In article , (Roland Perry)
wrote:

In message , at
04:17:18 on Sat, 25 Nov 2017, remarked:
In article , (Roland
Perry) wrote:

In message , at
09:47:06 on Fri, 24 Nov 2017, remarked:

with 5 times as many cars, travelling 5 times as many miles, I find
it neither surprising nor wholly reprehensible that people are no
longer content to wait for the signalman to change the signals, then
come down from the box to open the gates. And those figures are
national. In London and the SE the changes have been greater.

That level crossing model, while normal in the 1960s, largely went out
long ago. So signalling is as likely as not automatic or controlled by
route setting. 5 crossings are supervised from Cambridge PSB by CCTV.
Almost no crossing gates require a signalman to come down from his box
to open the gates now.

Littleport station crossing!

With an underpass like at Ely!

Don't mention Ely! (You'll annoy Basil).

But the underpass is even lower. So a van like this probably too
high: https://goo.gl/maps/3LiuoCLXQZm

2.51m at Littleport compared to 2.7m at Ely. That van would just about get
under judging by the amount of clearance visible there. Although judging by
what's on Google Streetview, their car probably couldn't get under it.

How much traffic does that crossing get?

Very little. Since the bypass (a while ago now) it's on a road
essentially from nowhere to nowhere.

So it comes low down the priority list for replacing the gates,
unsurprisingly.

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Colin Rosenstiel