Written question asked by David Drew (Labour) on Tuesday, 23 November 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 2 December 2004. It was answered by Tony McNulty (Labour) on Thursday, 2 December 2004 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Dept for Transport

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many manned level crossings were (a) closed and (b) converted to automatic operation in each of the last five years for which figures are available; how many permanent road closures over railway lines at the point of level crossings there were in each of the last five years for which figures are available. - Inc figure.

Answer: Mr. Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how many manned level crossings were (a) closed and (b) converted to automatic operation in each of the last five years for which figures are available; [199419] (2) how many permanent road closures over railway lines at the point of level crossings there were in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [199420] Mr. McNulty: During the last two years, 178 level crossings have been closed by Network Rail. Almost all of these were crossings worked manually by users on private roads.

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