Raise Delay, Long Closure at Rainham Level Crossing, Kent

Rainham Level Crossing, Rainham, Kent on the Chatham Main Line.
Location: Station Road, Rainham
Date Filmed: 29-03-2021
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Nearest Station: Rainham
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Trains:
Class 375 (Southeastern)
Class 375 (Southeastern)
Located beside Rainham station in Medway (Kent), on the Chatham Main Line.
There was a significantly long delay for the second train for some unknown reason. The barriers may have been stuck down briefly, the next train was signalled through Rainham far too early or the crossing was not set to auto-raise after the first train passed.
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[@BoomTrainspots]

Wow, I bet those drivers weren’t too happy😂. Great video Jamie😎👍

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Thanks 😁 No I don't think they were. Over 10 minutes for 2 trains wasn't very worthwhile lol

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

Awesome video - I'm loving the camera quality 👍👍! Nice to see nothing's changed since I went here last in Summer 2019. Seems as though there might've been an auto-raise malfunction there, as there's no way that second train would've been anywhere near once the one before had passed, and I had the video on 2X speed so I didn't miss anything 😉. I notice that car at the start was thinking of misusing but thought better of it lol.

[@EliTransportation]

AY THE PERSON IN THE CAR IS SMART NOT TO DO IT

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

South East Level Crossings & Trains Channel Thank you 😁 I was hoping something not on the timetable was going to pass through but of course the timetable was right this time, so much to some of the waiting drivers annoyance there was a long wait for one train. Keeping the crossing lowered for such a period really doesn't help with the problem of misuse. If some drivers knew they'd be waiting for over 10 minutes I bet they'd be more reluctant to stop.

[@springy_afton_official]

My rainham level crossing has no alarm

[@NELincsTrainspotting]

Great video.

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Thanks 👍

[@nirailscenes5702]

brilliant footage Jamie, I'm sure those motorists weren't too pleased.
Wee tip for you, on your phone navigate to settings, scroll down and press camera. You can change the quality to as high as 4K 60fps ;)

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Thank you 😎 I can imagine some weren't to pleased with the wait. I am aware of how you change the quality, but there's a few reasons why most of my videos are in 1080p 30fps. Firstly, 4K videos create very large file sizes, and since I store all my videos I make for future compilations, videos in that quality would use up too much space. Secondly, I think 1080p is a great quality as it is, and the majority of viewers would be able to watch it in that quality. On occasion, some of my videos are filmed in 4K and 4K 60fps as special videos. I have a playlist dedicated to them 😊

[@nirailscenes5702]

@@UKLevelCrossingsChannel ah, oki doke! ☺️

[@colored_]

Nice video, Seemed like the signaler could’ve perhaps raised the barriers for a bit before the second train arrived though.

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Thank you 😊 I was wondering what could've caused it, a malfunction of some sort perhaps as not very many non-stop trains pass through Rainham each day.

[@SurreyTravellingandMore]

Nice

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Thanks 👍

[@nathansrailwayphotography8125]

Great

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Thanks 👍

[@EliTransportation]

Rainham has now god LEDS instead of halogen lights, great video and it got delayed aswell :V

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

It has had these LEDs since late 2018, so they're a few years old now. Thanks 😊

[@pigeonsandtrafficlights8999]

Nice video do a olden train go there to?

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Thanks - most of the trains through here are passenger services (class 375s and class 395s) so its uncommon for anything special to come through Rainham

[@xxrbmixerytbridle]

I live here

[@GBLCUK]

I’ve never seen this at Rainham

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Neither have I

[@coolmoments1710]

Hi

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Hello 👋

[@UKLevelCrossingsTrains]

Nice video! 😁

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Thanks! 😁