only a relatively small percentage of the UK network is electrified using a third rail (it is essentially a deprecated technology) regardless, level crossings

only a relatively small percentage of the UK network is electrified using a third rail (it is essentially a deprecated technology) regardless, level crossings work perfectly well: they simply have a gap in the electrified rail over the crossing (and the train is longer than the gap) if you look closely here you can see it: https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Ashtead-renewals.jpg https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Ash...