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Marginal note:Public grade crossing — sidewalk, path or trail

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• Marginal note:Gate

  (2) If a gate is not indicated as being required in Table D-1 of the Grade Crossings Standards, it is nonetheless required if the grade crossing corresponds to the applicable specifications set out in article 9.6 of those Standards.

• Marginal note:Guide fencing

  (3) If a warning system without a gate is indicated as being required in Table D-1 of the Grade Crossings Standards, guide fencing must be installed to deter persons from crossing the line of railway other than at the grade crossing.

• Marginal note:Guide fencing and barriers

  (4) If a warning system is not indicated as being required in column 5 of Table D-1 of the Grade Crossings Standards, guide fencing must be installed, as well as a barrier that is intended to slow a person’s approach to the grade crossing and to encourage a person to look both ways before crossing the grade crossing.

Marginal note:Public grade crossing

• 3 (1) Unless otherwise specified in an order of the Agency or in an agreement filed with the Agency under subsection 101(1) of the Canada Transportation Act, in the case of a public grade crossing,

  • (a) a railway company must ensure compliance with the requirements of these Regulations respecting

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    • (ii) the maintenance of a Stop sign that is installed on the same post as a Railway Crossing sign,

  • (b) a road authority must ensure compliance with the requirements of these Regulations respecting

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    • (ii) traffic control devices, except for the maintenance of a Stop sign that is installed on the same post as a Railway Crossing sign,

• (2) Unless otherwise specified in an order of the Agency under section 103 of the Canada Transportation Act, in the case of a private grade crossing,

  • (a) a railway company must ensure compliance with the requirements of these Regulations respecting

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    • (ii) the maintenance of a Stop sign that is installed on the same post as a Railway Crossing sign,

  • (b) a private authority must ensure compliance with the requirements of these Regulations respecting

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    • (ii) traffic control devices on land owned by the private authority, except for the maintenance of a Stop sign that is installed on the same post as a Railway Crossing sign, and

Marginal note:Definitions

• 1 (1) The following definitions apply in these Regulations.

  road approach

  road approach  means the part of a road, other than the crossing surface, that lies between the point that marks the start of the stopping sight distance and the point that marks the front of a design vehicle when it is past the clearance point as shown in Figure 10-1 of the Grade Crossings Standards. (abord routier)

  sightlines

  sightlines  means the sightlines referred to in sections 20 and 21, as applicable. (lignes de visibilité)

  storage distance

  storage distance  means, on a road that crosses a grade crossing, the shortest distance between the rail nearest the road approach of the grade crossing and the edge of the nearest intersecting road, measured along the centre line of the road, as represented by D in Figure 11-1 of the Grade Crossings Standards. (distance de stockage)

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28 The sightlines at a grade crossing must meet the requirements of section 20 if

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• (b) the class of track referred to in column 1 of the table to article 7.1.2 of the Grade Crossings Standards changes, taking into account the maximum allowable operating speed set out in column 2 or 3 of that table, as applicable;

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• (d) an increase in the road crossing design speed results in a change to the specification set out in column B of Table 10-2 of the Grade Crossings Standards to which the road approach corresponds, taking into account the characteristics set out for rural roads in Table 10-3 of those Standards or the characteristics set out for urban roads in Table 10-4 of those Standards, as applicable.

Marginal note:Existing grade crossing without a warning system

• 21 (1) The sightlines at an existing grade crossing without a warning system must be as shown in Figures 7-1(a) and (b) of the Grade Crossings Standards and are not required to take account of any railway equipment that is moving or attended.

• Marginal note:Existing grade crossing with a warning system

  (2) The sightlines at an existing grade crossing with a warning system without a gate, which are within the railway right-of-way and within the land on which the road is situated, must be as shown in Figure 7-1(a) of the Grade Crossings Standards and are not required to take account of

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