SteveyBee131
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...and mentioned already in post 97The level crossing at Goole is impossible to bypass as due to it being a built up area and having road junctions on either side of the crossing there is nowhere to put a bridge
...and mentioned already in post 97The level crossing at Goole is impossible to bypass as due to it being a built up area and having road junctions on either side of the crossing there is nowhere to put a bridge
Sorry I had missed it...and mentioned already in post 97
High Street, Lincoln is virtually pedestrianised with very limited vehicle access, plus it has a lift equipped footbridge alongside, so could be closed with relatively little inconvenience. On a recent visit I was surprised how busy the line was. One closure lasted over 10 minutes.
I imagine pedestrians would be grumpy if they were forced to use the bridge though, rather than crossing on the flat, even if it means a wait.High Street, Lincoln is virtually pedestrianised with very limited vehicle access, plus it has a lift equipped footbridge alongside, so could be closed with relatively little inconvenience. On a recent visit I was surprised how busy the line was. One closure lasted over 10 minutes.
Known as Berry BrowClayton Bridge Manchester is on a very steep hill and also a sharp bend to stop you going over the edge into the River Medlock vale.
Obstacle detection utilising radar and similar techs is already in use. Its still not as good as a fence though.In the future, won't AI make level crossings much safer anyway...?
If I understand correctly, crossings with full barriers are remotely human-operated using a CCTV camera (or by a local keeper)?
And AHBs are automatic and rely on the road users acting sensibly, leaving them an "escape route"?
But surely we will soon be at a point where AI and image recognition will allow all crossings to go full-barriered, with the monitoring done by software rather than by human being, with far more reliability...?
So the safety case for removing them at enormous expense will weaken...?
Just a thought, possibly controversial...
But surely we will soon be at a point where AI and image recognition will allow all crossings to go full-barriered, with the monitoring done by software rather than by human being, with far more reliability...?
Good job there isn't a station there then, or things could get confusing at Huddersfield!Known as Berry Brow
There once was a station there but it was called Clayton Bridge and as been said the road is called Berry Brow.Good job there isn't a station there then, or things could get confusing at Huddersfield!
Logans Road, Motherwell. It’s been looked at in the past for elimination, and it’s one that both NR and the local authority would like rid of as it’s a major headache in the event of failure/damage. Just no easy answer.
Logans Rd was the first one that sprang to mind when I saw the thread and am a bit surprised that it took until reply #128 for it to be mentioned. No easy solution at all here as it's right on the junction with Bellshill Rd and has housing both sides of the road on the north-west side as @alangla correctly states. For those unaware, this is the crossing in question (a screengrab from Google Maps attached below). Possibly the one crossing in Scotland that NR wants shot of just as much as the relevent local authority (North Lanarkshire Council in this case) does, but the window to do so has long since closed.I thought about that one. The time to have done it would have been when the Motherwell Bridge works site was being cleared, but you’d probably have had to remove some of Derby CS as well. The boat has sailed on that one now it’s all housing I think.
Did make me wonder why they weren't ever called ACB-OD - Automatically Controlled Barriers - Obstacle DetectionThe majority of highway level crossing reliability issues are either related to the train detection system, or by highway users hitting the barriers. ‘AI’ crossings - what are known as MCB-OD* crossings, do not reduce this.
Similarly the risk at fully barriered highway crossings is largely due to vehicles smashing through the barriers with a train imminent. Again, MCB-OD doesn’t reduce this.
*Manually Controlled Barriers - Obstacle Detection. Somewhat misnamed as the barriers are not manually controlled!