7.10am this morning …
“Due to an incident in the meols area, services on the West Kirby line are suspended between West Kirby and Bidston. A rail replacement bus service should shortly be operating.”
UPDATE: Merseyrail can’t be blamed for this one, by the looks of things someone managed to not see the train coming when they were attempting to use the crossing near Manor Road station, between the station and Meols.
And thanks to Keith Lumley of Network Rail for his comment below, clarifying the cause of the disruption. A very unfortunate incident indeed.
At approx 0620, an empty passenger train from Kirkdale depot to Wesy Kirkby hit a man on Carlton Lane crossing,
near Manor Road station. Emergency services called and body removed. Train services on the move again at at about 0805.
Carlton Lane crossing is what we know as a ‘user worked’ crossing. In simple terms, it is a gated crossing of the type that normally linkss two farmer’s fields, and anyone wanting to cross has to open the gates and then close them once they have crossed.
If you want a photo of the crossing, send me an email.
Comment by North West Media Man — November 17, 2009 @ 10:24 am