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« Reply #45 on: July 16, 2017, 23:36:42 »


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William Huskisson MP (Member of Parliament) was the first person to be killed by a train while crossing the tracks, in 1830.  Many more have died in the same way since then.  Don't take a chance: stop, look, listen.

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« Reply #46 on: January 26, 2020, 07:48:33 »

Some pictures of the crossing - as of last Friday (24th January 2020).

Where there were open fields across the railway line from the Oldfield Park housing area (where I was standing to take the first photo), there is now ongoing construction of those 300 (was it?) new houses.  I hear there is concern about the use of this crossing from the new housing to a primary school which is in the area (or accessed through) Oldfield Park



The second photo is taken from across the line (in front of those temporary construction buildings of the previous photo) and shows the crossing protection now in place and switched on.



The path which used to run almost straight ahead though what's now the building site has been diverted to a narrow fenced band between the railway and the site.  Although the rail crossing itself if wide, clean, slip-free, this diverted path is pretty messy - I would describe its condition as "unusable" except it is very clearly used by a considerable number of people, but maintained by none, judging by its awful condition.

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« Reply #47 on: January 26, 2020, 09:10:59 »

Adding a map to give this context



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Cyan - centre of new housing
Yellow - Schools
Green - recreation area
Magenta - level for crossing

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Red - road route from schools to Station
Purple - new road (access) into new housing
Grey - "direct" from new housing to station entrance and to schools
(via crossing, new housing to schools is straightforward as housing to south has lots of footpaths)
(via crossing, housing to south to station was traditionally easy but that is no longer the case)
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« Reply #48 on: December 10, 2020, 08:23:53 »

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LOCAL MP (Member of Parliament), Dr Andrew Murrison MP, has visited the level crossing in Oldfield Road to see for himself the gates, the speed of the passenger and freight trains and the extent of the development on the other side of the track.

Westbury town councillors have been very critical of Wiltshire Council, Linden Homes and Network Rail, saying the new housing development being built does not address children?s routes to local schools, nurseries and community projects over the railway tracks. Councillors have said that the risk to life is too great by doing nothing.
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« Reply #49 on: December 10, 2020, 14:52:03 »

Very confusing if the open space by the station is called Oldfield Park!

But probably a good quiz question for the future.  Cheesy
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« Reply #50 on: February 02, 2021, 18:46:15 »

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WESTBURY councillors, who wrote to the developers of a new housing estate near the sailing lake late last year, with concerns about the lack of a safe route across the railway line, particularly for children, have received a response.
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