A designated path laid across the tracks at a station to allow staff and passengers to move luggage carts, wheelchairs, or themselves between platforms. They are built flush with the railhead using timber or rubber panels. Due to safety risks with passing trains, they are heavily restricted or replaced by overpasses on high-speed lines.
Heard on the job
Wheelchair access to the outbound platform requires an escort over the barrow crossing at the south end.
Also heard as
- board crossing