearest the road intersection (refer to Figure 11-1, a); or
less than 60 m for traffic signals, (refer to Figure 11-1 b); or
60 m or more for traffic signals, unless a traffic study indicates that queued traffic will not encroach
within 2.4 m of the rail nearest the road intersection (refer to Figure 11-1, b).
Pedestrian or Cyclist Paths
11.2 Unrestricted grade crossings for pedestrian or cyclist use only, shall have a grade crossing warning
system where:
the maximum railway operating speed exceeds 60 mph; or
the maximum railway operating speed exceeds 15 mph and there are two or more tracks at the grade
crossing where trains may be passing one another.
Figure 11-1: Proximity of Grade Crossing Warning Systems to Stop Signs and
Traffic Signals
