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In the UK pretty much all stations have bridges, so this will mainly be about being able to put them in place much more quickly when you are making changes to a
by stuaxo 5y ago
In the UK pretty much all stations have bridges, so this will mainly be about being able to put them in place much more quickly when you are making changes to a station, or putting a new bridge in somewhere (i.e. there may not be one that's inside the ticket barriers on some smaller stations).
- notahacker 5y agoLooks more like a design for footpaths in open countryside or between housing estates. Stations have a lot more to build around and on even if existing bridges need replacing
- teamonkey 5y agoIf you travel by train in the UK you'll soon realise how many stations are in fact in open countryside or between housing estates
- gsnedders 5y agoNo, these are very much for rural applications, hence why they don't need to include any provision for ramps or lifts (which most new crossings must), given the paths they connect are themselves typically at best a mud track (and often just a scarcely marked crossing of grazing land).
- chrisseaton 5y agoNobody here understands this lol. They either haven’t been to the UK or haven’t been outside London.
- gsnedders 5y agoEh, unless you spend much time walking in parts of the UK anywhere near a train line, it's not too hard to be totally unaware of such bridges (or even just footpath level crossings).
- kersplody 5y agoAlso very few level crossings due to a live 3rd rail on many lines. Crossing tracks safely and legally can be a many mile detour.
- blibble 5y agoonly a relatively small percentage of the UK network is electrified using a third rail (it is essentially a deprecated technology) regardless, level crossings work perfectly well: they simply have a gap in the electrified rail over the crossing (and the train is longer than the gap) if you look closely here you can see it: https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Ashtead-renewals.jpg https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Ash...
- chrisseaton 5y agoI think these are for footpaths not stations.