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One of Scotlands highest-risk public road level crossings could be replaced with a bridge, under newly revealed multi-million-pound plans. A proposed £8.7 million scheme would divert the road south of Markle and include a bridge over the busy East Coast Main Line.
(Permalink) Markle Level Crossing  Markle Level Crossing: 158711 crosses the not so level level crossing at Markle on 29 April 2017 with a Dunbar to Waverley service.  Markle Level Crossing: 91014 propels a VTEC service south at Markle level crossing on the ECML between Drem and Dunbar. |
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Noise from the barrier alarms disturb residents who said closing it would be a 'kindness' while council officers feared impatient drivers would risk being struck by trains rather than wait. A woman died at the level crossing after being struck by a train in 2011 and a man was killed in 2016.
(Permalink) East Linton Markle Level Crossing Markle Level Crossing: 158711 crosses the not so level level crossing at Markle on 29 April 2017 with a Dunbar to Waverley service. Markle Level Crossing: 91014 propels a VTEC service south at Markle level crossing on the ECML between Drem and Dunbar. |
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