Network Rail Scotland and British Transport Police (BTP) are raising awareness of the dangers of misusing level crossings following a series of incidents at Barry West and Balcathie level crossings.
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So far this year, meanwhile, there have been 31 incidents at level crossings across the network.
Irish Rail has released the footage as part of International Level Crossing Awareness Day, an initiative to encourage members of the public to be vigilant when using level crossings to cross the railway.
While incident rates are said to be stable, this may be down to reduced traffic volume because of Covid-19 restrictions.
Now as restrictions begin to ease, Irish Rail is warning people that level crossing incidents can cause significant disruption to rail services and place both the road user and railway users at serious risk.
The South Central Railway (SCR) has replaced a total of 81 manned level crossings during the financial year 2020-21 and seven more since April in a phased manner by providing alternative arrangements