Exeter Level Crossing
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Saturday August 4 2012 at 11.25. Possibly the 9.06 London to Plymouth (12.24) train 7 minutes late behind which was a South West train almost completely hidden. Finally the 8.28 Penzance to Glasgow (20.11) train pulls out of Exeter St Davids station which is immediately on the right. Along with Maxey and Helpston near Peterborough this has 6 tracks and is therefore the joint biggest level crossing. When the bell rings the really crude display board lights showing which tracks a train will come down. 1D is in the top right corner for instance and 3D underneath it is lit too for the first trains. 6U is lit for the last train. 80 seconds of the wait was cut. The attendant allows pedestrians to cross when it is safe and probably all trains pass at 20 mph. See my 'Exeter Level Crossing HD' for a best quality video taken from the other direction of the upgraded crossing.
#redcow
That must be the only automatic level crossing manner for pedestrians. I recall spending a long weekend in Exeter and going to the crossing.
Read the description next time. The attendant let them over.
Nice video SteveDD1. I just wonder if you could tell me why the lights on level crossings were changed from halogen’s to LED’s, I’m just a bit curious why that happened. Nice old video anyway 🙂👍🏻
LEDs are more energy efficient and break less than halogens
Thats Red Cow LC Mate
Yes but nobody sensible calls it that. Its Exeter Level Crossing next to Exeter station. Imagine an accident there today. On the news Red Cow won't get a mention.
Watch your car with them barriers mate
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@@TheosTrainsWalesOfficialProbs just an old comment
@@FLCollection620 Ditto that.
i was just wondering why does one of the network rail staff stand in the middle of the Exeter st david's Level Crossing. i mean they don't do this at any other crossing's
It's because pedestrians are allowed to cross if the crossing supervisor says it's safe to do so. My guess is that when British Railways wanted to replace the old level crossing gates with barriers, the local council made them agree that pedestrians would still be allowed to cross even when traffic couldn't. 2 men must have worked the gates as gates that far apart couldn't have been opened and closed by one man. Fitting barriers therefore saved one man and still allowed the other to call people across when possible. Having made that agreement years ago, they are stuck with it.
Do network always work at Exeter level crossing?
Michael Mouzon well not always
Michael Animate well they are guards because pedestrians can cross after the crossing goes down. The bell confirms the crossing is clear.
why does the station need a bell? Doesn't it even have Anne Announcements?
The bell isn't actually to do with the station, its to do with the display board in the middle of the crossing telling the crossing attendant where the train is coming form & which track it will come on.
That is a terrible joke. lol. And why aren't you subbed?
Are those people supossed to go across when gates are down
yeah because there's a Network Rail man
He's a Network Rail man
Why were them people crossing?
They can. Because that's why the Network Rail guy is there
Would you want to stand there and get wet?
Don Mason you are awesome
@@NathTrains i think that The attendant should of told those people crossing the crossing when the barriers were still down to stay where they were but people don't care these days.