Lights and barriers
- Red flashing lights: stop before the stop line, also when the barriers are still open.
- Never drive around or under closing barriers.
- Some crossings have a white flashing light. It means no train is coming. Still look and listen before you cross.
- When one train has passed, the lights may keep flashing: another train can come. Wait until the lights stop.
Never stop on the tracks
Only drive onto a level crossing when you can drive off on the other side. In a traffic jam, wait before the crossing until there is space behind it.
If you get stuck on the tracks
- Get everyone out of the car immediately and move away from the tracks.
- Call the emergency number shown on the sign at the crossing, or 112.
- Do not try to push the car off the tracks when a train may come.
Trams
- At an equal crossroads a tram has priority over other drivers, even when it comes from the left.
- Signs and traffic lights also apply to trams: where a tram has to give way, it must do so.
- Do not park or stop on tram tracks.
- Watch out for passengers getting on and off at tram stops in the middle of the road.