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flat crossing

crossing of two rail tracks without grade separation and without possibility to switch between straight passing and turning to the other track
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flat crossing

Summary

flat crossing ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (201 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • flat crossing is a type of crossing[2].
  • flat crossing is a type of at-grade intersection[3].
  • flat crossing is a type of switches and crossings[4].
  • flat crossing is part of rail track[5].
  • flat crossing's Commons category is recorded as Diamond crossings[6].
  • flat crossing's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as railway=railway_crossing[7].
  • flat crossing's different from is recorded as crossover[8].
  • flat crossing's different from is recorded as double crossing railway switch[9].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include crossing[2], at-grade intersection[3], and switches and crossings[4].

Use and Application

flat crossing is part of rail track[5].

Influence

Things named for flat crossing include Greater Grand Crossing[10], a community area in Chicago[11], in United States[12].

Why It Matters

flat crossing ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (201 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13]

Entities named for it include Greater Grand Crossing[10], a community area in Chicago[11], in United States[12].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . OpenStreetMap Wiki. Retrieved . wiki.openstreetmap.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [11] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Q6726
    Part of → rail track
    Subclass of → —
    Google knowledge graph id → /g/1q6jyz0jj
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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