Date: 23/11/2011

The gatekeeper in charge of Europe’s second busiest railway level crossing has been jailed for three months after being found in a drunken stupor in his cabin.

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Railway worker found drunk and unconscious in charge of one of Britain's busiest level crossings is jailed

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Alcoholic Peter Singleton, 29, (pictured), had drunk more than five pints of cider and could not be woken while in charge of Europe's second busiest level crossing at Doncaster Road, Wakefield.

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Bombardier Transportation's maintenance facility built on the site of the former Crofton PW Depot, adjacent to the Wakefield to Pontefract / Goole line, seen here on 17 February with First TransPennine Express 170303 under test in the sidings.
Location: Crofton TMD
Company: Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
17/02/2010 David Pesterfield

66522 in joint Shanks / Freightliner livery passing west light engine over the level crossing leading to the Bombardier Transportation maintenance depot at Crofton, near Wakefield; the lights of which are just visible over the hedge beyond the locomotive.
Location: Crofton TMD
Company: Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway
17/02/2010 David Pesterfield