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Land Transport Act 1998

Miscellaneous provisions

213A: Public right of way at level crossings

You could also call this:

“Rules for safely crossing train tracks at road intersections”

When you come to a level crossing, you have the right to cross the railway tracks. However, this right has some important limits. You can’t cross when a train is coming. If a train is within 800 metres of the crossing, you must wait. When there’s no train coming, you can cross the tracks, but you need to do it quickly. You’re not allowed to stop or stay on the tracks.

A level crossing is a place where a road and a railway track meet at the same level. This is the same meaning used in another law called the Railways Act 2005.

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Part 15 Miscellaneous provisions

213APublic right of way at level crossings

  1. At a level crossing, the public right of way at the crossing—

  2. ceases whenever a rail vehicle on the railway line is approaching and is within a distance of 800 m from the crossing; and
    1. at all other times, extends only to the right of crossing the railway line with all convenient speed, but not to stopping or remaining on it.

      1. In this section, level crossing has the same meaning as in section 4(1) of the Railways Act 2005.

      Notes
      • Section 213A: inserted, on , by section 103(3) of the Railways Act 2005 (2005 No 37).