Great Western Coffee Shop

https://abcrailwayguide.uk/poole-public-level-crossing-poole

One of the busiest in the country ...


Is that, really, 30,000 plus pedestrians per day?  It does not say "per day" ....


Isn't there a footbridge as well?   Are there any other forms of protection used at pedestrian level crossings that are NOT employed at Poole?  (train honking, train stop-and-proceed clearly inappropriate)

Yes, there is a footbridge as well.

Of course it is. It's in the middle of the High Street, with people walking up and down all the time. Simplistically, spread over 15 hours it's one every two seconds; that's a reasonable footfall for a busy shopping (and other stuff) street. Or maybe that should be "was" - the user census  data I have are 10 vehicles and 15243 pedestrians and cyclists. If that's more recent, I guess it represents a drop in retail footfall.

Thanks for that confirmation - I did a "surely not" when I read it, seeing as I live in a town of less that 30,000 and couldn't imagine them all out on a single level crossing on the same day.

Looking at much lower numbers on our local foot crossings - https://grahamellis.uk/blog1542.html (https://grahamellis.uk/blog1542.html) - and trying to establish how much they are used and what other measures would be available.  I do like the idea of a bridge with lifts for when the crossing is closed as they have at Lincoln ...

Whenever I have to cross Poole level crossing it is a Saturday and it is crammed. Don't know what it is like without the street market. While I am waiting in the crowd I wonder how it compares with Shoreham by Sea. Shoreham used to be reputed to be the level crossing that was closed longest.  I don't know if that was a fact or the Shoreham motorists in a hurry to get nowhere.

Poole LC is seriously busy and the barriers come down a very long time before trains pass the crossing even when they are leaving the station. There is a footbridge but it's far from DDA compliant - very steep steps. There's a pedestrian subway (and road overbridge) much closer to the station but the railway pretty much splits the town centre in two as there are few places to cross.