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09
Mar 2023
Password protected gates installed at Knaresborough level crossing
Network Rail has installed a passcode protected gate to keep people off the railtracks in Knaresborough.
The new gate has been put in place at Green Lane level crossing, near the Trinity Fields housing development in the town, to prevent trespassing.
Officials at the organisation worked with Harrogate Borough Council to install the facility.
Network Rail said an average of 20 to 25 people such as dog walkers or joggers illegally used the level crossing each day.
It added that in 2022 the gates were recklessly left open 20 times, posing a real risk for children, vulnerable people and animals.
The access to private land from Green Lane level crossing.
Darren Lord, north and east route level crossing manager for Network Rail, said:
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The new gate will be used by authorised people to access the level crossing to reach private land.
Those people have been given the keycode and briefed on how to use the new system safely.
Cllr Tim Myatt, Harrogate Borough Council’s cabinet member for planning, added:
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