---
kind: "section"
citation: "49 C.F.R. § 213.347"
title: "49"
number: "213.347"
heading: "Automotive or railroad crossings at grade."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/49/213.347"
---

# §213.347. Automotive or railroad crossings at grade.

- (a) There shall be no at-grade (level) highway crossings, public or private, or rail-to-rail crossings at-grade on Class 8 and 9 track.
- (b) If train operation is projected at Class 7 speed for a track segment that will include rail-highway grade crossings, the track owner shall submit for FRA's approval a complete description of the proposed warning/barrier system to address the protection of highway traffic and high speed trains. Trains shall not operate at Class 7 speeds over any track segment having highway-rail grade crossings unless:
  - (1) An FRA-approved warning/barrier system exists on that track segment; and
  - (2) **All elements of that warning/barrier system are functioning.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 20102-20114 and 20142; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; and 49 CFR 1.89.

### Source

Source: 63 FR 34029, June 22, 1998, unless otherwise noted.