I had a dream last night. This level crossing was standing in my town, and network rail gave me permission to take the equipment and they gave me a new barrier too for the barrier box!

Wow another abandoned crossing. Love these videos. Trains are just great. ;-)

Nice video! That's certainly a rather cool crossing there, shame it's abandoned. I find the "Railway Crossing Now in Use" signs to be rather ironic. How this crossing is completely isolated from any other line reminds me of a few abandoned crossings I've seen (mostly on Google Maps).

@UKLevelCrossingsChannel

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks. No idea why this equipment hasn't been erected from the ground yet. The signs are all lying and it is quite clear considering only half the track on the road itself is left and there are no remains of the railway on either side of the crossing too. I don't think there's going to be a crossing here in the future.

@MrPlanetthanet

6 жыл бұрын

Last train to cross here was 2003

Nice video and crossing! From Google Maps I could see that this was a siding that led to Overland Freight Fowarders.

Great video. It's a shame that no one caught this crossing in action

@UKLevelCrossingsChannel

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! 😎 I don't know when it was last used to be honest. It's all been removed now, only the yellow box remains.

@greatgordonfan7094

2 жыл бұрын

@@UKLevelCrossingsChannel According to google earth, in 2003 the crossing was caught in action. In 2009 (google earth still) a class 08 was seen operating in the sidings and the last wagons disapeared from the sidings after about 2011.

Seeing that white vertical Wigwag would've been so special, like the old one in Saxmundham. Sadly they removed this whole crossing altogether

@UKLevelCrossingsChannel

5 ай бұрын

Yeah I was fortunate enough to capture some film of this crossing before it went completely. Would've been amazing to see it in action but I would've needed to born quite a few years earlier lol

@EastAngliaLevelCrossingsUK

5 ай бұрын

@@UKLevelCrossingsChannel lol

This used to be the way into the dockyard from the original Sheerness station. It would have been going 24/7 during the war, in my granddad's day when he was stationed here. I was bought up here in the 50s and 60s, but never saw a train going over here.

@UKLevelCrossingsChannel

6 жыл бұрын

Interesting. I never saw this branch line in operation. I only discovered it upon seeing the abandoned crossing when I was a bit younger.

Thank you for this in depth report, about a RR crossing, that is no longer used. Maybe someday, the signs and equipment will be removed.

@UKLevelCrossingsChannel

5 жыл бұрын

The railways have long gone so it's very strange still seeing signage and equipment still in place. I've not been past here in a little while.

@levelcrossingspotter-lcsra3368

4 жыл бұрын

@@UKLevelCrossingsChannel it is all gone now

@UKLevelCrossingsChannel

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I've seen on Google Maps. They've finally taken the equipment away

Tracks have been removed recently.

Love it

@UKLevelCrossingsChannel

2 жыл бұрын

👍

Nice find

@UKLevelCrossingsChannel

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks :)

This was an AHB crossing. with a small gate. Not sure what happened, but i can proove this via google maps.

@UKLevelCrossingsChannel

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I've seen the old Google Maps images too. The railway branch used to lead into a part of the Port of Sheerness but was closed off some years ago, I'm not sure when.

That red alarm, is a Vantage 32 tone sounder!

@UKLevelCrossingsChannel

6 жыл бұрын

Ah, glad you know what it is. It looked like a Klaxon. Google Maps in 2009 shows the other wigwag and barrier box present and there's a shiny red Klaxon alarm on the back of the other pole.

1:45 there must be a typo on that red and white sign! It sawys "Now in use" when it really isn't! 3:41 that's odd that the alarm is on the front of the lights, not the back! They should finish removing the crossing and donate the equipment to a heritage railway!

@UKLevelCrossingsChannel

6 жыл бұрын

It is so old I doubt the equipment works well anymore. The lights are probably broken, as-well as the alarms. It will be removed eventually.

It’s really sad to see halogen vertical wigwags just left to rest. I’m surprised they haven’t took out the wigwags cus they’re riveted down.

@UKLevelCrossingsChannel

6 жыл бұрын

I dont know why either. The crossing is very abandoned now.

@teeevon3823

3 жыл бұрын

@@UKLevelCrossingsChannel when was its since closed down

Nice

@UKLevelCrossingsChannel

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 😎

Ah! There are my lights!

If this level crossing's not used anymore, how come that they haven't removed the railway signs and wigwags?

@UKLevelCrossingsChannel

6 жыл бұрын

Don't know. Its just, never been removed. The branch line across the road closed many years ago but whoever's job it is at permanently removing the branch hasn't finished it off. Not sure who's in charge of taking them down.

how do you abandon a crossing

like #10!!!

@UKLevelCrossingsChannel

6 жыл бұрын

:P

@levelcrossingspotter-lcsra3368

6 жыл бұрын

:D

Its all being removed now.☹

@UKLevelCrossingsChannel

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's been gone for a while now unfortunately

wow! gonna search that on Google earth!

@UKLevelCrossingsChannel

6 жыл бұрын

Its really cool. You can view it on Google Street View.

@levelcrossingspotter-lcsra3368

6 жыл бұрын

I already found it. I put it in the abandoned crossing list

That's just like manchester signal in trafford park ashburton road west

Its odd there are no train tracks.

@UKLevelCrossingsChannel

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah. The crossing just looks very odd and out of place ☺️

Why haven't they removed the signage? Leaving it in place is really irresponsible!

@UKLevelCrossingsChannel

6 жыл бұрын

I don't know why it hasn't been removed. There is no railway line either side of the level crossing so there is no point the equipment being left there. I will probably be gone eventually.

Like it

@UKLevelCrossingsChannel

6 жыл бұрын

:)

@universaltrainsstudio8534

6 жыл бұрын

Jarton 669 hi

@universaltrainsstudio8534

6 жыл бұрын

Level Crossings Railway Channel I preferred UK Railway Hub, but oh well nice name never the less 😀

@UKLevelCrossingsChannel

6 жыл бұрын

I wanted a change. It will be for the better hopefully :)