Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 106244
Level Crossings: Cycling and Pedestrians
Tabled: 15 January 2026
Answered: 26 January 2026
Question
Alex Mayer
Labour — Dunstable 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 MatherThe 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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