Ardrossan Princes Street Level Crossing **The First AFBCL** - Ayrshire Coast Line - North Ayrshire

[@rainbowlady1532]

This LC (though I believe from an older video I recall watching while it had halogen lights it was an ungated level crossing with a regular sounding & loud yodalarm audible warning system) is now in the same vein as Wheelwright Lane LC in Nuneaton where despite being a full barriered LC the audible alarms continue to sound after all the barriers have closed. Pretty rare for a UK crossing to do that. And I think there's one in Wales that does the same.

[@rainbowlady1532]

Gilfach Ddu level crossing is the one in Wales that has a continuous alarm despite being full barriered

[@Rachelvehiclespotting]

Great video. Nice that it's a AFBCL as well making scotland have 3 now

[@FlashingRedProductions]

Very interesting sequence here - I didn’t expect the alarms to stay on when all 4 barriers are down! 👍😃

[@Nathan_A_RF]

Glad to see more innovation and progress in the railway network. This is an oddity waiting to become the norm. Nice video, I was not expecting the alarms to continue, but I guess that's a precautionary measure or a fail safe seeing as it's a new crossing with a new system

[@MGRinger02]

I actually had a feeling that the alarms would stay on.

[@MGRinger02]

Nice! I actually had a feeling that the alarms would stay on, as It's an automatic L/C. Idk why the installed E2S alarms here though, as it's a single track crossing, so there will be no double stays.

[@JTCrossingsUK]

Wow I’ve never seen anything like it. 😮😮

[@alfiesvideos5078]

Joe Thorpe I haven't either

[@UKLCSandT]

Wow, so basically this is just an MCB Crossing but with the alarms continuing cool, also I wonder if this crossing would have a double stay mode

[@GlensTransport]

No, it operates like an ABCL, but with obstacle detection and an extra set of barriers.

[@UKLCSandT]

Glen's Transport yeah i know it acts like that but it's similar to an MCB in every way exept for the alarms staying on and the crossings signals

[@GlensTransport]

@@UKLCSandT From a road user point of view it's the same as an MCB (but with much shorter waits). From the railway point of view it works the same as an ABCL.

[@UKLCSandT]

Glen's Transport yeah yeah i get Yu

[@FLCollection620]

At wheelwright lane the alarms stayed on when the barriers were down.

[@freebrickproductions]

Nice video! Here in America, all quad-gate (full barrier) crossings are completely automatic, so I'm surprised this wasn't tried out over there sooner.

[@vastjonea]

Little fact. They used AFBCLs a lot sooner in Ireland then UK

[@0ne-6right40]

Yes there are a lot more in Ireland, but the only difference is over there the alarms don’t continue to sound for the entire activation, unlike this one.

[@Rheemcupseriesracing]

That horn from the driver

[@DPTrains]

Wow interesting crossing, weird the alarms stay on, is it supposed to be like that?

[@GlensTransport]

It's currently the only one of this type, so it remains to be seen if the new ones in Dingwall will be exactly the same.

[@DPTrains]

Are the alarms supposed to stay on tho?

[@Nathan_A_RF]

We don't know because this crossing is the only one in existence yet

[@DPTrains]

Okay

[@0ne-6right40]

Yeah the alarms are deliberately programmed to continue.

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Nice 👍

[@JPLCUK]

Nice

[@TudorCrossings]

Can i have a link to the location in google maps

[@GlensTransport]

I've added it to the description.

[@kylemc2005]

Used to have different sounder as well

[@kentrailobserver37]

Wow what a strange crossing