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Official text · Chapter XII

Level crossings

This translation is unofficial. The Armenian text is the legally binding version.

109.

Drivers may cross railway tracks only at level crossings, giving way to trains (locomotives, rail trolleys).

4 questions
110.

When approaching a level crossing, the driver must follow the instructions of the crossing attendant, the requirements of traffic lights, signs and markings regulating traffic at level crossings and the position of the barrier, and must make sure that no train (locomotive, rail trolley) is approaching.

3 questions
111.

When crossing is prohibited, the driver must stop at the 1.12 “Stop” line, at sign 2.5 “Stop” or at the traffic light; if there are none, at least 5 m from the barrier; and if there is no barrier either, at least 10 m from the nearest rail.

8 questions
112.

If forced to stop on a level crossing, the driver must:

1)

immediately let the passengers out and take measures to clear the crossing;

2)

if possible, send two people along the track 1000 m in each direction from the crossing (if only one, then in the direction of worse visibility), explaining to them how to signal the driver of an approaching train to stop;

3)

stay by the vehicle and give the general alarm signal;

4)

if a train appears, run towards it giving the stop signal.

The general alarm signal is a series of one long and three short sound signals. The stop signal for the train driver is a circular movement of the arm (by day with a brightly coloured cloth or another clearly visible object, at night with a torch or lantern).

7 questions
113.

The driver must not enter a level crossing:

1)

when the barrier is closed or closing (regardless of the traffic light signal);

3 questions
2)

when the traffic light shows a prohibiting signal (regardless of whether there is a barrier and its position);

3 questions
3)

if there is a traffic jam beyond the crossing that would force the driver to stop on it;

3 questions
4)

if a train (locomotive, rail trolley) is approaching the crossing within sight;

5)

when the crossing attendant gives a prohibiting signal.

6 questions

The crossing attendant’s prohibiting signal is the attendant standing with their chest or back towards the driver, or a raised baton, red lamp or flag above the head, or arms extended to the sides.

114.

The driver is also prohibited from:

1)

going around vehicles stopped before a level crossing by entering the oncoming lane;

2 questions
2)

opening the barrier without authorisation;

1 questions
3)

taking agricultural, road-building, construction and other machines and mechanisms across the crossing when they are not in their transport position;

2 questions
4)

without permission from the head of the railway track section, crossing in slow-moving machines with a speed below 8 km/h or in tractors coupled to rollers.

2 questions
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