From Newsgroup: aus.rail
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/5781899/ro-2022-007-preliminary.pdf
"In 2013, V/Line equipped the level crossing with lockable gates. To
provide limited access to the level crossing, V/Line had a formal
agreement with local property owners. The agreement provided authorised
users access to the level crossing under conditions set out in the
agreement, and keys to the gates of the crossing were provided to those authorised users."
"The farmer reported attending the Holmes Road level crossing shortly
before the expected arrival of the truck, unlocking and opening the
gates and then returning to the hay shed on their property."
Be interesting to see how that accords with the the conditions set out
in the agreement. If the conditions do not require that the authorised
user unlock the gate only when the vehicle that needs to use the
crossing is present, and for the crossing to occur under the supervision
of the authorised user, then they are seriously deficient.
I suspect the that the way this crossing was used on this occasion was consistent with the way it has been used in the past, and that this was
merely the first occasion on which there was an accident.
Sylvia.
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