passagem de nível
Published 8 November 2026, 22:23
passagem de nível, PN (level crossing)
A place where a road or footpath crosses a railway on the level. There are crossings with barriers, crossings with only lights and sound signals, crossings with no signals at all (passiva), and private ones serving a single property, set up with the track manager's permission.
Where you come across it. Driving or walking across the tracks; a plot or house reached by its own crossing.
Crossings are governed both by the highway code and by a separate level-crossing regulation. A new regulation applies from 1 March 2027 (Decree-Law 183/2026): among other things, it expressly bans pedestrians from crossing while distracted by a phone or headphones.
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