Question follow-through · 92948
Level Crossings: Tilbury
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that local communities affected by waiting times at level crossings, including East Tilbury, are consulted when freight timetables and volumes are expanded.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 19 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 28 Nov 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
19 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that local communities affected by waiting times at level crossings, including East Tilbury, are consulted when freight timetables and volumes are expanded.
24 Nov 2025
Target answer date
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28 Nov 2025
Answer published
Network Rail, as the infrastructure manager for Britain’s railways, are responsible for ensuring the safety of the public at level crossings across the network, including East Tilbury Level Crossing. This is in accordance with their statutory safety dutie...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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Level Crossings: Tilbury
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Level Crossings: Tilbury
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Level Crossings: Tilbury
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