DEGANWY residents have won a “David v Goliath” battle to reopen a railway crossing that was shut for 10 years. The 20-foot crossing at the bottom of Ty Mawr Road leads to the Coastal Path towards Conwy and prevents residents having to walk an extra half-an-hour over a busy flyover. It was closed without notice by Network Rail in 2011 when officers removed signage and locked the entrance gate. The path is understood to have been a right of way for centuries, used by fisherman and to transport grain before the railway line was built. A campaign was launched by residents with Marl ward county councillor Mike Priestley and then-MP for Aberconwy, Guto Bebb.