Railway road crossing warning system with sensing system electrically-decoupled from railroad track

A railway road crossing warning system comprising:

• a railway-vehicle sensing system electrically-decoupled from a railroad track where a railway-vehicle travels;
• and
• a railway road crossing control unit responsive to at least one signal received from the railway-vehicle sensing system to process the received at least one signal and determine whether the railway-vehicle is in a detection area of the railroad track,
• wherein the railway road crossing control unit is configured to activate at least one crossing warning device upon determining, based on the received at least one signal, a presence of the railway-vehicle in the detection area of the railroad track, and
• wherein the railway road crossing control unit is further configured to deactivate said at least one crossing warning device upon determining, based on the received at least one signal, an absence of the railway-vehicle from the detection area of the railroad track,
• wherein the railway-vehicle comprises a train, and wherein the railway-vehicle sensing system comprises a wireless telemetry link comprising a head-of-train electronic device and an end-of-train electronic device,
• wherein the at least one signal received by the railway road crossing control unit comprises a signal from the head-of-train electronic device processed by the railway road crossing control unit to determine entry of the train in the detection area of the railroad track, and
• wherein the at least one signal received by the railway road crossing control unit further comprises a signal from the end-of-train electronic device processed by the railway road crossing control unit to determine departure of the train from the detection area of the railroad track.