Guidelines on the use of level crossings in exceptional circumstances

The railway maintenance provider issued appropriate instructions to the work supervisors of the earthworks company for how to move the excavator over the tracks. For this purpose, the maintenance provider adapted the trackwork safety instructions, as there are no separate instructions available for non-trackwork-related use of level crossings in exceptional circumstances that pose a risk of collision.

The Finnish Transport Agency must draft readily available guidelines for time-intensive, non-trackwork-related use of level crossings or other similar work that poses a risk of a collision.

The guidelines must be easy to use and readily available to those who need them.

The railway maintenance provider issued appropriate instructions to the work supervisors of the earthworks company for how to move the excavator over the tracks. For this purpose, the maintenance provider adapted the trackwork safety instructions, as there are no separate instructions available for non-trackwork-related use of level crossings in exceptional circumstances that pose a risk of collision.