@@sbcrossings5907 Yeah it's a shame most of the half barrier setups are rapidly being replaced for level crossing enthusiasts, but they're rapidly being replaced by the full barrier setups because people drive around them.
6:04 How nice and quiet the Swiss x-ings are… 15:07 The quiet Czech ones I do like also .😅 22:17 I hope this piece of antique railroad equipment will stay in place for a long time undamaged 😊
@ What ? I think they would feel the barrier…🤣 Btw ,in my country blind people have an electronic assistant for intelligent Road signals; it says; light red - light green - attention ,train is approaching…
31:34 - What you see here is the AKI (Automatische Knipperlicht Installatie, Dutch for: Automatic flashing light installation) which was very common on public roads until the 1990s (I think), and most of them have been replaced by AHOB (Automatische Halve Overweg Bomen, Dutch for: Automatic Half Crossroads Barriers) (25:18) and since then, AKIs where only found on roads that are not part of the public road network. They were deemed unsafe. I've even seen a few sandy forest roads where hardly any traffic comes where the AKIs where replaced by AHOBs. That AKI behind that fence is a spot near Breda (and if not Breda it looks a lot like a spot I know there), which happens to be my hometown, and yes, I've seen it several times. I guess only railroad workers are allowed in there (I never checked, but it's only obvious), in other words professionals who are supposed to know what they are doing....
@@A-fy7vt I actually originally planned to visit Germany as I was supposed to drive instead of flying and taking public transport but I was unable to rent a car
@@sbcrossings5907 That's sad, maybe you can come visit us here in Germany, there are lots of cool railway crossings, modern and sometimes you find rare old ones
@@daredonte7787 I believe that law is in most places. When at a level crossing, you must stop when the lights start flashing, not just went the gate is closed. It I'm pretty sure that you're not supposed to proceed though until the gate is all the way back up AND the lights have stopped flashing. Especially if there is more than one railway track, and the gate could go back down again for another train to come through.
North America does not really install incandescent lights it’s just they are really slow to replace them, only rarely do they install new older lights. Some countries like Denmark and Czechia are only just now switching to LED. Most of the rest use LED
21:40: Unfortunately, that's not correct. It's one of at least 2 of such crossings remaining. The other one is located close to Den Haag CS. ruclips.net/video/xdVHlCyatyE/видео.html
@@ivanxy996 Yes Hungary is the only country with railway crossings that don’t make sound, Finland and Norway railway crossings are almost the same as Swedish crossings though, Hungary looks more like Bulgaria in my opinion
I was not able to visit every European country lol, I'm not rich and I had to take public transport everywhere. I only visited 4 countries on my first trip and 3 countries on my second trip. I am from Australia, not Europe
No it‘s not. A protected crossing has two to three ways to tell cars, cyclists and pedestrians not to cross because a train is coming: Gates, lights and bells (bells are sometimes omitted or muted once gates are lowered). There is no reason for the train to still blow the horn and cause more noise. People gotta have some common sense to not jump barriers. You shouldn’t babysit them with even more unnecessary warnings.
No strange is what they do in the US where every train makes tons of noises for no apparent reason everytime someone could technically be nearby at crossings or stations. Its just annoying for no reason. If there are tracks, just expect a train coming and you're good.
The US has quiet zones. Also they have many unprotected crossings. It's odd to have so much faith that the equipment will never malfunction. One mistake is too much of a tragedy so it's really not too bad to blow the horn just to be safe.
Italy’s unique equipment setups are truly what makes them so cool.
It's a shame most of the half barrier setups 9like this one) are rapidly being replaced by the super boring full barrier setups.
@ I know, the newer designed ones actually look horrible.
Looks so what American to me
@ Yeah the half barrier Italian setups used some equipment based on American stuff, they use WRRS gates as well as teardrop and WABCO bells.
@@sbcrossings5907 Yeah it's a shame most of the half barrier setups are rapidly being replaced for level crossing enthusiasts, but they're
rapidly being replaced by the full barrier setups because people drive around them.
Czech here. That guy in the silver car was asking: "Something interesting is going to pass through?"
Yeah haha, top be fair some interesting looking train passed a few minutes before but yeah I was only filming the crossing
So refreshing to see trains going across a crossing without incessantly blowing its horn like in America. So much unnecessary noise
Germany: HEY That's my line
Switzerland: Oops
Those bells sure do sound familiar. 🤔
I was thinking the same thing. They sound the same!
6:04 How nice and quiet the Swiss x-ings are…
15:07 The quiet Czech ones I do like also .😅
22:17 I hope this piece of antique railroad equipment will stay in place for a long time undamaged 😊
It's bad that they don't have bells because a blind person or something could walk out on the tracks
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What ?
I think they would feel the barrier…🤣
Btw ,in my country blind people have an electronic assistant for intelligent
Road signals; it says; light red - light green - attention ,train is approaching…
@@aoilpe not in America, America sucks
25:00 real bells , its rare these days.
31:34 - What you see here is the AKI (Automatische Knipperlicht Installatie, Dutch for: Automatic flashing light installation) which was very common on public roads until the 1990s (I think), and most of them have been replaced by AHOB (Automatische Halve Overweg Bomen, Dutch for: Automatic Half Crossroads Barriers) (25:18) and since then, AKIs where only found on roads that are not part of the public road network. They were deemed unsafe. I've even seen a few sandy forest roads where hardly any traffic comes where the AKIs where replaced by AHOBs.
