Network Rail fined £4 million for level crossing fatality

摘要

Network Rail has been prosecuted following the death of a woman at a pedestrian level crossing in Suffolk. Olive McFarland, 82, was struck by a London to Norwich train while using the Gipsy Lane pedestrian level crossing near Needham Market in August 2011. An investigation by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) found that Network Rail had failed to act on substantial evidence that pedestrians had poor visibility of trains when approaching the footpath crossing and were exposed to an increased risk of being struck by a train.