{"id":4150,"date":"2023-01-02T18:23:31","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T18:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/?p=4150"},"modified":"2023-01-27T17:41:56","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T17:41:56","slug":"78-alphington-crossing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teignrail.co.uk\/scouting\/78-alphington-crossing\/","title":{"rendered":"78 Alphington Crossing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The safety of Alphington Crossing had been questioned in 2005 by a local councillor. Devon County Council consulted Network Rail, which body advised that it did not consider the crossing to be unsafe.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Construction of the new Marsh Barton Station would both hinder the sighting of Down trains from the crossing and, by virtue of a new footbridge, provide a safer path alongside Clapperbrook Lane. Thus, in August, 2016, an inspector ruled<\/a> that the crossing could be closed and he allowed a lengthy diversion of the footpath to be made.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The footpath was used only by recreational walkers and the route was far from essential. The scout has been riding the roads around Marsh Barton Trading Estate since he was a boy; the “whistling” during daylight of every Down train was heard across the estate and in the city; but it was only when the scout heard of the proposed closure that he found and used the crossing for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n