Class 43 at Paignton North Level Crossing, Devon

Paignton North Level Crossing, Paignton, Devon on the Riviera Line.
Location: Torbay Road, Paignton
Date Filmed: 01-08-2018
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Nearest Station: Paignton
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Trains:
Class 150 (Great Western Railway)
Class 43 - InterCity 125 / HST (Great Western Railway)
A busy level crossing on the main road through Paignton town centre.
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[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

Awesome video! I would not have expected a class 43 down that way, especially in old First Great Western livery too! I do prefer this livery to the current GWR livery I must admit. I just love that alarm! Undoubtably my favourite UK Level Crossing is this one! It's one of my targets this year to visit it again after I last visited here in 2012!

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Thank you! 😎 Haha I know you love it when I upload this crossing. I've got another 12 closures to upload still! 43s terminate here from Paddington and some use Goodrington Sidings as a rest (waiting) point before heading back. That's how Sands Road crossing is used by both mainline and the Dartmouth Steam Railway. I probably wont be returning here for a little while considering I've still got tons of footage from each crossing to still upload 😁

[@bradleyhd258]

This my favourite UK crossing too allso I love the alarm I subscribed to you BOTH😎😎

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Thanks 😁

[@bradleyhd258]

@@UKLevelCrossingsChannel No problem

[@juliemarie3602]

Used to live right by there and always used to hear that siren going off first thing in the morning and afternoon lol got used to it after a while. Moved outta Paignton 2years ago kind of miss it there will have to go up and visit soon

[@marktucker208]

This place looks amazing, i want to visit it!

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Paignton is a lovely town in a really nice part of the UK. Worth a visit 👍

[@TheSearleFamily123]

The locos for the NSW TrainLink XPT are actually based on the Class 43 locos!

[@JamesTorson]

Great video as usual! Sad that the HSTs are due to be replaced soon (end of this year I think) - majestic beasts - and also for the Pacers, as I’m yet to go on one and it’s quite likely that I won’t before they too are retired.

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Thank you 😎 I never knew the HSTs were going. That's a shame however at least I filmed a few nice shots of them arrive and depart Paignton. As for the Pacers, they're really getting on for their age.

[@bradleyhd258]

Paignton Looks like a nice town to live in i wish i could live here next to the crossing aswell

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Yeah, Paignton is quite a nice place.

[@bradleyhd258]

I agree

[@TheSearleFamily123]

And plus, this is actually Paignton North level crossing; Paignton South level crossing is for the Dartmouth Steam Railway.

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Yeah it is, I've included its official name in the description. I tend to call this just 'Paignton' as it is the main crossing in the town and its right beside the main station

[@NELincsTransport]

Great video

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Thanks 😉

[@parrotyee]

Cool fact: in London St.Pancras I got to start a Virgin Media version of that train lol

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Cool 😎

[@Bobrogers99]

Good to see that pedestrians waited for the second train or used the footbridge and didn't attempt to sneak across.

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Yeah, it's quite rare for something like that to happen. Quite a few people however ignored red lights when the barriers were lowering. A couple almost got trapped.

[@Bobrogers99]

@@UKLevelCrossingsChannel Like a yellow traffic signal, the lights tell most people to hurry up and cross before the barriers come down.

[@BizarreRiley]

Hello UK crossings you are one of my biggest fans Edit: thankyou for the reply

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Cool 😎 Thanks for watching my videos 👍

[@BizarreRiley]

Thankyou for the reply

[@jayburgh]

A beautiful 125 gliding in like a wingless aircraft.

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Yeah I'm very proud of this video 😊😎

[@DPTrains]

Nice catch, wonder it those coaches and power cars will come up here to scotrail

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Thanks. I don't know what will happen to them. They won't be coming down to the south-east for sure as everything's electric 😎

[@jevthenumaticteamchapman7694]

Nice sweeet

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

👍

[@freebrickproductions]

Nice video!

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Thanks ☺️👍

[@lctrains6768]

These alarms are so louder then Lincoln High Street

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

They're not actually that loud. Lincoln's crossing is louder.

[@bluelineairsoftesc4975]

Used to live there so annoying that crossing always down haha

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

I can imagine lol