Protest against air pollution at Hampden Park level crossing

The campaigners gathered at the spot clad with placards to encourage motorists to turn their engines off as they wait for the barriers to rise.

A spokesperson for Eastbourne Friends of the Earth said, “Many drivers leave their engines idling instead of switching them off – despite official advice to do so if traffic is stationary for more than a few minutes, which it usually is at the very busy Hampden Park crossing, where 16 trains an hour now pass through.