Comments on: Signs selection: boundaries, ownership, private property, public access http://yorkstories.co.uk/signs-selection-boundaries-ownership-private-property-public-access/ A resident's record of York and its changes Wed, 05 Mar 2025 17:45:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 By: Lisa @YorkStories http://yorkstories.co.uk/signs-selection-boundaries-ownership-private-property-public-access/#comment-666985 Tue, 23 May 2017 19:32:19 +0000 http://yorkstories.co.uk/?p=12701#comment-666985 Thanks John, excellent info, thanks for adding it. I did think about Googling for more on the rights of way over railway lines when writing the above piece, but didn’t. Perhaps just as well as it’s rather controversial, clearly, and I may have ended up diverting into opinion/ranting.

I notice you mention the Kirkham one, that was the first railway line I crossed via a right of way and stiles for the purpose, many years back. It’s included on an ancient page I compiled many years ago (dating from 12 years ago today, coincidentally).

I have to say too that crossing the East Coast Main Line didn’t feel as dangerous as crossing the A64.

]]> By: John Scurr http://yorkstories.co.uk/signs-selection-boundaries-ownership-private-property-public-access/#comment-666876 Wed, 17 May 2017 10:51:20 +0000 http://yorkstories.co.uk/?p=12701#comment-666876 Hi Lisa,
Interesting about the railway crossings. Network Rail regularly review and extinguish crossings, often without reference to users. Currently they have a list of 58 crossings nationally that they want to close. The link opens as a spreadsheet.
https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Level-Crossing-Closures-February-2017.xlsx
One of these is at Kirkham Abbey and the revised route takes walkers on to the road level crossing which is certainly not an improvement for the walker.
The Ramblers Association are trying to persuade Network Rail to preserve more of these crossings and have a policy statement on their website about this.
http://www.ramblers.org.uk/policy/england/rights-of-way/rights-of-way-and-level-crossings.aspx
Although Network Rail have 58 crossings on their National list dated February 2017 the Ramblers are talking to them about 115 in the East Anglian Region alone that it is proposed will be closed.
http://www.ramblers.org.uk/get-involved/campaign-with-us/network-rail.aspx
I still wouldn’t like to cross the East Coast Main line on foot with trains travelling at speed.
John

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