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Update: Rail passengers suffer delays
9:12am Tuesday 13th May 2008
By The Page Turner »
Rail services between Oxford and Didcot have returned to normal following problems at a level crossing this morning.
The technical fault at Appleford level crossing near Didcot delayed services by up to 40 minutes for commuters earlier today.
First Great Western spokesman Lance Cole said barriers at the level crossing in Main Road, the B4016, were jammed in the up position shortly after 6am.
Network Rail engineers corrected the fault shortly after 10am, added Mr Cole.ing electrical failure near Swindon.
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simon, crystal palace says...
5:22pm Tue 13 May 08
Mark, Oxford says...
5:42pm Tue 13 May 08
As for the risk - there are about 7600 crossings in the UK and 1800 incidents per year, resulting in about 12 deaths. Nineteen out of twenty incidents are due to people deliberately ignoring the warnings (cf the lady killed recently crossing while while the lights were flashing). You can't protect idiots against themselves.
Ed, Oxford says...
8:27pm Tue 13 May 08
anon, didcot says...
11:53am Wed 14 May 08
I hardly think a small level crossing on one train line is going to be a terrorist target ever!!
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Andrew, Oxford says...
5:06pm Tue 13 May 08
It's time to either close the crossings or excavate tunnels/build bridges.