Once traffic resumes at the multi-track crossing, should you check for approaching trains on other tracks before entering the track?

In the photo a train is passing over a level crossing with half-barriers, and the signal is showing a red light; the level crossing has several tracks. After the crossing is opened to traffic, before entering the tracks, you should make sure that another train is not coming on the other track. The answer is: yes.

The Road Traffic Act states that a driver approaching and driving over a level crossing is obliged to exercise particular caution, and before entering the tracks - to make sure that no rail vehicle is approaching. This duty applies at every level crossing, including those with barriers and signals, because devices can fail, and at a level crossing with several tracks there is an additional trap: when one train has passed, a second one may be coming from the opposite direction on the next track, hidden until the last moment by the first train. It happens that drivers move off as the last carriage passes the level crossing, while the barriers have not yet gone up - this is a petty offence and a deadly risk. So you wait until the barriers have gone up completely and the red lights have gone out, and then you still look both ways along all the tracks before you move off.

Legal basis: Art. 28 para. 1 and para. 3 point 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)