Grade Crossings Regulations (SOR/2014-275)

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

    • (i) a Railway Crossing sign, a Number of Tracks sign and an Emergency Notification sign,

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

    • (iii) a warning system,

    • (iv) a crossing surface, other than its design, and

    • (v) sightlines within the railway right-of-way and over land adjoining the railway right-of-way, including the removal of trees and brush that obstruct the sightlines; and

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

    • (i) the design, construction and maintenance of a road approach,

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

    • (iii) the design of a crossing surface, and

    • (iv) sightlines within the land on which the road is situated and over land in the vicinity of the grade crossing, including the removal of trees and brush that obstruct the sightlines.

• Marginal note:Private grade crossing

  (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

    • (i) a Railway Crossing sign, a Number of Tracks sign and an Emergency Notification sign,

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

    • (iii) a warning system,

    • (iv) a crossing surface and a road approach within the railway right-of-way, including the selection of the road crossing design speed and design vehicle, and

    • (v) sightlines within the railway right-of-way and over land adjoining the railway right-of-way — other than sightlines over land owned by a private authority — including the removal of trees and brush that obstruct the sightlines; and

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

    • (i) a road approach outside the railway right-of-way, other than the road crossing design speed and design vehicle,

    • (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

    • (iii) sightlines over land owned by the private authority up to the railway right-of-way, including the removal of trees and brush that obstruct the sightlines.