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The actual rules are different per-country, but the trend is the same. In Germany you aren't allowed to have crossings for lines permitted for over 160km/h. Also the former national railway company decided to not build new crossings at all. They have downsides for both participating transportation modes: less capacity, annoying waiting times, slower velocity, safety, security and availability issues. The only downside of bridges is space and cost.

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> Also the former national railway company decided to not build new crossings at all.

At least partially that's actually the law as well – the default mode for new rail-road crossings is mandated to be grade-separation, with exceptions to that rule decided on a case-by-case basis, though primarily only in cases of low traffic (which in case of roads means ≤ 100 vehicles/day). Plus in actual practice the federal railway authority also having a reputation for a strict interpretation of that paragraph and tending to not grant exceptions has also done its thing, so in practice new level crossing on the federally-operated railway network (i.e. DB) are indeed a total rarity.

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