That AKI behind that fence is a spot near Breda (and if not Breda it looks a lot like a spot I know there), which happens to be my hometown, and yes, I've seen it several times. I guess only railroad workers are allowed in there (I never checked, but it's only obvious), in other words professionals who are supposed to know what they are doing....
@@TheRealTricky yeah the AKI I filmed is in Breda, there is also one in Den Haag
In Delfzijl there are at least 3
30:44 Too bad for you, black car 😂
Nice video SBMetroExtra good job remember me good job nice perfect ❤
I definitely remember you dude
Nice level crossings.
Cool video, next time you should visit Germany too! I am sure you'd like that.
@@A-fy7vt I actually originally planned to visit Germany as I was supposed to drive instead of flying and taking public transport but I was unable to rent a car
@@sbcrossings5907 That's sad, maybe you can come visit us here in Germany, there are lots of cool railway crossings, modern and sometimes you find rare old ones
Awesome! That deserves a sub
1:34 what localization is that?
never mind
0:10 Ryanair
1:16 naughty biker
To be fair, the barrier wasn't fully down yet, also trains don't just immediate come when the lights flash.
Trains don't appear from nowhere.
@@automation7295 ok and?
@@automation7295yes but in Italy law says if the light is red is like a traffic light so you must stop or you will be fined.
@@daredonte7787 I believe that law is in most places. When at a level crossing, you must stop when the lights start flashing, not just went the gate is closed. It I'm pretty sure that you're not supposed to proceed though until the gate is all the way back up AND the lights have stopped flashing. Especially if there is more than one railway track, and the gate could go back down again for another train to come through.
i like the train in the first clip😁
cool!
Czech: pozor Vlak English: Watch out Train
37:00
Light at the far right side seems to be blinking in white. Or is the camera somehow making them look white instead of red?
Camera angle
I like trains
I recorded an Irish crossing in Midleton around the start of this year, if you'd like.
@@jeptioak All crossings in the video I recorded myself so I’d rather me film it, but cool!
@sbcrossings5907 Oh, that's impressive! Thanks for letting me know.
Are most European countries not switching to LED lights for their setups? In North America it's probably 50/50.
North America does not really install incandescent lights it’s just they are really slow to replace them, only rarely do they install new older lights. Some countries like Denmark and Czechia are only just now switching to LED. Most of the rest use LED
21:40: Unfortunately, that's not correct. It's one of at least 2 of such crossings remaining. The other one is located close to Den Haag CS. ruclips.net/video/xdVHlCyatyE/видео.html
Oh yep I remember now, I was planning on visiting that crossing too however trains were not running due to maintenance
theres also one in delfzijl!
@ The one there is on a freight only line, we are talking about ones on actual passenger lines
For Switzerland you unfortunately only showed the super modern railroad crossings of the SZU .... I like the older ones better
I only had one full day in Switzerland so I couldn’t really go anywhere else, sorry :(
Omg já jsem z Česka!!!
Did you visit Ireland too?
Unfortunately not, it was a Scandinavia trip (the second trip)
how many darwins can you spot? be sure to award them the darwin award that they could have died!!
Duch railway crossing looks like Australia
It looks the most like America and Australia yeah
@@sbcrossings5907 thats because they were from american company GRS back in the 50's till 70's
もしや、車での踏切の通行時に一時停止が義務なのって日本だけですか？
Hungary looks alike Sweden but (as far as I know) it's the only country which doesn't have Any sound.
@@ivanxy996 Yes Hungary is the only country with railway crossings that don’t make sound, Finland and Norway railway crossings are almost the same as Swedish crossings though, Hungary looks more like Bulgaria in my opinion
Where is Hungary? Romania? Austria? Croatia? Ukraine? Greece?
I was not able to visit every European country lol, I'm not rich and I had to take public transport everywhere. I only visited 4 countries on my first trip and 3 countries on my second trip. I am from Australia, not Europe
And if I'm correct ,,balls" shaped crossing lights from thumbnail are Polish or German?
@@polishcosmonaut6324 all crossings in the thumbnail are in the video
@sbcrossings5907 damn I'm blind or something
Italy crossing looks like U.S.A crossing
Italy 1:01
I’m from Sweden 🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪
You have forget Germany 🇩🇪 😊😊😊
@Jonasdertrainspotter24 wasn’t able to go unfortunately :(
@ ok don‘t worry 😊😊😊
19:49 why did bro back up?
Because he was in the shot
Wheres germany???
Didn’t have enough time to visit unfortunately :(
Not blowing the horn for crossings is so strange.
They don’t want to disturb people and also the crossings are already saying that a train is coming.
What uncivilised country do you live, where trains are blow the horn when they are crossing? Pathetic
No it‘s not. A protected crossing has two to three ways to tell cars, cyclists and pedestrians not to cross because a train is coming: Gates, lights and bells (bells are sometimes omitted or muted once gates are lowered). There is no reason for the train to still blow the horn and cause more noise. People gotta have some common sense to not jump barriers. You shouldn’t babysit them with even more unnecessary warnings.
No strange is what they do in the US where every train makes tons of noises for no apparent reason everytime someone could technically be nearby at crossings or stations. Its just annoying for no reason. If there are tracks, just expect a train coming and you're good.
The US has quiet zones. Also they have many unprotected crossings. It's odd to have so much faith that the equipment will never malfunction. One mistake is too much of a tragedy so it's really not too bad to blow the horn just to be safe.
i'm sad because there's no russia, but i know why there is no russia.