Safety review after train deaths

It is believed the teenagers were on their way to catch a train

An inquiry into the deaths of two girls on a level crossing last December has ordered a safety review at locations where pedestrians cross the tracks.

Olivia Bazlinton, 14, and Charlotte Thompson, 13, died when they were hit by a train at Elsenham station, Essex.

The Rail Safety and Standards Board report said the girls ignored crossing warnings and ran onto the tracks.

But it said if they had not had to go to another platform to buy their tickets the risk would have been less.

The report did not recommend a footbridge should be built as the cost, it said, would be unsupportable.

It is believed the two girls ignored red warning lights and crossed the tracks to catch a Cambridge-bound train when they were hit by a through-train heading from Birmingham New Street to Stansted Airport.