Barriers fail to lower TWICE at Rovie Level Crossing, Highland

[@all4espi]

I have to say, as an American, that despite the technical malfunction seen here, that there is a light to communicate to the train driver a fault with the crossing is a step up from the US. The two biggest problems with trains in the US has to do with impatient drivers driving around the crossing gates, and pedestrians walking (illegally) along the railways.

[@ElectraProductions225]

The full AOCL+B experience right there, you're seemingly always seeing them fail 😂. Great video as always!

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

Thank you very much! 😅

[@golftourscotland]

Well done that driver

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

These strict procedures they're trained to follow are the main reason our railways are so safe.

[@michaeltb1358]

At least the UK system means the train has time to stop before it reaches the crossing.

[@Carolb66]

Oh dear, not safe that. Best to be cautious although very little traffic. Like you say no barriers here at all until 2014. Nice crossing though beautiful scenery. ❤😊👍

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

It's safer than it looks as everyone involved knows of the fault and the driver is instructed to proceed with utmost caution. It is still not good, though

[@TheosTrainsWalesOfficial]

This is becoming more and more common with AOCL+B crossings.

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

It's anyone's guess how many times this has happened not on camera too. Considerable work needs to be done about it, but in the mean time be thankful the situation can be controlled!

[@NWLevelCrossings]

That is very Strange. What a massive failure this crossing has had when you visited! Nice Videos and Catches! 👍🏻

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

Indeed. Cheers!

[@anthonynewey3821]

Oh come on , anything mechanical can fail . Perfectly fine safety measures .

[@MGRinger02]

It so desperately wanted to be an AOCL again!

[@EastAngliaLevelCrossingsUK]

The cheap and lame AOCL+B issue. Far from the first, as Chapel Road previously did it, when you visited. Nice video!

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

Brynmarlais on the Heart of Wales was filmed failing raised too. These are my least favourite types of crossing for chiefly this reason. Thanks btw!

[@afriquelesud]

So you imply the British public are too inept to look out for trains? Why always so negative and shift blame? That's immature. My country has more than 7500 unprotected level crossings and my 66 million countrymen, despite an average IQ of just 69, know not to get themselves killed by trains. We have also seen that automated level crossings don't save the lives of dumb and obstinate drivers. Stupidity has no cure. 😊

[@DaveP1991]

AOCL+Bs are a nightmare for this. We've got quite a few down in Suffolk that have a habit of fully activating, barriers and all but the driver's indicator never changes so you have to go through the full rigmarole for a crossing that is basically working fine.

[@walterfillingham]

As someone who has used this line many times, unfortunately this happens a lot. No wander most locals use the X99 Stagecoach bus, as it takes half the time to get to Wick from Inverness. Painfully slow

[@mainakentertainmentchannel2026]

Rovie got some failures now! I think it wants to be an AOCL!

[@fetchstixRHD]

The +B must be for "begone barriers" 😂

[@NorthWestLevelCrossingsChannel]

Excellent video as always 👍

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

Thanks again!

[@clyneheretic]

That L/C has been an accident waiting to happen for years! Before the barriers were there, I waited for the lights to go out, then went across and almost had the back taken off the car by a Sprinter.

[@JPLCUK]

Nice one ive had a few barrier failures at crossings

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

AOCL+B's are notorious. Cheers btw!

[@train_dude_youtube9]

0:20 nah bro really sounded the Hesa Fredrick 💀

[@EdwardLovesLevelCrossings175]

Dang. Once I was driving over a level crossing and the wigwags were flashing red but two of the barriers were stuck halfway. The other two were still up. Then a few minutes later, a train came very slowly through the crossing. It was very unusual

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

Interesting. I've never known of anything like that to happen.

[@EdwardLovesLevelCrossings175]

@@SouthEastLevelCrossingsIf you want to know which barriers I think it had really old NRS barriers and sometimes they go faulty

[@mudchute4dlr]

they were probably aware and went slow for a reason

[@cnafyi]

When one of the carriages crosses the crossing and kicks up a bunch of dust into the air is that expected or is there some kind of leak in the exhaust (or elsewhere?) ?

[@Rachelvehiclespotting]

This happened before not at Rovie but at Forsinard, Halkirk and Kirkton level crossings

[@robertmilne4304]

Hope Network Rail resolved this quickly.

[@gibbo_303]

all that for a crossing that probably gets 4 cars an hour cross it, still good safety

[@oddities-whatnot]

What a shambles.

[@Trainspotter1272]

Oh god 😂

[@caedmon2behrens186]

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

[@oddities-whatnot]

It’s amazing how often something will work afterwards when you do that.

[@DaveM_thetrucker]

The engineers be like dont need barriers on that strech of rd anyway no 1 travels along there and the beacons are facing the wrong way anyway, who needs the barriers in the middle of no where anyway 😂

[@TheSleepychicken]

Crossings should be on CCTV the signaller should need to check the crossing and manually put the signal to green. On a barrier failure staff should have to attend to manually control the crossing until repaired. Trains should have to wait for the staff to attend. Too many barrier failures causing near misses.

[@lolzlolz69]

Signallers have enough to do without having to oversee scores of other crossings in thier area. If the red road lights are working then it is safe to proceed at extreme caution as demonstrated here. Where are all these near misses?

[@TheSleepychicken]

@@lolzlolz69 all crossings used to have a signal box on site. The signaler had to close the gates. Cutting costs does not reduce the need to operate a railway safely. We see too many crossing failures. I live in an area with many busy crossings. Barrier failures are quite common. A busy road with a train coming having barriers rise just as the train arrives at the crossing. How is that safe?

