Bombers foot crossing

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Bombers foot crossing by Robin Webster as part of the Geograph project.

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Bombers foot crossing

Image: © Robin Webster Taken: 5 May 2011

Anybody falling down the steps on the far side will come up against a fence, but not from this side. The only specially listed hazard in Network Rail's risk assessment at the time was sun glare, but the sighting in one direction of crossing in one direction of the track is far from good - see Image This crossing was risk assessed a year earlier at individual risk C (scale A bad - M good) and collective risk 10 (scale 1 bad - 13 good). The stated line speed was 85 mph. There were 66 trains per day, 'infrequent' users. A later assessment in 2013 increased collective risk to 9, the only recorded changes being more trains (77) and a recognition of the poor sighting time. There was still no requirement for trains to 'whistle'.

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