VRIOGS 003-2-2006 - Public Transport Victoria

VRIOGS 003.2-2006SECTION 2.0SITING OF PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS2.1 GeneralThere are a range of legal pedestrian crossings ranging from a widening of the adjacent road,a separate path, a path with signs, a crib enclosure, pedestrian booms and gates with visualand audible warnings.2.2 Sight Distance at Passive CrossingsAt a railway crossing at which there is no active control for pedestrian traffic the minimumsight distance (SD) in metres to be available for pedestrians to oncoming trains shall be asshown in Figure 1.Figure 1: Sight Distance DefinitionsdVTrainV ⎛ d ⎞SD = ⎜ + 2⎟3.6 ⎝1.0⎠whereV = track speed of trains in km/hd = pedestrian crossing distance in metres, measured as follows;i. Where pedestrian mazes are provided- from one trackside maze openingto the other.ii.iii.Where there are no pedestrian mazes but there are TGSIs at holdingpositions- from one trackside edge of the TGSI to the other.Where there are no pedestrian mazes or TGSIs- outer rail to outer railplus 3m.