Dutch rail crossings to be painted yellow for extra safety
6 years, 5 months ago

Dutch rail crossings to be painted yellow for extra safety

NL Times  

ProRail is expanding its experiment with bright yellow-colored railway crossings after a first test in Baarn proved to be successful. According to ProRail, road users used the yellow crossing in Baarn more carefully, the number of incidents decreased, and the yellow crossing also strengthened the sense of security, NU.nl reports. A ProRail spokesperson could not yet say how long new experiments will last, and how many railway crossings will be used. The roads underneath railway crossings belong to ProRail, so the company does not need permission from other parties like municipalities or road authorities to make changes. Last week the Dutch Safety Board published a report saying that railway crossings in the Netherlands can and must be safer.

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85% of ungaurded rail crossings in Netherlands have been closed or secured
8 months, 2 weeks ago

85% of ungaurded rail crossings in Netherlands have been closed or secured

NL Times  

Roughly 85 percent of the most dangerous level crossings in the Netherlands have either been closed or better secured over the past eight years, reported broadcaster NOS based on figures from ProRail. The unguarded crossings do not have active safety measures, like a boom that lowers to form a barrier when a train is approaching, or warning lights and bells. …

Dutch gov't to get rid of all unguarded rail crossings within 5 years
6 years, 1 month ago

Dutch gov't to get rid of all unguarded rail crossings within 5 years

NL Times  

The Dutch government plans to get rid of all unguarded railway crossings in the country within five years. No one else should become a victim due to the lack of booms and bells, State Secretary Stientje van Veldhoven wrote to the lower house of Dutch parliament, NOS reports. Unguarded railway crossings are "just not of this time", Van Veldhoven wrote. …

Dutch rail crossings must be safer, Safety Board says
6 years, 5 months ago

Dutch rail crossings must be safer, Safety Board says

NL Times  

The number of victims of accidents at rail crossings in the Netherlands is unacceptably high and must and can be reduced, the Dutch Safety Board said in a report on three serious rail accidents in Winsum, Harlingen and Wouw in 2016 and 2017, NOS reports. The board also said that ProRail does not examine rail accidents structurally, and so "potential …

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