Meanings
plural level crossings
- UKAn at-grade crossing between a railway line and an ordinary road, with rails and road at the same level.
The aim is to secure up to £140 million for the combined road and rail improvements, including a new road bridge to replace a level crossing at Totton.
2020 December 16, “Network News: "Robust case" for Fawley branch reopening”, in Rail, page 14Synonyms: grade crossing, railroad crossing
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn at-grade crossing between a railway line and an ordinary road, with rails and road at the same level.
More synonyms by meaning
nounintersection of a railway and a road on the same level; barriers close road when trains pass
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan pas a nivell
- pas a nivellat-grade crossing
Chinese Mandarin 平交道口, 平交道
- 平交道口 (píngjiāodàokǒu)at-grade crossing
- 平交道 (píngjiāodào)at-grade crossing
- 鐵路道口 /铁路道口 (tiělù dàokǒu)at-grade crossing
- 平面交叉 (píngmiàn jiāochā)at-grade crossing
- 道口 (dàokǒu)at-grade crossing
Czech železniční přejezd, úrovňové křížení
- železniční přejezdat-grade crossing
- úrovňové kříženíat-grade crossing
Danish jernbaneoverskæring
- jernbaneoverskæringat-grade crossing
Dutch spoorwegovergang, overweg
- spoorwegovergangat-grade crossing
- overwegat-grade crossing
Esperanto traknivela pasejo
- traknivela pasejoat-grade crossing
Estonian raudteeülesõidukoht
- raudteeülesõidukohtat-grade crossing
Finnish tasoristeys
- tasoristeysat-grade crossing
French passage à niveau, PN
- passage à niveauat-grade crossing
- PNat-grade crossing
German Bahnübergang, BÜ
- Bahnübergangat-grade crossing
- BÜat-grade crossing
Greek ισόπεδος διάβασις
- ισόπεδος διάβασις (isópedos diávasis)at-grade crossing
Hindi फाटक
- फाटक (phāṭak)at-grade crossing
Hungarian útátjáró
- útátjáróat-grade crossing
Indonesian perlintasan sebidang
- perlintasan sebidangat-grade crossing
Italian passaggio a livello, attraversamento a livello
- passaggio a livelloat-grade crossing
- attraversamento a livelloat-grade crossing
- attraversamento ferroviarioat-grade crossing
- passaggio ferroviarioat-grade crossing
Japanese 踏切
- 踏切 (fumikiri)at-grade crossing
Korean 건널목
- 건널목 (geonneolmok)at-grade crossing
Latvian pārbrauktuve
- pārbrauktuveat-grade crossing
Lithuanian geležinkelio pervaža
- geležinkelio pervažaat-grade crossing
Norwegian Bokmål planovergang
- planovergangat-grade crossing
Polish przejazd kolejowo-drogowy, przejazd kolejowy
- przejazd kolejowo-drogowyat-grade crossing
- przejazd kolejowyat-grade crossing
Portuguese passagem de nível
- passagem de nívelat-grade crossing
Romanian trecere de nivel
- trecere de nivelat-grade crossing
Russian железнодоро́жный перее́зд
- железнодоро́жный перее́зд (železnodoróžnyj perejézd)at-grade crossing
Slovak železničné priecestie
- železničné priecestieat-grade crossing
Spanish paso a nivel
- paso a nivelat-grade crossing
Swedish plankorsning
- plankorsningat-grade crossing
Turkish hemzemin geçit
- hemzemin geçitat-grade crossing
Ukrainian залі́зничний пере́їзд
- залі́зничний пере́їзд (zalíznyčnyj peréjizd)at-grade crossing
Urdu پھاٹَک
- پھاٹَک (phāṭak)at-grade crossing
Vietnamese đường ngang, giao cắt đường sắt
- đường ngangat-grade crossing
- giao cắt đường sắtat-grade crossing
Welsh croesfan gwastad
- croesfan gwastadat-grade crossing
Cite this entry
level crossing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/level%20crossing
“level crossing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/level%20crossing. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “level crossing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/level%20crossing.
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