Only two of train drivers' worst 10 level crossings due for upgrade The rail crossing at Main Rd, St Albans. Picture: Kris Reichl Source: Leader TRAIN drivers have revealed the level crossings they consider the riskiest in Victoria. But only two of the 10 worst crossings nominated - Main Rd, St Albans, and Aerodrome Rd, Avenel - are on the State Government's radar to be removed or upgraded. Rail safety organisation TrackSAFE said it had asked hundreds of drivers from Metro, V/Line and freight operators to rank the worst crossings. Those at Cherry St, Werribee, Main Rd, St Albans, and Grange Rd, Carnegie, were among the most notorious. In last year's Budget, the State Government allocated $350 million to remove three crossings in Springvale and Mitcham. It says planning is under way on future grade separations at North Rd, Ormond, Blackburn Rd, Blackburn, Mountain Highway and Scoresby Rd, Bayswater, and Main Rd, St Albans. The Avenel crossing on the main Melbourne to Albury and Sydney line will have boom barriers installed. Fix this rail crossing deathrap TrackSAFE director and Australasian Railway Association CEO Bryan Nye said he had written to state transport ministers, including Terry Mulder, and federal minister Anthony Albanese, urging crossing upgrades. "It is the train drivers who go over the same stretch of track day in, day out, over many years who know where the riskiest level crossings are," Mr Nye said. He said the train drivers' list didn't replace state priority lists or traditional risk registers, but was about keeping the issue on the agenda and allowing train drivers to inform the debate. Victorian Rail, Train and Bus union locomotive division secretary Marc Marotta said the union applauded any effort to fix the crossings, with drivers feeling the physical and emotional toll of fatalities and near misses. It is not just the driver. It is usually the driver's family that ends up suffering," Mr Marotta said. He said fatalities and near misses at crossings were the No.1 reason people left the industry. Transport Safety Victoria figures show five people diced with death on crossings every week, with 291 near-misses in 2011-12. Public Transport Minister Terry Mulder said the Government was undertaking the largest level crossing removal program since Victoria's first train ran in 1854. "In contrast to Labor's white flag attitude to grade separations, the Coalition Government is giving the green light to getting rid of (12 level crossings) in Melbourne," Mr Mulder said.