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Network Rail have released the shocking CCTV footage as a warning to parents about the dangers of letting their children play on railway crossings
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Dog walkers sitting their pets on the tracks for photos, youths doing one-armed push ups and parents letting toddlers play on live railway lines, is just some of the incredibly dangerous behaviour caught on covert cameras this year at footpath level crossings in Worcestershire.
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Three Towns groups learn all about using level crossings safely.
(Permalink) Ardrossan Harbour Ardrossan Town Level crossings Princes Street Level Crossing Stevenston  Ardrossan Town: 380111 crosses Princes Street on its way to Ardrossan Harbour. The crossing is protected with half barriers. On the left is a new building built on the site of the station building.  Stevenston: A failure of the barrier system at Stevenston results in 318 269 being flagged over the crossing against a danger signal on 12 November with a service for Ardrossan Town.  Ardrossan Harbour Junction: Ardrossan Harbour approach seen from the signalbox. Much reduced. Off to the left ran the lines to Ardrossan North and to the right others to the breakwater see image [[36336]]. |
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North Yorkshire County Council has pledged it will do everything possible to avoid triggering a public inquiry over Network Rails £11bn upgrade and electrification of the York to Leeds line.
The authority has estimated if it feels duty bound to object to plans to close three level crossings in the Church Fenton area, south of Tadcaster, and replace them with a road bridge it would lead to a not inconsiderable delay of probably over a year for the scheme as it would trigger a public inquiry. (Permalink) Electrification Leeds Level crossings York |
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Campaigners seeking to save crossing points on the line of the Levenmouth rail link are planning to protest against their closure - by having a picnic.
(Permalink) Level Crossings Levenmouth Line  Tullybreck Level Crossing: The level crossing at Tullybreck, about a kilometre east of Double Dykes crossing, seen in August 2021. Amazingly the up line remained in place. It has been announced that all level crossings on the r ... |
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Existing crossing points on the line of the Levenmouth rail link will all be closed permanently when it becomes operational again.
(Permalink) Level Crossings Levenmouth Line Tullybreck Level Crossing: The level crossing at Tullybreck, about a kilometre east of Double Dykes crossing, seen in August 2021. Amazingly the up line remained in place. It has been announced that all level crossings on the r ... |
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'Be aware of your surroundings and use level crossings safely' is the warning issued today by HM Chief Inspector of Railways following the release of rail safety statistics by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR). Five deaths occurred at level crossings in Britain in 2020-21, up from two in the previous year, and this figure could have been much worse with a sharp increase in near misses with pedestrians also being recorded. Statistics published today by the rail regulator show 342 people were nearly hit by oncoming trains in 2020-21 - the highest level of near misses with pedestrians at crossings level since records began in 2002/03.
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