Motorists may be killed at unmanned crossings, warns train drivers’union

MOTORISTS could be killed at unmanned train crossings because of their failure to close the gates at these junctions, a train drivers’ union has warned.

There are more than 200 of these level crossings throughout the country, despite Government investment in rail lines.

Last month, Limerick nun Sr Joan Bowles, 59, was killed at the unmanned Woodfarm crossing on the main Limerick to Tipperary road.