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Title: Footbridge replaces 'dangerous' Balcombe rail crossing at Kemp's Farm, Sussex Post by: Chris from Nailsea on March 08, 2015, 19:39:42 Posting here, as it's the nearest I can get to the Brighton main line: from the BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-31779958):
Quote Footbridge replaces 'dangerous' Balcombe rail crossing (http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/81465000/jpg/_81465986_kemps009.jpg) The new crossing at Balcombe goes over the Brighton mainline A footbridge has been opened over a mainline railway track, replacing a crossing deemed "dangerous". Kemp's Farm foot crossing in Balcombe linked the B2036 with the village. Previously people crossed the 90mph Brighton mainline on a bend. The bridge now takes them up and over the lines. Dave Ward, from Network Rail, said: "Level crossings are dangerous places and closing them removes the risk for people who use them." Now, I may be nit-picking here, but where is the disabled step-free access route to that new footbridge? :o Title: Re: Footbridge replaces 'dangerous' Balcombe rail crossing at Kemp's Farm, Sussex Post by: stuving on March 08, 2015, 20:06:26 Now, I may be nit-picking here, but where is the disabled step-free access route to that new footbridge? :o In other cases, it has been deemed not necessary where there are (too many) steps somewhere along the route. There may be other reasons too. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |