Trivia: Manually Controlled Level Crossings

[LLivery]

Watching all the stations I realised Brundall's crossing is still manually operated by staff. If I had known I would of gone to Brundall in the days I often went Norwich and got a few pictures. This got me thinking, how many are left and where do they remain? I've never actually used one.

 

[Elecman]

Chapel Lane, Burneside

 

[Elecman]

Several on the Cumbrian coast route north from Barrow

 

[ac6000cw]

Littleport (Ely - Kings Lynn line) still has wooden gates. I'm pretty sure there are some more east of Norwich other than Brundall (didn't a loco demolish a set of gates up there not so long ago?)

 

[GB]

Littleport (Ely - Kings Lynn line) still has wooden gates. I'm pretty sure there are some more east of Norwich other than Brundall (didn't a loco demolish a set of gates up there not so long ago?)

Lingwood Station Rd and Lingwood Chaple Rd. Think it was the latter that was hit by the RHTT.

Edit. Was Station Rd. Doesn't appear to be an RAIB investigation or digest available.

 

[TheEdge]

Cantley station is another one.

 

[RJ21]

Middlewood on the Buxton line is a manually pushed gate.

 

[Bromley boy]

Charlton Lane crossing.*

*Operated by a crossing keeper in a local box rather than physically pushing/locking gates, if that counts as "manual" for these purposes?

 

[LowLevel]

On my routes there are...

Hilton, Scropton (North Staffs)
Norwood (Robin Hood)
Wyfordby, Wymondham, Uffington (Leicester - Peterborough)
Woodcroft (ECML near Helpston)
Swinderby (Newark - Lincoln)
Ancaster, Rauceby, Heckington, Hubbert's Bridge, Sibsey, Bellwater Jn (Grantham - Skegness)
Whittlesea, Stonea (Peterborough - Ely)

So still a few about. Lots have closed in the last few years though.

 

[Llanigraham]

Depending on what you actually mean by "manually controlled", but technically there are lots, from remotely CCTV controlled to those locally monitored (Bromfield, Onibury, Craven Arms, for example) to actual gates still opened and closed by a crossing keeper.

 

[Spartacus]

Quite a few on the lesser lines of Yorkshire, such as between Harrogate and York, and one rather busier than normal one for these type of crossings is at Batley, though that's very rarely used as anything but a foot crossing.

 

[OwlMan]

East Green in Suffolk is a user operated crossing on a public road. See http://abcrailwayguide.uk/east-gree...ng-1-kelsale-cum-carlton-suffolk#.WYYd73XTWBY

 

[tsr]

East Green in Suffolk is a user operated crossing on a public road. See http://abcrailwayguide.uk/east-gree...ng-1-kelsale-cum-carlton-suffolk#.WYYd73XTWBY

There must be dozens of those across the country - either on public roads or rights of way - though admittedly not all would have those sorts of traditional gates.

 

[CockneySparrow]

On my routes there are...

Hilton, Scropton (North Staffs)
Norwood (Robin Hood)
Wyfordby, Wymondham, Uffington (Leicester - Peterborough)
Woodcroft (ECML near Helpston)
Swinderby (Newark - Lincoln)
Ancaster, Rauceby, Heckington, Hubbert's Bridge, Sibsey, Bellwater Jn (Grantham - Skegness)
Whittlesea, Stonea (Peterborough - Ely)

So still a few about. Lots have closed in the last few years though.

Wymondham isn't anymore, will be the new modular signalling barriers

 

[CockneySparrow]

Depending on what you actually mean by "manually controlled", but technically there are lots, from remotely CCTV controlled to those locally monitored (Bromfield, Onibury, Craven Arms, for example) to actual gates still opened and closed by a crossing keeper.

He is talking white gates

 

[CockneySparrow]

Middleton Towers is manually operated

 

[dk1]

There are so many manned crossings still in the U.K. It untrue. This thread seems a tad pathetic to be honest & confusing. Again the silly all the stations circus seems to have taken over the asylum.

 

[LowLevel]

Wymondham isn't anymore, will be the new modular signalling barriers

You're on about the wrong Wymondham which doesn't have a level crossing anyway. Wymondham is a manned level crossing with a crossing keeper between Melton Mowbray and Oakham.

As my post implies I sign the routes in question. Wymondham South Junction is a closed signalbox in Norfolk. Wymondham Crossing is an open manned crossing in Leicestershire.

 

[SpacePhoenix]

EDIT: It's Stoke in Dorset that Moreton does or at least did have a manually operated crossing. According to the commantary of a driver's eye dvd the crossing keeping at one time at least would have to padlock the gates shut after closing them

 

[Spamcan81]

There are so many manned crossings still in the U.K. It untrue. This thread seems a tad pathetic to be honest & confusing. Again the silly all the stations circus seems to have taken over the asylum.

Did anyone force you to view this thread? No, I didn't think so.

Anyway, back on thread. Whittlesea has manually operated gates.

 

[LLivery]

Depending on what you actually mean by "manually controlled", but technically there are lots, from remotely CCTV controlled to those locally monitored (Bromfield, Onibury, Craven Arms, for example) to actual gates still opened and closed by a crossing keeper.

Thank you all for the replies.

I do mean crossings where the crossing keeper goes down and open and close the gates.

 

[LLivery]

There are so many manned crossings still in the U.K. It untrue. This thread seems a tad pathetic to be honest & confusing. Again the silly all the stations circus seems to have taken over the asylum.

Not sure why its pathetic to want to know where tradition continues instead of just thinking everything must have new technology. Always thought it was normal to have a respect and appreciation for heritage. As for all the stations, you're entitled to your opinion but, its made me want to visit some places I never thought of visiting. Thats a good thing, no?

 

[Henbury Loop]

St Mary's Crossing is a minor level crossing for an access road between Brimscombe and Chalford - Gloucestershire.

It serves solely a former mill which is now industrial units, it is still manned with one having to ring the bell on the gate to alert the crossing keeper.

I should mention it is on the main Kemble to Gloucester line.

 

[LLivery]

St Mary's Crossing is a minor level crossing for an access road between Brimscombe and Chalford - Gloucestershire.

It serves solely a former mill which is now industrial units, it is still manned with one having to ring the bell on the gate to alert the crossing keeper.

I should mention it is on the main Kemble to Gloucester line.

Thats lovely, thanks!

 

[Llanigraham]

He is talking white gates

Is he?
The term used in the title of this thread is "Manually Controlled Level Crossing". That means any crossing where the gates or barriers are "controlled by a person". Therefore the crossings I mentioned are exactly that.

 

[Llanigraham]

Thank you all for the replies.

I do mean crossings where the crossing keeper goes down and open and close the gates.

Then I am sorry, but that is not what your title says.

 

[thenorthern]

I don't think I have seen Kents Bank mentioned yet which is a strange one as it has manually operated barriers.

 

[GB]

Then I am sorry, but that is not what your title says.

Pedantry.

 

[DackandBlecker]

Manually Operated, as opposed to manually controlled I guess would have been better wording, but I think it was fairly obvious what it was referring to

 

[181]

Unless it's changed since I was last there about three years ago, Elsenham still has manually operated gates, despite being on a line that is both busy (8 tph off-peak, i.e. 4 each way) and in other respects aparently modernised (overhead electrification and colour-light signals). Do people know of any similar examples? (I see that one on the ECML was mentioned upthread; is that one like Elsenham where the gates have to be opened/closed for every train, or are they kept closed across the road except when a road user needs to cross?).