East Coast Railway Line: Level Crossings

(asked on 5th November 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons Network Rail has not yet published a timetable to close 73 dangerous level crossings on the East Cost Main Line; and what recent discussions he has had with Network Rail over the East Coast Main Line level crossing closure programme.


Answered by
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Claire Perry
This question was answered on 10th November 2015

Network Rail has already closed over 900 level crossings since 2009 and the Department is supporting this work through a dedicated £109 million level crossing risk reduction fund during 2014-19. There are currently around 6,200 level crossings remaining on the main line network. Network Rail’s feasibility study, completed in June 2015, has identified preferred options for the closure of all 73 level crossings on the East Coast Main Line.


The Secretary of State has not had any recent discussions with Network Rail on this matter since the programme is an operational issue for the company.


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