The public inquiry into proposals by Network Rail to close a large number of level crossings in Cambridgeshire has begun.

The inquiry opened on Tuesday 28 November at the Hallmark Hotel at Bar Hill, and runs for four weeks. It is open to the public, and anyone can attend.

Information about the inquiry and all the documentation can be seen on the inquiry website at http://cambridge-level-crossings.persona-pi.com/

Four crossing proposals withdrawn

Network Rail has withdrawn proposals to close four of the crossings it was originally intending to close:

• C03 West River, Little Thetford
• C08 Ely North Junction
• C09 Second Drove Ely
• C13 Middle Drove, March

The County Council is objecting to 12 of the remaining 25 proposals, with a further five holding objections.

Closures to which the County Council is objecting

• CO4 Meldreth
• CO7 No name No37, Harston
• C11 Furlong Drove, Little Downham
• C14 Eastrea Cross Drove, Whittlesey
• C15 Brickyard Drove, Whittlesey
• C16 Prickwillow 1, Ely (holding objection)
• C17, Prickwillow 2, Ely (holding objection)
• C20 Leonards, Soham
• C21 Newmarket Bridge, Ely
• C22 Wells Engine, Ely
• C24 Cross Keys, Ely
• C25 Clayway, Littleport
• C27 Willow Row Drove, Littleport
• C29 Cassells, Brinkley
• C31 Littleport Station, Littleport (holding objection)
• C33 Jack O’Tell, Waterbeach (holding objection)
• C34 Fyson’s, Waterbeach (holding objection)
• S22 Weatherby, Newmarket (in Suffolk but implications for some Cambridgeshire residents)

Closures to which the County Council is not objecting

• CO1 Chittering
• CO2 Nairns No117
• CO10 Coffue Drove
• C12 Silt Drove, March
• C26 Poplar Drove No30, Littleport
• C28 Black Horse Drove, Littleport
• C30 Westley Road, Westley Waterless
• C35 Ballast Pit, Waterbeach