Date filmed: Tuesday the 14th of May 2024
Videos filmed at: 14:35 | 14:52
Route: East Coast Main Line (ECML)
- Between Widdrington (WDD) and Acklington (ACK) Stations
Crossing type: Manually Controlled Barrier crossing with CCTV (MCB-CCTV)
Filming location: Widdrington, Morpeth (NE61 3BA)
A full-barrier level crossing located on a quiet un-named road near the village of Widdrington, Northumberland. This crossing has fairly new barriers, is controlled and monitored from Morpeth, and has very loud alarms for such a quiet location. One of these produces an unusually screechy and high-pitched tone. A pair of un-cut lowerings are featured in this video, one for a southbound Azuma, another for a northbound Cross Country Voyager, and you can just about catch a glimpse of another nearby level crossing as I zoomed in for the Azuma - Chevington Level Crossing. The line curves quite significantly just south of the crossing, but you can see a very long way down looking north - even further during a clearer day. All four barriers at this level crossing looked pretty new at the time of filming, and unlike before they all have skirts.
Trains featured:
Intro - 0:00
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Lowering 1 (0:30):
801 210 (LNER Azuma) - 2:10
1E17 Edinburgh Waverley ➡ London Kings Cross | On-time
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Lowering 2 (2:51):
Class 220 'Voyager' (Cross Country) - 4:52
1S41 Plymouth ➡ Edinburgh Waverley | 1 minute late
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End-of-video picture showcase: 5:19
Train details sourced from:
Real Time Trains: www.realtimetrains.co.uk/sear...
Open Train Times: www.opentraintimes.com/maps
Traksy: traksy.uk/live
Filmed on: Panasonic HC-VX1 in 4K 25fps
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