Day 21 ILCAD Advent Calendar

Let’s continue our trip back to Europe: Portugal with 1107 level crossings

Belem Tower

REFER the railway infrastructure manager in Portugal is one our ILCAD partners.

Details of Belem Tower

Lisbon’s Rossio Central Station in Lisbon

Since 2005 REFER has managed to reduce the number of level crossings by 50%. The number of accidents has reduced by 2/3 since 1999 (150 in 1999, 40 in 2010) due to to level crossings being removed or upgraded. Nevertheless even if engineering can always be improved, enforcement and education are also to be stressed jointly. REFER organised their first awareness campaign in 2009 (through ELCAD). REFER published the “Green Book” in 2010 which is the result of public enquiries related to level crossing awareness campaigns.

Press conference in King’s room at Rossio Station on ILCAD Day

example of poster for ILCAD

Examples of a REFER press book made for ILCAD and the REFER Livro Verde in which you may find results of a public enquiry, analysis and conclusions on level crossing safety issues.