Haywain
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The Welsh Highland Railway level crossing at Portmadog is very unusual in having the railway run along the road.
Yes, Redcar Central level crossing.Are there still any using telescopic gates?
Amongst other things yes. There's a thread on here about that incident.Weren’t they a factor in an incident at Redcar recently?
Ah, the old Lincoln Street LC.And a bit further south at David Lane, the Nottingham tram is still alongside the railway but the barriers only go down for trains, trams being protected only by traffic sisignals.
Still there. I hadn’t realised that it had no lights.Is the crossing in Arbroath that has barriers but no lights still extant?
Orchard Street? Attached images from Google Street View, showing the crossing with its barriers but no lights; and the crossing box.Is the crossing in Arbroath that has barriers but no lights still extant?
Box is still operational and controls the crossing.Orchard Street? Attached images from Google Street View, showing the crossing with its barriers but no lights; and the former signal box.
That's a pleasant surprise. I had a few work related trips to Arbroath, from the south coast, during 2017-18, yet I never knew of this road or the 'box. Drat and double drat!Box is still operational and controls the crossing.
This was once a fairly common arrangement on the Great Eastern.Manningtree is a little bit odd with its small bridge right next to the crossing. I think theres another one like this in East Anglia too.
Littleport is another that no longer qualifies. All road traffic now uses the level crossing, the underbridge is now the walking route between the platforms.And Littleport
Helpston crosses six tracks and protected only at the outer sides of the six running lines.Could also have helpston with a signal box and sort of refuge thingee in between the Oakham to Peterborough line and the east coast mainline
When I first looked at this thread Rosarie was the first crossing that sprung to mind. Glad it’s still unique.Rosarie: Only remaining AOCR on NR?
Fabulous stuff, thanks.Carmont: Manned barrier with no lights.
Logans Road: CCTV, no “wig-wags” but integrates with the traffic signals at the adjacent road junction.
Rosarie: Only remaining AOCR on NR?
Holywood: Last wheel-operated gates on NR in Scotland.
There’s one near Ballinluig that’s a “rural barrier” but is electrically, rather than hydraulically, operated due to one of the regular users being an elderly couple who couldn’t operate a hydraulic installation.
Ah. Automatic Open Crossing (Remotely Monitored). Essentially, an Automatic Half-Barrier without the barriers. They fell out of favour after the Lockington accident and subsequent Stott Report. Rosarie has survived largely because nobody knows quite how to replace/remove it given local conditions.Fabulous stuff, thanks.
For my ignorance, what's an AOCR?
Thanks. I'm guessing it's similar to what I put on post #19 but with the added feature of remote monitoring?Automatic Open Crossing (Remotely Monitored). Essentially, an Automatic Half-Barrier without the barriers.
You can't stay in the middle when the barriers are downHelpston crosses six tracks and used to be protected only at the outer sides of the six running lines.
As you rightly say, there's now a split - refuge - for motorists.
Is it an emergency refuge, e.g. if a person or a vehicle cannot reach either side safely once the alarm sequence starts?You can't stay in the middle when the barriers are down
No, the person controlling the barriers will stop them lowering until you get outIs it an emergency refuge, e.g. if a person or vehicle cannot reach either side safely once the alarm sequence starts?
Before barriers were installed, there were two separate gated crossings (ex-Midland / ex-Great Northern) - and the "refuge" was in fact a legitimate place for vehicles to stop.
There are good reasons for the set up of the two crossings between Northam and Eastern Docks. Chapel Road is an ABCL, which means as long as the crossing is working and clear, the driver can keep the train moving. The speed approaching the crossing is lowered but stopping isn't necessary here. The signal prior to Canute Road protects the entrance to the docks and the position light can't be cleared until acceptance is given by the staff/shunter in the docks. As the train is starting from a stationary position and is moving at slow speed, the risks are much lower.Chichester has two level crossings 80 metres apart and just to the east of the station platforms. Stockbridge Road by the station and Basin Road 80 metres east of it.
Southampton's busy Canute Road is crossed by the line into Eastern Docks (and next to the erstwhile Terminus Station).
No barriers or gates - just the warning lights, yodel alarm and a hefty hoot from the locomotive.
Bizarrely, the far less busy Chapel Road, 1/4 mile to the north of Canute Road, has AHBs.
Paignton South does as well, though only the heritage Dartmouth Steam Railway has service trains, the NR line is used to access the sidings and to shunt trains from platform 1 to 2.Forge Farm Crossing is possibly unique in crossing both a National Rail line and a Heritage Railway (Spa Valley Railway)
I really must get up from the south coast to photograph it!No, the person controlling the barriers will stop them lowering until you get out
Whenever I've been stood to photograph a freight working over Southampton Canute Road, vehicle drivers are (mostly) sensible and patient. Pedestrians, on the other hand...As the train is starting from a stationary position and is moving at slow speed, the risks are much lower.
Surely the refuge is there in case something goes wrong.No, the person controlling the barriers will stop them lowering until you get out
It's basically there because there is a gap between the ex-Midland and ex-GN lines. I presume this was because it was easier to build the newer route (the GN I think) without messing with the older one.Surely the refuge [at Helpston] is there in case something goes wrong.
I was very disappointed when they replaced the crossing at Ford and it lost the bells.There are a small handful of level crossings that still have bells instead of alarms. These days 99% use the standard yodalarm alarm sounds but a few with bells still exist.
Ashwell (Langham Road) Rutland
Brook (New Road) Surrey
Charlton (Charlton Lane) Greater London
Chilworth (Sampleoak Lane) Surrey
Collingham (Cross Lane) Nottinghamshire
Ditchling (Spatham Lane) Sussex
Farncombe (Bourne Road) Surrey
Hatton (Station Road) Derbyshire
Hythe (West Street) Hampshire
Marchwood (Tavells Lane) Hampshire
Marchwood (Trotts Lane) Hampshire
Marchwood (Veals Lane) Hampshire
Sandwich (New Street) Kent
Sandwich (Woodnesborough Road) Kent
Southampton (Adelaide Road) Hampshire
Southampton (Mount Pleasant Road) Hampshire
Winthorpe (Holme Lane) Nottinghamshire
Wokingham (Barkham Road) Berkshire
These level crossings with bells are certainly getting very rare these days. I would imagine that within five or ten years all of these will be replaced with alarms.