Trivia: Level Crossings in past 50 years where the railway was there first

[arabianights]

Have there been any level crossings created in the last 50 years where the railway was there first?

 

[yorksrob]

Not that it has any bearing on any funding arguments, the level crossing at Lydd town was built in the 1960's to facilitate construction traffic for Dungeness nuclear power station.

 

[The Planner]

The one north of Bicester Town on the bypass, can't recall its name. I think the Cholsey and Wallingford preserved railway has one on the Wallingford bypass. Iron Acton on the Tytherington branch is probably one too.

 

[Bald Rick]

Downham Market Bypass, and Littleport bypass. The clue is in the name!

 

[The Planner]

There is a newish one at Minehead too, preserved railway again though. Lydney too.

 

[steamybrian]

Correct me if I am wrong-
When the present section of the A5 was built in the 1980s by-passing Oswestry it crossed the freight only Gobowen-Oswestry (and beyond) line with a new level crossing.

 

[snowball]

Correct me if I am wrong-
When the present section of the A5 was built in the 1980s by-passing Oswestry it crossed the freight only Gobowen-Oswestry (and beyond) line with a new level crossing.

There were two new level crossings on the Oswestry bypass, one on the A5 section and one on the A483 section.

The Oswestry bypass was also unusual in that it brought the A5 closer to Oswestry than it had been before.

 

[30907]

Wisbech bypass too, not sure it's still open?

 

[Bald Rick]

Wisbech bypass too, not sure it's still open?

The line isn't, but technically the Lx still is, and it's maintained.

 

[Mettie2000]

Wisbech bypass too, not sure it's still open?

Nope, and has recently had the track and lights/signs removed from the carriageway

 

[Y Ddraig Coch]

A new level crossing was installed at Deganwy in the last few years to access the new Deganwy Quay complex.

 

[railnerd]

Hi.

Wainfleet All Saints bypass. AHB level crossing opened around 1989.

Not strictly the same idea, but Tinsleys UWC near Spalding was very recently converted to an MCB-OD level crossing during the upgrade.

 

[ac6000cw]

Cherry Hinton bypass (full barriers with CCTV, controlled from Cambridge PSB), in the 1980s - on the line between Cambridge and Newmarket.

 

[railnerd]

Hi.

Cherry Hinton... oh yeah! Isnt there a CCTV one at Fulbourn too or was that already there?

 

[snowball]

A new level crossing was installed at Deganwy in the last few years to access the new Deganwy Quay complex.

Not too far from there, there's a probably post-1960 level crossing over the Blaenau Ffestiniog line not far from Llandudno Junction.

 

[ac6000cw]

Hi.

Cherry Hinton... oh yeah! Isnt there a CCTV one at Fulbourn too or was that already there?

There are two CCTV/full barrier crossings in Cherry Hinton - one on the High Street (original) and one on the bypass (new). The two Fulbourn crossings are original, converted to AHB at some point. There used be another minor crossing close to the site of the 'bypass' crossing which closed when that one opened.

 

[railnerd]

Hi.

Quite right. Im getting the CCTV crossings mixed up.

 

[Y Ddraig Coch]

Not too far from there, there's a probably post-1960 level crossing over the Blaenau Ffestiniog line not far from Llandudno Junction.

Correct down on the Tre-marl industrial estate the automatic level crossing has probably been there around 25 years now.

 

[snowball]

Correct down on the Tre-marl industrial estate the automatic level crossing has probably been there around 25 years now.

I think it was in place before work started on the Conwy tunnel in 1986. It may have been in place during the work on the Colwyn Bay section of the A55 earlier in the 80s.

 

[bishdunster]

The one at Minehead is on a road called Seaward Way, the level crossing was built and commissioned several months before the road construction reached the railway. It was a local topic of redicule at the time, a fully functioning level crossing standing alone in the middle of a field complete with wig wags flashing and the barriers operating, there was even a photo of it in one of the tabloids, the Sun if I recall correctly !

 

[Llanigraham]

What about the crossing on the A48 near Bridgend where the Ford branch crosses?

 

[Johnuk123]

The line isn't, but technically the Lx still is, and it's maintained.

It doesn't look maintained to me.

 

[railnerd]

Hi.

None of the crossings on the March to Wisbech line are maintained by NR.
That honour now goes to the friends of the Bramley Line.
I think its all been OOU since about 2005. It was four years previous that a train went down the line.

 

[Bald Rick]

It doesn't look maintained to me.

That's because you can't see the wiring!
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Hi.

None of the crossings on the March to Wisbech line are maintained by NR.
That honour now goes to the friends of the Bramley Line.
I think its all been OOU since about 2005. It was four years previous that a train went down the line.

Fair play - I haven't been there for 3 years. However when I was over that way, Ely S&T definitely had the job of going over there to check the wiring every few months.

 

[181]

There's one at Garve on the Kyle line which I believe was built fairly recently (1980s?) to replace a bridge. Judging by the acute angle of the crossing, I presume that the bridge involved two right-angle bends in the road and a crossing was a much cheaper way of straightening the road than the large bridge that would have been needed to cross the line at that angle.