Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 106244

Level Crossings: Cycling and Pedestrians

Tabled: 15 January 2026
Answered: 26 January 2026

Question

Alex Mayer

LabourDunstable and Leighton Buzzard

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had discussions with the Office of Rail and Road on the application of a risk-based approach to the provision of new pedestrian and cycle level crossings on heritage railways in instances where

Answer

Keir Mather
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) do not support the creation of new level crossings where there is a reasonably practicable alternative such as a bridge or tunnel. These alternatives should be fully explored and delivered where it is reasonably practicab...

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