Lorry crashes into level crossing causing train delays
A Cambridgeshire road was blocked on Monday (March 25) after a lorry crashed into a level crossing in Holme. Station Road was partially blocked in both directions after the incident, which caused a level crossing failure. A Cambridgeshire Police[1] spokesperson said: "British Transport Police notified us at about 10.35am that a lorry hit a level crossing barrier in Station Road, Holme."
While Station Road was cleared by 1.40pm, a Network Rail spokesperson said the crossing was still closed to traffic as of 2.30pm on March 25. This was to allow workers to put a replacement barrier in place.
The incident caused train delays between Stevenage[4] and Peterborough[5] for more than two hours.
This disruption ended just before 1pm, according to National Rail. Inrix, the traffic data company, reported at 11.23am: "Station Road in both directions partially blocked, slow traffic due to accident and level crossing failure around Yaxley Road." Inrix said the road had been cleared just before 1.40pm. We brought you live updates on this incident.
Take a look below for a timeline of events.
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References
- ^ Cambridgeshire Police (www.cambridge-news.co.uk)
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- ^ Stevenage (www.cambridge-news.co.uk)
- ^ Peterborough (www.cambridge-news.co.uk)
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