Re: [NSW] Five (in a car) thought dead after train crash

[David Johnson <trainman@ozemail.com.au>]

Alex Pout wrote:

> As an aside, driving through Newcastle today, I went through the Merewether St
> level crossing near Civic station.  I remember when I used to catch the train
> home from school that there were old fashioned gates there that had 4 gates,
> with swinging arms underneath them. From what I remember, they were pretty
> substantial, and completely blocked the road in both directions on both sides
> of the crossing.  Then, they disappeared.  I remember thinking at the time,
> that seemed to be a retrograde step, cause with the buildings around, and
> considering the traffic in that area of the city, sooner or later someone will
> go through it.  Opinions anyone??

Full width crossing gates are only used at Controlled locations where the
signaller can see the crossing is unoccupied before clearing the signal.


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