REGISTER

DE McCauley MIRSE

In this paper I intend to outline very briefly the history of Level Crossing Protection in Victoria and to describe some of the control problems and principal technical features of the design of flashing light signals and half-boom barriers with flashing light signals (later reffed to as boom barriers).

Legislation in the United Kingdom requires the Railways to protect the road user at rail-road level crossings.  In the United States of America legislation requires the road user not to cross the rail unless he can do so safely.

In Victoria, the Birtish practice of protecting level crossings was used in cities nd towns.  Today, of the crossings in the Melbourne Suburban Electrified Area, approximately 200 are portected and only about ten are not protected.