In November 2023 Network Rail announced that the project to replace the level crossing at Delny with a bridge has been scrapped due to "ballooning construction costs" taking the total to nearly £13m.

The current ABCL (Automatic [full] Barrier Crossing, Locally Monitored) was installed in 2017, replacing the inherently dangerous automatic open crossing which had resulted in several deaths. At the time of installation Network Rail stated that "Level crossings are one of the biggest risks to rail safety and we are committed to removing public crossings from our network where we can, and installing barriers where we cannot." NR had decided to replace the dangerous crossing with a configuration which still required a permanent speed restriction of 55 mph (better than the 35 mph restriction previously in place), rather than the best alternative, which would have allowed trains to pass at the full 65 mph line speed.

According to the Aliona consultants' report of 2016 that was "ruled out of NR policy because of its significantly adverse effect on the economic case for a possible bridge replacement, which would be the infinitely preferable solution." On 24 November a car was hit by a train at Delny LX, fortunately no-one was injured. A timely reminder.

We hope that, now the bridge has been cancelled, the level crossing will be upgraded to allow the faster line speed, since every avenue to speed up the slow service on the Far North Line should be explored.

Another likely by-product of not building a bridge is that Network Rail's objection to the construction of 100 houses in the area would be reinstated. NR had been concerned that such a development would cause additional traffic to use the level crossing.