[@lolzlolz69]

@@TheSleepychicken Where are you getting the money from to employ 1000's of extra people and putting in 1000's of extra signals? The current arrangement is perfectly fine and this video demonstrates what happens when equipment fails.

[@TheSleepychicken]

@@lolzlolz69 it's not thousands. Check a CCTV image and operate a signal. That's all that's needed. With modern CCTV it can even alert if there is something wrong. Ufton Nervet killed 6 including the train driver. Train v vehicle is always bad. There used to be a legal obligation to run a safe railway. Why when the crossings fail which they do round here frequently why are the car drivers always forced onto long diversions for days? Network rail installed a new crossing locally that was broken as much as working for months. That replaced a real human at that crossing. That crossing is closed for 20 minutes in every hour anyway. Railways are very privileged. They often seem to abuse that privilege.

[@lolzlolz69]

@@TheSleepychicken You have no idea what you are talking about. You have brought up an incident that had nothing to do with the safe operation of the crossing as it was suicide.

[@moxiesaint-clare4257]

Well, that pretty much sums up privatisation.

[@beneliastrains]

No wonder it timed out. Driver didn't need to contact the signaller or get out to check the road lights were operating... The instructions for these crossings if the white light fails to illuminate is to stop, check the crossing is clear, sound the horn continuously until the train is over the crossing then proceed. No need for such a long delay at all.

[@fetchstixRHD]

That's what I was wondering, I was sure the rule book said that...

[@BRLCAMUK]

AOCL time!

[@johno4521]

Very interesting. What if this were to happen on a high speed line; how much notice of a fault would the driver get? Also as a layman, can I ask what is the criteria for the klaxons sounding the whole time the barriers are down (if working!) as opposed to only sounding whilst lowering, as is the case in all crossings in my area thanks

[@justaguycalledjosh]

There's not a lot of high speed crossings in the UK, and most of those would usually have further monitoring.

[@sjokomelk]

At least in Norway the warning signal for the driver to tell if the barriers are closed or not needs to be so far away from the crossing that even at full line speed the train can come to a complete stop before arriving at the crossing

[@xaiano794]

High speed crossings don't use this kind of crossing, they are instead monitored by the signal box and if a fault is detected then the train is stopped by signals. Once the train is stopped, the driver will be informed about the fault and if appropriate at that location, would be authorised to pass the signal at danger, approach the crossing ready to stop short of it and, if the crossing is clear and the road lights are working, proceed over the crossing. It does vary from location to location, but trains can be authorised through at caution if either the barriers or the lights are working, since traffic should stop for them but the train will double check for safety too.

[@FarmYardGaming]

I notice you say it was still quite safe (phew), but have you reported this happening? With enough complaints they might end up upgrading it

[@FarmYardGaming]

4:50 nevermind, this is good

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

It would've almost certainly been logged and already reported as the driver contacted the signaller, and indeed the technicians attended later, so I assumed this would be the case and didn't feel the need to report it myself.

[@FarmYardGaming]

Fair point, so long as it's all dealt with everyone wins

[@Level_crossings1666]

Could you please try get a video of the new footpath crossing in bedilington it’s called BEDILINGTON FP

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

I don't take requests, although I am likely to bear that one in mind if there's anything running on that line and I'm up that way!

[@afriquelesud]

Always treat power sockets as live, and rail crossings with utmost care. Common sense dictates caution. Others aren't responsible for our actions.

[@yvesd_fr1810]

Damned, what would happen on a line where train runs at 100 to 140 kmh ? No way to stop in time...

[@itskdog]

I believe they're more advanced and controlled by the signal box and have CCTV so they can check it's lowered before giving a green signal, whereas I think these rural ones are fully automatic from sensors on the track.

[@yvesd_fr1810]

@@itskdog This makes sense... Anyway, in theory, the flashing red lights are sufficient to indicate a mandatory stop !

[@itskdog]

@@yvesd_fr1810 Yeah, never trust car drivers.

[@robertbate5790]

Back in the railway days, a second man, or a guard, would have walked to the crossing with a red flag, the train would have crossed, and the the crew rejoin the train. Trains now only have one crew person, the driver. They almost timed out a second time before the train actually moved. And yes the cab is accessed by passenger access too, there by leaving the passengers to jump off too if do desired. H&S, gone to the dogs. Why do we have such high unemployment, beacuse the jobs have been taken away.

[@harviemilligan1887]

The Class 158s as depicted here (and all other diesel trains operated by ScotRail) operate with guards when in passenger service.

[@robertbate5790]

@@harviemilligan1887 Thanks. As ex BR, long time ago, I believed guards were now called train managers, and did not assist with train running.

[@harviemilligan1887]

@@robertbate5790 You are probably right on the terminology, I think they may be "train managers" or "conductors" now, but are still involved in train dispatch and safety duties unlike on the former SPT-supported electric routes where the driver works the doors and the only other member of staff is for revenue protection. When other central-belt lines were electrified (Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk and Shotts, Glasgow and Edinburgh to Stirling and Alloa) these retained "guards" on the new electric trains.

[@robertbate5790]

@@harviemilligan1887 Thanks for that 👍👍

[@SouthWestCrossingsUK]

Nice video! Thats not good!

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

Absolutely not!

[@ianstewartorr8455]

What do you expect from scotfail 🚂🚂🚂

[@andymerrett]

Scotrail is not responsible for the infrastructure.

[@mudchute4dlr]

there was nobody there, couldnt they just go like 5mph and do the horn