Clifton Level Crossing, Northumberland

Date filmed: Tuesday the 14th of May 2024
Videos filmed at: 09:30 | 09:42
Route: East Coast Main Line (ECML)
- Between Cramlington (CRM) and Morpeth (MPT) Stations
Crossing type: Manually Controlled Barrier crossing with CCTV (MCB-CCTV)
Filming location: Clifton Lane, Clifton (NE61 6NE)
A level crossing on the East Coast Main Line between Cramlington and Morpeth found near the A1 on a very quiet road which sees more trains than road vehicles. Barrier skirts usually prevent anything from ducking under the barriers as they're lowered for on-coming trains, and very unusually for a full barrier crossing, this level crossing has none. You only usually see this kind of barrier on half-barrier crossings, but around these parts it seems as though it's a localised adaptation for very infrequent pedestrian usage / rural crossings, as a few others on the East Coast Main Line north of Newcastle in similar environments are also like this. Both alarms here are fairly new, and are quite loud for the location, and this level crossing is controlled from Morpeth, also being located reasonably close to the notorious tight railway bend there.
Trains featured:
Lowering 1 (0:00):
802 216 (Transpennine Express 'Nova 1') - 1:16
9S09 Newcastle ➡ Edinburgh Waverley | 1 minute late
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Lowering 2 (1:52):
1) 801 202 (LNER Azuma) - 3:09
1E07 Edinburgh Waverley ➡ London Kings Cross | On-time
2) 221 129 (Cross Country) - 3:43
1S31 Birmingham New Street ➡ Edinburgh Waverley | On-time
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End-of-video picture showcase: 4:23
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
Thanks for watching!

[@TheosTrainsWalesOfficial]

That's a massive improvement over the screamers that were here before.

[@NorthWestLevelCrossingsChannel]

Excellent video and crossing 👍

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

Thank you very much!

[@NWLevelCrossings]

Great Videos and nice Crossing! 👍🏻👍🏻

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

Thanks!

[@SouthWestCrossingsUK]

Great video, cool crossing!

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

Thank you!

[@Comet-Real]

Rare that there are no skirts. Great video.

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

Thank you! It is very unusual on full barrier crossings.

[@Alfieslevelcrossings]

Nice videos! Wish the old alarms were still here. These alarms dont sound bad either.

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

Thanks!

[@joshsautisticrailwayadvent144]

Great video and crossing another one that sounds like Rossington 😂

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

Thank you! Indeed

[@TheRealTrains806UK]

Nice! I wonder why there's no skirts

[@HarryPat13Channel]

Theres no skirts because of infrequent pedestrian usage

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

Thanks! :)