As part of the the Cambridge resignalling, re-lock and re-control project (C3R project), Network Rail has proposed the replacement of the Automatic Half Barrier Crossing at Meldreth Road in Shepreth with a full barrier crossing.
Link to Network Rail C3R Project Website.
The Meldreth, Shepreth and Foxton Community Rail Partnership have responded to the consultation, objecting to the proposal on the following grounds:
- The consultation has not been properly publicized
- The upgrade proposal fails to provide key information
- The consultation makes a misleading assertion concerning a central feature of the proposal, i.e. barrier down time
- Applying an upgrade to Meldreth Road Level Crossing will create a number of new problems including new risk in the surrounding environment
Link to the Meldreth, Shepreth and Foxton Community Rail Partnership Response