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[[File: Fishermens_Crossing_20150528.jpg |thumb|300px|right| Fishermen’s Fishermen's Crossing looking south]]'''Fishermen's Crossing''', likely named for its use by fishermen to access the nearby [[River Severn]]officially '''Coombys Farm Crossing''', is located between [[Arley]] and [[Highley]], just North immediately north of [[Borle Viaduct]]. It is identified by <ref name=SVR154>SVR News 154</ref> The crossing allows road signs as '''Coombys Farm Crossing''', after access to the nearby farm to the east of the line, now part of a small holiday park.<ref>[https://www.coombysfarm.co.uk/ Coombys Farm website]</ref>. Although identified as Coombys Farm Crossing on road signs, it is commonly referred to as Fishermen's Crossing, likely named for its use by fishermen to access the nearby [[River Severn]].  The crossing is an [[List of infrastructure#Types of bridge and crossing|occupation crossing]],<ref name=SVR154/> ie one which connects two parts of an estate separated by the railway (unlike an [[List of infrastructure#Types of bridge and crossing|accommodation crossing]], an occupation crossing is not necessarily installed during construction of the railway or at the route developer's expense, nor may there have been an existing road or path at its location). The crossing appears to be relatively recent in comparison with the railway; the road leading to it is not present on the [https://maps.nls.uk/view/197236508 OS 1 inch map revised up to 1961] but is shown on the [https://maps.nls.uk/view/197236505 same map revised up to 1967]. A small [[Foot crossing near milepost 142½|foot crossing]] lies a short distance away towards Highley. This results in locomotives whistling twice in quick succession when passing the area.

New gates were installed at the crossing at the end of August 2002. SVR News noted that "''This was required purely to conform with regulations - the gates are quite useless, as they are kept permanently open by all concerned the entire time, as were the perfectly sound ones they replaced.''"<ref>SVR News 140</ref>  Two years later in August 2004, the crossing was the scene of a collision between a "Steam School Special" hauled by [[LMS Ivatt Class 2 46443|Ivatt Class 2 46443]] and a van which drove onto the crossing without stopping, the crossing gates having been left open by a previous user.<ref>SVR News 148, General Manager's Notes</ref> The van was carried some distance down the track, with the driver suffering injury<ref>[http://orr.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/1664/railsafety04.pdf HSE's annual report on railway safety 2004 – ORR] Retrieved 8 June 2015</ref> though fortunately not fatal. H.M. Railway Inspectorate found no fault with the locomotive/train braking or the signing of the crossing, and no blame for the collision was attached to the Railway.<ref>SVR News 149, Boardroom Notes</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/shropshire/4097347.stm Van driver blamed for rail crash, BBC News] Retrieved 8 June 2015</ref>