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level crossing

place where a road crosses a railway at the same level
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Summary

level crossing ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,512 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: railway crossing[2], crossing[3]
  • Part of: railway track[4], path[5], railway line[6], road[7]
  • Commons category: Level crossings[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Level crossings[9]
  • Commons gallery: Level crossing[10]
  • Quantity: 105,300[11]
  • OpenStreetMap tag: railway=level_crossing[12]
  • Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13]
  • Short name: RXR[14]
  • Different from: railroad crossing settlement[15]

Why It Matters

level crossing has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 89 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  10. [11] ↑ . tribunasalamanca.com. Retrieved . tribunasalamanca.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Q6702
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