Bid to cut level crossing deaths
A heritage railway has warned motorists are risking their lives after a car followed one of its trains over level crossing.
The incident, with red lights still flashing, was photographed by Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railway, two days before an awareness event.
The safety conference aims to reduce deaths on railway level crossings.
Andrew Thomas, from the rail company, said anyone using a level crossing "needs to have their wits about them".
The company said a car was photographed travelling behind a train on a crossing with red lights showing. The police have been informed.
There are different kinds of crossings, including small private ones, with 130 on the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland.
These often have private land on either side and only service a small number of properties.
'Risk life'
On Wednesday delegates at a safety awareness event in Porthmadog will be taken to the Minffordd level crossing just outside Porthmadog.
There a train will be butted up against a car to re-enact an accident on a level crossing.
Later safety advice will be shared by the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railways, UK Power networks and the Environment Agency.
Although the event, organised by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) North Wales Branch, is mainly aimed at workers using smaller private crossings, the message is the same for all users, Mr Thomas said.
No-one should ever risk life when using the crossings.
"No-one should ever assume they know the timetable," he said.
On Monday morning he said an incident, whilst the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railway was testing a new carriage, highlighted another problem on crossings.
While Mr Thomas was taking photos, he said a car was spotted following the train across the crossing, with the red lights still flashing.
"I was rather surprised, because although we've had this type of thing happen before, we thought it was in decline," he said.
'Irresponsible thing'
Mr Thomas said if drivers were jumping lights because they were in a hurry they should think "Are they in a hurry to end up in hospital?".
"It's a pretty irresponsible thing to do and if there are passengers on board they could be hurt too," he added.
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A heritage railway has warned motorists are risking their lives after a car followed one of its trains over level crossing. The incident, with red lights still flashing, was photographed by Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railway, two days before an
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