Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 109912

Level Crossings: Thatcham

Tabled: 30 January 2026
Answered: 6 February 2026

Question

Mr Lee Dillon

Liberal DemocratNewbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential safety and operational benefits of converting the Thatcham level crossing from manually controlled barrier with CCTV to manually controlled barrier with obst

Answer

Keir Mather
Network Rail is responsible for assessing and managing the safety risk at level crossings on the mainline railway in Great Britain, including at Thatcham. It routinely reviews the most appropriate safety measures, taking into account local risk, user beh...

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