Over here Transport Canada demand removal of LCs where a threshold of peak movements per hour is passed. Presumably the Rail Safety Commission takes a similar view? (This might apply more to the Maynooth line closures than the mainline in Tipp though)
Unfortunately it's a worldwide phenomenon that where there are LCs there are people rushing through because they are impatient or people who breakdown at just the wrong time or people just trying to off themselves with no regard to the impact on the unfortunate driving the train. There's a big financial hit (capital cost + payoff for the gate operator) but it beats having the front of a DVT stove in.
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