Only passenger cars are allowed to cross the railroad tracks at Royer Street between Las Vegas Street and Fountain Boulevard, the scene of a train versus bus accident in December, the city of Colorado Springs announced today.

December 15, tour bus got stuck when it high-centered on the tracks on the steep slope just south of the crossing and was demolished soon after by the next train that came along. The driver and two passengers had got off the bus waiting for a tow truck and no one was injured in the accident.

In 2005, two semi-trailers were hit by trains after getting high-centered there — one of them spilling 43,000 gallons of beer on the tracks. Since 1975, railroad records show there have been 24 other crashes at the crossing, making it one of the most dangerous in the state.

To make the intersection safe for all vehicles would require raising Las Vegas Street four feet, which would cost a minimum of $1.5 million, the city said in a release.

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