Level crossings warning


The Ramblers has warned that proposed new legislation on level crossings shouldn’t make it easier to divert or close rights of way across railway lines. Responding to a consultation led by the Law Commission and its counterpart in Scotland, the Ramblers said any changes should take account of pedestrian access and secure greater access where appropriate, noting that diversions along alternative country lanes may be equally dangerous.

“In Scotland, better regulation and control of Network Rail is needed,” says Helen Todd, Ramblers Scotland’s development officer. “It failed to cooperate in drawing up the Scottish Outdoor Access Code in 2005 and since then has been trying to close level crossings without public consultation and erecting false notices.”

• Tendring Ramblers (pictured above) walked a long lost footpath over a level crossing at Brakey Grove, Wrabness, Essex, in August after they successfully campaigned to have it cleared by the council and got new steps installed by National Rail.

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  2 Responses to “Level crossings warning”

      At 10:18 am on February 7th, 2011 Geoffrey Williams wrote:

    We have a path(not a Public Right of Way) that leads from the Llandeilo Railway Station on the Heart of Wales line to a bridge over the River Towy and then to a PROW.This path is used by rail passengers to get to the down platform but then continues to the river bridge .It has been used regularly by the towns people to get to the far side of the river from the Town without let or hindrance for at least 20 years .Network,Rail are now fencing off the path and it will be lost to the townspeople and tourists
    On the Heart of Wales line there are to my knowledge two PROW’s that cross this line of Network Rail at Cynghordy station and below the Cynghordy viaduct
    Can you help the Local Ramblers Dinefwr Group to keep this path open?

      At 9:14 am on February 12th, 2011 Judith Charteris wrote:

    As a family we have used this path to access the river foot bridge and footpaths leading to Tregib woods for the last 25 years. This is a popular path with people living in town. As rail users have to cross the line to access south bound trains, this cannot easily be argued as a safety issue by Network Rail.

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