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Ramblers Scotland has called for a court order to stop Network Rail from permanently closing the crossing.
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A call has been made to use Levelling Up funding to save a historic crossing at risk of closure as part of the new Levenmouth rail link.
(Permalink) Double Dykes Level Crossing Land access Leven Railway Levenmouth Line  Double Dykes Level Crossing: 'You shall not pass'. Looking east from Double Dykes level crossing. 19 July. |
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Glenrothes MP Peter Grant was speaking during a UK Parliament debate as part of the growing campaign to keep the crossing open.
(Permalink) Double Dykes Level Crossing Land access Levenmouth Line Network Rail Right of Way  Double Dykes Level Crossing: New signage at the Double Dykes Level Crossing, looking towards Thornton North Junction on 26th October 2022.
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Network Rail have invested more than £30,000 in installing new gates and fencing at the crossing.
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Several groups have penned a joint open letter to councillors and MSPs urging them to support the retention of Doubledykes crossing and two others.
(Permalink) Double Dykes Level Crossing Land access Double Dykes Level Crossing: New signage at the Double Dykes Level Crossing, looking towards Thornton North Junction on 26th October 2022.
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More than 1,100 people have signed a petition against level crossing closures at the new Levenmouth railway line.
(Permalink) Double Dykes Level Crossing Land access Levenmouth Line Double Dykes Level Crossing: New signage at the Double Dykes Level Crossing, looking towards Thornton North Junction on 26th October 2022.
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Network Rail closed the level-crossing at Dalwhinnie to the public - and by doing so, illegally obstructed a public right of way.
(Permalink) Ben Alder Level Crossing Cairnforms National Park Authority Dalwhinnie Land Access Network Rail Public Right of Way Strathspey Herald  Ben Alder Level Crossing: A view looking west of the Ben Alder Level Crossing, just south of Dalwhinnie station, in 2000. |
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Network Rail accused of being 'devious' over timing of announcement of more secure gate and fencing at contested Dalwhinnie crossing.
(Permalink) Ben Alder Level Crossing Dalwhinnie Land Access Ben Alder Level Crossing: A view looking west of the Ben Alder Level Crossing, just south of Dalwhinnie station, in 2000. |
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Campaigners have said the danger to the public is much greater since Network Rail closed the crossing without community consultation.
(Permalink) Ben Alder Level Crossing Land access Ben Alder Level Crossing: A view looking west of the Ben Alder Level Crossing, just south of Dalwhinnie station, in 2000.  Ben Alder Level Crossing: An aerial view of Dalwhinnie looking to the station over the level crossing showing the track damaged in the derailment repaired. |
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Dozens of people are expected to defy a safety warning with a protest picnic on the site of the new Levenmouth railway line this weekend.
(Permalink) Double Dykes Level Crossing Land access Level crossing closure Levenmouth Line Public access  Double Dykes Level Crossing: I had little evident progress to report on the Levenmouth branch apart from this road railer that was tidying the lineside on 3rd August, as seen in this view to the west of the threatened Double Dyke ...  Cameron Bridge: Increased work volume means more vehicle movements on the project to construct the new Levenmouth rail link. A Moxy crosses a bridge fitted with bog mats and timber. |
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Hundreds of people have signed a petition after it emerged there will be no level crossings over the new Levenmouth rail link.
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ScotWays (The Scottish Rights of Way & Access Society) is appealing for information from people who have used the Ben Alder level crossing to access long-distance routes west of Dalwhinnie in the Highlands. This is part of continuing efforts to resolve the problems created by Network Rails closure of the level crossing.
Previous actions have included a public petition signed by over 9000 people, meetings with Network Rail and an open letter from multiple organisations to the Transport Minister. (Permalink) Ben Alder Level Crossing Dalwhinnie Land access Network Rail ScotWays |
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Transport Minister has now agreed to meet with campaigners fighting for public access on historic route.
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Walkers and climbers used the crossing at Dalwhinnie to reach one of Scotland's most remote Munros.
(Permalink) Ben Alder Level Crossing Dalwhinnie Jenny Gilruth Land access Ben Alder Level Crossing: A view looking west of the Ben Alder Level Crossing, just south of Dalwhinnie station, in 2000. |
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Danny Carden of Ramblers Scotland looks at the ongoing dispute over access to Ben Alder via the locked level crossing at Dalwhinnie.
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A Scottish walking charity has condemned Network Rail for putting impenetrable walls between the public and the countryside by closing more than 1,250 level crossings in Britain since 2009.
(Permalink) Ben Alder Level Crossing Dalwhinnie Land access Network Rail Ramblers Scotland Ben Alder Level Crossing: A view looking west of the Ben Alder Level Crossing, just south of Dalwhinnie station, in 2000. |
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Community leaders are vowing to step up their campaign for the reinstatement of a railway level crossing controversially closed in Dalwhinnie in the summer.
The villages watchdog pressed Network Rail to respond to them by last Wednesday on a course of action to resolve the five-month dispute, but claims they have been ignored yet again. (Permalink) Ben Alder Ben Alder Level Crossing Land access Ben Alder Level Crossing: A view looking west of the Ben Alder Level Crossing, just south of Dalwhinnie station, in 2000. |
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Dalwhinnie Community Council angry that Network Rail has failed to respond 11 weeks after assurances at meeting.
(Permalink) Ben Alder Level Crossing Dalwhinnie Land access Ben Alder Level Crossing: A view looking west of the Ben Alder Level Crossing, just south of Dalwhinnie station, in 2000. |
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