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I believe that its name (“Wooden Gate”, singular) derives from “the gate at Wooden” (there is a nearby “Wooden Farm”), rather than “a gate made out of dead trees”.
Certainly, but of course the equipment container at the crossing refers to itself as Wooden Gates....
 

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....in Norfolk, so probably not somewhere a Virgin train has been anywhere near.

In the old days of Virgin
Cross Country, did a Voayger ever make it to Norwich? I have a feeling it did.
 

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Anyone got any idea where Red Van accommodation crossing (on the Highland Main Line between Blair Atholl and Dalwhinnie, about halfway between Dalnacardoch and Dalnaspidal) got its name from?
 

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Fields LC and Victory VC between Exeter and Taunton.
Minety LC is also a weird one on the Golden Valley, between Rodbourne (Swindon) and Kemble Junctions!
 

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Crossings named after things you really don’t want to find on the railway:

Trees Crossing (Audley End)
Elephant Crossing (Newport, Essex)
Boat Crossing (Bromsgrove)

Other noteworthy crossings include Three Gates (Chepstow), which only has two gates, and the unofficial name for Claydon Crossing halfway between Leamington Spa and Banbury.
 

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Rat hole lane, between Retford & Gainsborough

I was going to post that one! It's on a Bridleway that I cycle on from time to time.

Another one is Botany Bay crossing between Retford and Bawtry on the ECML.
 

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I was going to post that one! It's on a Bridleway that I cycle on from time to time.

Another one is Botany Bay crossing between Retford and Bawtry on the ECML.

Botany Bay is named after the farm adjacent to the railway, I use that crossing pretty regularly.
 

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Crossings named after things you really don’t want to find on the railway:

Trees Crossing (Audley End)
Elephant Crossing (Newport, Essex)
Boat Crossing (Bromsgrove)

Other noteworthy crossings include Three Gates (Chepstow), which only has two gates, and the unofficial name for Claydon Crossing halfway between Leamington Spa and Banbury.

I just came on to mention that one. If you know, you know
 

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Crossings named after things you really don’t want to find on the railway:

Trees Crossing (Audley End)
Elephant Crossing (Newport, Essex)
Boat Crossing (Bromsgrove)

Other noteworthy crossings include Three Gates (Chepstow), which only has two gates, and the unofficial name for Claydon Crossing halfway between Leamington Spa and Banbury.
Or Brabazon Crossing between Henbury and Filton North if you like aeroplanes!
 

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Also Ugley crossing near Stansted.

And yes, I do know a couple of Ugley girls.
 

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Not remotely smutty, Coop Crossing at Arlsey on the ECML. No longer a crossing on the level as in recent years it has been replaced by an unwieldy foot bridge
 

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Mount Pleasant LC in Southampton, which is located in a run down part of the city.

Parlour Gates footpath crossings on both lines west of Worting Jn.

Bone Mill user worked crossing north of Redbridge on the Romsey line.
 

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Before it was abolished last year, the crossing at Barnsley Station was called Jumble Lane, don't know why! (Before re-signalling in 1998, it was the last box in the country beginning with 'J' at the time)
 

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Before it was abolished last year, the crossing at Barnsley Station was called Jumble Lane, don't know why! (Before re-signalling in 1998, it was the last box in the country beginning with 'J' at the time)
The road crossing the railway was at one time named Jumble Lane (according to a relative), but became Kendray Street at some point during the 20th century. The railway never got around to catching up!
 

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Not a particularly funny one as such, but a bit odd: Friargate Crossing in Grimsby doesn't actually go over Friargate, but Cartergate. I think the road was renamed around the time the nearby shopping centre and ensuing traffic redirection schemes were built, but I could stand corrected.
 

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Fields LC and Victory VC between Exeter and Taunton.
Minety LC is also a weird one on the Golden Valley, between Rodbourne (Swindon) and Kemble Junctions!
The etymology of Victory crossing is less obvious since the adjacent pub, formerly the Victory Inn, was renamed the Allerford Inn after the nearby hamlet.

Which one is Fields? I'm only familiar with Victory and Bradford crossings between Taunton and Wellington, then there's one next to the M5 between Tiverton and Exeter which I thought was named Hele and Bradninch.
 
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