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- £3.25bn to be invested in Britain's train stations
- 150+ stations in Anglia to receive investment
- Passengers to have their say

- Impatient mother puts child at risk
- 13 car drivers warned by police in less than four hours
- Four £50 fines dished out to law-breaking pedestrians

Installation of new two-tier racks doubles cycle parking spaces at the station

“I thought the train would slow down to let me through”.

“Lights?  No, I don’t bother looking at them, I only stop when the barriers start coming down – I wouldn’t want to damage the car.”

“I thought that the train driver was giving way to me when he sounded his horn”

These are just a few of the reality-stretching excuses given by people jumping lights or weaving round barriers at level crossings, as to why they flouted the law and risked lives in order to save a few seconds.