Silverstream railway station pedestrian crossing; flashing LED lights replace earlier lights

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Silverstream railway station pedestrian crossing; flashing LED lights replace earlier lights

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Upper Hutt City Library

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Upper Hutt City Library Heritage Collections

Description

A St Patrick's 15-year-old had been killed there in April 2003, and a HIBS student had received head injuries later in the year. The new lights were much brighter, and this was the first time they had been used at a pedestrian railway crossing. The time that bells and lights operated for southbound trains had been reduced; people had been impatient, and crossed when there was no obvious sign of a coming train. Printed in colour in the June 30, 2004 'Leader'. The February 9, 2005 'Leader' repo...

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Date created

June 2004

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http://uhcl.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/25445

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Upper Hutt Leader photographs, indexes, and research materials

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