Copmanthorpe level crossing: "wheelchair inaccessble"
Channel: Doug Paulley
Date: 2023-03-28

Network Rail are intending on shutting Copmanthorpe level crossing.
This is a Good Thing, because level crossings are dangerous.
However, they are intent on replacing it with a stepped footbridge, without ramps.
One of their claimed reasons is that the existing crossing isn't wheelchair accessible, particularly at either side; and that it isn't used by wheelchair users.
Here's me going over it in my wheelchair, and the approaches either side.
Granted they could and should be better approaches (due to Network Rail not maintaining them!) but I could manage them in my wheelchair, and they could be easily made fully accessible.
Replace them with a stepped footbridge, however, and the crossing will never be accessible to wheelchair users, or to a lot of other people either.