Half-barrier level crossings, similar to the one in the Ufton Nervet rail disaster this month, in which seven people died, should be replaced on high-speed lines, a rail expert says.

Chilling footage shows how a woman came within “half a second” of being struck by a train when she ignored a barrier at a level crossing. The pedestrian only noticed the train at the last ...

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Barry Hearnshaw, 71, was driving Will Hallett, 15, to a football match at 8.38am when he drove over a half-barrier crossing at Barns Green, near Horsham on February 17 last year.

The half-barriers would "act as an extra deterrent," Network Rail said. They are part of the rail firm's £130m investment programme to improve level crossing safety.