Free level crossing scenarios practice for crossing keepers
Network Rail says crossing keepers make safety-critical decisions when circumstances change, deal with signallers and the public, and spot faults, hazards and unsafe behaviour. These scenarios put you in that seat. You are not expected to know the rule book — each scenario tells you the arrangement it turns on — so what is being practised is the judgement: protect people first, confirm rather than assume, tell the signaller, report what happened, and do not over-react when something is inconvenient rather than dangerous. Network Rail does not publish a scenario test for crossing keepers, so treat this as preparation for the safety and risk questionnaire, the video interview and the assessment day rather than as a copy of any one of them.
Worth knowing: Network Rail lists the crossing keeper stages as online tests, a video interview and an assessment day, and does not say a scenario test is among the online tests. We include scenarios because the job is built on these decisions and the later stages ask about them. Check your invitation for what you will actually sit.
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The signaller asks you to close the crossing for an approaching train. You start the lowering sequence, but one of the four barriers stops halfway and stays there. The other three are fully down. What do you do?
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These are original practice exercises. Network Rail says crossing keeper applicants sit online aptitude tests and behavioural questionnaires but does not publish the exercises, and the most detailed applicant reports we have found are from 2021 and suggest the tests vary by grade, so check your invitation for what you will actually sit. These are not the official exercises, and this site is not affiliated with or endorsed by Network Rail.