Is there an app to avoid trains?

Google-owned navigation app Waze is rolling out a global safety feature that alerts users about upcoming railroad crossings. The feature is not wholly new, and was quietly launched in the US, Belgium, and Canada earlier this year, but Waze says it's now expanding the alerts to more territories.



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Waze tells you when a railroad crossing is up ahead on your route. When you drive near a railroad crossing, an alert appears on the map.

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The train location tracking map on Amtrak.com gives you train statuses, estimates of arrival times and even station information for every Amtrak train across the entire Amtrak system. That means the map covers coast to coast movements, 365 days a year and can be accessed 24 hours a day with just the click of a mouse.

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View live train status and departure information boards for all UK train stations with Trainline. Check live times and platform information before boarding.

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Look both ways down the track to see if a train is coming is one obvious solution. A train will sound it horn on the approach to any unmarked crossing, so listing for the train horn sounding is another way too. Why do fast train lines have platforms despite the trains on these lines never stop?

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Trains have the right-of-way because they cannot quickly stop for a motorist at crossings or for trespassers on the tracks. The average freight train, traveling at 55 MPH, takes anywhere from 1 to 1½ miles to stop.

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“People assume that trains are loud, but that assumption is based on the fact that when a train's gone past them in a station it's noisy. That's because the noise a train makes is mainly projected to either side. When trains are moving directly towards you they are barely audible–until it's too late.”

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Stay on track with the free National Rail Enquiries App, Great Britain's number one destination for train timetables and travel information. Get live train times and cheap tickets from all the major train line operators.

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Fact #8: Trains Travel in Both Directions Tracks aren't one way, so even if you've seen a train traveling east, a train could travel west on the very same track.

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