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Originally Posted by BCPhil
Technically it is fenced along most of the Promenade, and where it isn't, it is quite elevated on top of a berm.
Along the promenade, almost all conflicts happen at the crossings. Most of the time someone gets hit it is because they are trying to beat the train, or are unaware it is there (I can't believe it happens but it does). To improve safety, all they need to do is install crossing gates. Only the pier crossing has an active signal, but it would cut down on a lot of accidents if they were all gated.
I used to live there and walked along the promenade several times a week for a few years. And along the promenade I only saw people walking on the tracks once; the little tiny fence does a decent job keeping people back. In some places to the West of the station they cross the tracks to the beach, but that's not so much a problem. It is further east where the drunk — hang out (I think trespassing on Native land too) where they taunt the train by standing on the tracks taking selfies of the BNSF freight trains barreling down on them. That's where they need a fence.
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Fences are only for smart people. Idiots will do what idiots will do. White Rock is lucky that BNSF is neighbourly and allows them to use railway property for the promenade and parking lot. They could easily fence the whole thing off and install no trespassing signs. White Rock ( formerly Surrey ) built itself along an active railway. What did they expect would happen? Don't whine after the fact.
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