NETWORK Rail has promised residents that improvements will be made to the crossing where a teenage girl died after being hit by a tram.
But it stopped short of pledging to build a bridge, which is what campaigners are calling for.
Dozens of people filled the community centre next to Bestwood Miners' Welfare Club for a public meeting last night to make their views about the safety of the crossing known.
Passionate speeches were given about the crossing, near Bestwood Village.
The meeting was called after Lindsey Inger, 13, of Bulwell, died at the crossing on November 28.
It happened only four years after Jean Hoggart and her seven-year-old grandson Michael Dawson were killed there.
The over-riding feeling in the room was that a bridge should be built over the tram line and rail line, which run side by side.
One woman, who made a number of heart-felt appeals to the panel, which included representatives from Network Rail and the tram operators, said: "All we want is a bridge. If I was working for the tram I'd be disgusted with myself that I didn't do the right thing in the first place."
She added that if money was an issue, she was confident the community would raise funds to get the bridge built.
Another woman cried: "Please do something, close it down until you make it safe and that's the only thing you can do if you've got any decency at all."
People complained trees near the lines hampered the view when trying to cross.
The meeting revealed that trams travel over the crossing at 50mph and trains at 70mph, which prompted an angry reaction from residents.
Phil Hewitt, chief executive of Tramlink Nottingham, which operates the system, explained the crossing must be designed to the standard of a road crossing.
"That crossing has been designed within the guidelines," he said. "Whether they're wrong is another matter."
Residents argued that most zebra crossings used by families were in 30mph limits.
And one woman said: "At that crossing every train that goes by can go by at 70mph – the [two carriage] trains weigh 150 tonnes, they can't stop."
Martin Frobisher, route managing director for Network Rail, who also sat on the panel with Mr Hewitt and other representatives from the two companies, said they had listened to everything that had been said.
Speaking to the room, Mr Frobisher said: "Today was for us to listen. We have made commitments that we need to make improvements at this location and that's a commitment we make. It's the right thing to do.
"We've listened to what you've said, there's a strong consensus in the room that the community is looking for a bridge."
The two men said they will now work together on the matter and keep the community informed on the progress.
Mr Frobisher added they could not give a time scale on when the solution would be in place as it would depend on what action was taken.
He warned that a bridge would need planning permission and some residents might object.
The crossing is between the bottom of Mill Lane, Bestwood Village, and the roundabout where the A611 Hucknall Lane and Nottingham Road meet and is known as the Bayles and Wylies crossing.
