Cutting-edge technology for rail crossing

The Northern Daily Leader

The $1.2 million trial of the Rail Active Crossing System (RAXS) has been activated at Callaghans Lane, Quirindi, with lights flashing from Wednesday, August 13. Vision supplied by Transport for NSW.

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00:00Any death at a level crossing is tragic.

00:03We've seen far too many people lose their lives at these crossings.

00:07What we're trialling at Corindai is a new train-activated solar system

00:12that turns a passive rail crossing into an active one.

00:16The unique thing about RACS is that it is wireless technology and it's also solar,

00:31so it's able to be used in remote locations without access to power.

00:36This will make a significant difference in saving lives in rail crossings.

00:40Regional communities have been calling out for improvements to level crossings

00:44for many, many decades.

00:46The challenge of not having access to good power has always been a difficult one

00:51and it astronomically increases the cost of installing them.

00:55The advantage with RACS is that with a lower cost installation,

00:58because you're not reliant on mains power,

01:01it means that we'll be able to roll this out, if it's successful,

01:04to many more locations across regional New South Wales.

01:14It's really important that motorists stop at level crossings as directed to do so.

01:21It takes so long for a train to stop,

01:24and that time is the time that could be a difference between life and death.

01:29It's much quicker for a car or an other vehicle to stop at the level crossing,

01:33to wait, to ensure that it's safe to cross,

01:36than a train which is travelling at some 80 kilometres an hour.

01:39With more than 2,700 level crossings in New South Wales,

01:42we're doing everything we can to save lives.

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