LED-lights for level crossings in Belgium

Infrabel, the Belgian rail infrastructure manager, has announced a comprehensive action plan aimed at enhancing safety and punctuality across the railway network. The initiative comes in response to a rise in incidents at level crossings.

Infrabel’s action plan adopts a multidisciplinary approach, focusing on prevention, enforcement, and swift resolution of incidents.

Another measure is the continued installation of LED lights on barriers to enhance visibility. This LED lighting provides better visibility of the level crossing and is an additional tool (particularly for motorists) to improve local road safety. At present, 20 crossings are equipped with these LEDs, and analysis by the Vias Institute shows that there is a positive trend and an improvement in behaviour.