*Double Cancelled Closure* Kidwelly Level Crossing, Carmarthenshire (15/07/2023)

[@vastjonea]

What a kind signaller for cancelling the closure so you could get the full closure in

[@EVANLOVESTRAINS]

That’s not good actually

[@Alfieslevelcrossings]

Its not good.

[@NorthWestLevelCrossingsChannel]

Great video and nice Crossing 👍

[@SouthWestCrossingsUK]

Great video👍

[@JHLevelCrossingsAndMoreUK]

0:13 it when yellow again

[@JPLCUK]

​@@faberoony90I noticed it after I watched the video back

[@NWLevelCrossings]

Great Video and Crossing!👍🏻 Nice to still see these barriers! One of these barriers was very squeaky earlier this year!

[@JPLCUK]

Yeah glad their fixed now unfortunately I only got 3 Closures due to a tree on the line

[@NWLevelCrossings]

@@JPLCUK Fair Enough 👍🏻

[@shaunstrainspottingvideos]

Nice! I've been to this level crossing before. 👍👍😁😁

[@mkasrailwaysliftsmore8005]

Nice!

[@JPLCUK]

Thanks!

[@mkasrailwaysliftsmore8005]

​@@JPLCUKAlso reminding you that I have a premiere at 19:00 british time, feel free to tune in! ;)

[@Llanellimagnetfishers]

I’ve never seen a cancellation on level crossings before

[@jonethomas3892]

From pemb, Dock to Manchester, may be just Swansea.

[@cambtransport]

What a kind signaller fair play to him

[@SJP1504]

Wait a minute... You guys have to wait literally minutes before a train crosses??? How inefficient... With the Dutch automated system, out of average, when the system is activated, about 10 sec later the front of the train is at the intersection...

[@JPLCUK]

So the signaler has more time to get the barriers down sometimes there could be an obstruction or even a fault with the crossing things happen you know

[@SJP1504]

@@JPLCUK ok, understandable if there is a person doing that daily. But let's be honest, we live in 2023... Still having manual systems, with nowadays technology... For example that person has a heart attack, then what? Automated systems hardly get sick 😉 and work 24/7. If properly maintained they will last very long. The persons that become obsolete can do a career switch to sectors that are screaming for personnel, as well as a few become maintenance personnel for the automated crossings. Therefore costs are cut, crossings are modernized to the latest standards with better reliability, traffic flow at the crossings increase and therefore efficiency improves. I see a lot of win-win situations. The Dutch have a saying: stilstand is achteruitgang. And IMHO that suits this situation.

[@pineappleroad]

The UK has a bit of an obsession with safety at crossings There are some crossings with obstacle detection, but those still have the long wait for the train (as the system has to verify that there is nothing on the tracks BEFORE the signals can clear for the train to pass over the crossing, i have even found a few Automatic Open Crossings (which do not have barriers), that are interlocked with the signals in some way, in fact, at those crossings two trains cannot pass at the same time, the system is set up to ensure a second train has to wait for the crossing to cancel (after the first train passed), and then re-activate about 10 seconds or so later before it can pass, i have actually seen it do that) I did come across something suggesting that they were considering using the obstacle detection technology, combined with TPWS on the trains, to have automated crossings with reduced wait times, which have obstacle detection, and can automatically stop a train if an obstruction is detected (before it reaches the crossing), but I don’t know if that got anywhere

[@SJP1504]

@@pineappleroad just the idea of a government having such an obsession... Reading between the lines that dictates: I (the government) don't trust the common sense of our people. That's sad... And with that in mind people stop using common sense and that gives reasons for the government to say: "As I predicted, people don't use common sense!" So more reason for the government to take more action and down the spiral you go. Eventually leading into the situation that a government has more dictator like characteristics... And most of the time it's the 5-10% of the people that cause it all and the rest has to deal with the measures that are inflicted by these 5-10%... Plane sad.