RMT renews call to scrap level crossings after Sudbury crash
RAIL union RMT today renewed its call for a programme to eliminate level crossings following last night’s collision between a passenger train and a lorry outside Sudbury in Suffolk.
RMT general secretary Bob Crow said: “Once again we have seen a crash at a level crossing, leaving many passengers and train staff seriously injured.
“The fact is that every level-crossing collision is avoidable, because the time is long overdue for a programme to eliminate level crossings from Britain’s railway network.
“On Network Rail’s own figures it would cost an average of £1 million to replace each level crossing with an underpass or road-bridge – that’s about half the cost of a mile of motorway.
“Level crossings are a 19th century solution – in the 21st century it is high time for a commitment to separate rail and road traffic,” Bob Crow said
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