"Martin Underwood" wrote in message
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"John Rowland" wrote in message
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Incidentally, the level crossing at Lincoln Road (Enfield)
is closed to cars at nights and all day Sunday. I think
the one in Park Lane near Theobalds
Grove station might be as well.

Er, wouldn't there be more rail traffic during the day
than at nights and weekends, and therefore more
need to keep the barriers down for longer during the day?
Or is it because there's also more road traffic during the
day as well.

The latter. The crossings are manned, as in there is are actual blokes sat
in portacabins next to the crossings, and when they clock off for the night,
the crossings remain closed until the morning (or the Monday morning).

If a brand new road is built these days, what are the
guidelines about level crossing versus bridge?

This is an issue in the plans for Watford Junction. Level crossings are
considered to be unsafe, and I don't think any more will be installed on
straight roads... but at Watford the planned road is (horizontally) curved,
and a hump-back bridge on a curved road is considered to be even worse than
a level crossing, so a level crossing might be installed there.

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