HC Deb 27 March 1899 vol 69 c496
MR. WEIR

I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will state the number of railway level crossings in England and Wales, Scotland, and Ireland respectively which pass over public thoroughfares, and are private property?

THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. C. T. RITCHIE,) Croydon

No, Sir, the Board of Trade have no cognisance of the circumstances of private railways not authorised by Parliament and not opened for public traffic.