Network Rail is set to close nine pedestrian crossings early in 2021.
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Network Rail is set to close or modify nine pedestrian crossings in Suffolk in a bid to speed up trains on the main line to London and improve safety.
After the crossings are shut trains will be able to travel across them faster - and will not have to sound warnings. That should eventually allow some timetables to be speeded up.
The news comes a week after Network Rail was told it could not close a further 13 pedestrian and bridleway crossings that it had hoped to shut as part of the programme to speed up rail travel.