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[@BurlingtonNorthernRy]

The thing that humors me, is that he's right crossings are perfectly safe, if used properly. Thus they are completely unsafe, because this would require some common sense.

[@milkandduckrailway323]

BurlingtonNorthernRy As my teacher said, the problem with common sense is that it isnt very common.

[@user-xk8rb7nn8p]

@@milkandduckrailway323 Rare sense

[@jamesc4999]

That is the same with most things in life

[@dkbmaestrorules]

Design something idiot-proof, and God will just go and design a better idiot...

[@straightpipediesel]

Not completely. There's been a number of fatal accidents involving signaler mistakes, where permission to cross was incorrectly given. Just a week ago, there was a report out on a train blowing past an open crossing and nearly hitting two cars because of a failure to activate the track circuit due to leaves on the line. Other issues have included timing problems (train too slow causing barriers to reset) and train passing a barrier set to open due to an emergency because the driver failed to stop at a signal.

[@johnkelly1083]

I love how Paul has a fanbase. He must be aware of it today. Wonder what he makes of it?

[@cat1554]

He probably thinks we're going nowhere.

[@harysuper]

@@cat1554I read this in his voice

[@Trainspottinkid]

​@@harysuper same 😂

[@jasminejohnston6393]

British Level Crossing: Weewooweewoo! Canadian Level Crossing: Ding Ding Ding Ding!

[@bradleyhd258]

In in UK lol

[@briannem.6787]

In Australia, you get both!

[@RainesXXDD]

​@@bradleyhd258same here

[@theDancingDragonfly]

Tip for approaching level crossings: Leave AT LEAST 5 metres from the barrier to allow a safety buffer in case a car behind you doesn't stop in time

[@juoig7799]

Most of the time, people blow through level crossings during the time between the red lights starting to flash and the barriers going down.

[@xaiano794]

You may be interested to know that trains can continue to pass over a level crossing is the barriers are not down as long as the lights are working (or vica versa) Red means stop for a reason.

[@milkandduckrailway323]

5:30 its obvious that the pause button is hit when he says stops, quite a fun addition to this video. But the train would also be paused unless it can warp through time pauses.

[@TheDankEngineer]

ZA WARUDO

[@joelharris1335]

Freightliner Class 47 150 was scrapped in 2010 Anglia Railways Class 150 227 is now operating for Arriva Trains Wales/Transport for Wales

[@DaveDVideoMaker]

Plus, these Class 170s are on Transport for Wales now.

[@joelharris1335]

What happened to all the other trains what where also featured in the video?

[@DaveDVideoMaker]

As of 2019, the 170s moved to Transport for Wales. That’s all I know.

[@joelharris1335]

Have you noticed that some of the trains featured carried Central Trains, Anglia Railways and Regional Railway colours?

[@DaveDVideoMaker]

Yes. This could have been a service from Birmingham to Stansted.

[@eniade3715]

I like how if another train is coming the pitch for the level crossing goes higher

[@c.s-crossings]

It actually doesn't, it actually speeds up but they didn't catch that when they were filming so they had to edit the alarm sound.

[@eniade3715]

@@c.s-crossings oh it speeds up oh ok well thx for telling me I had no idea 😂 thank you!

[@MGRinger02]

1:14 that alarm sound is edited in, because (in real life) the alarms on that crossing (Burnt House LC, Turves) switch off when the barrier have lowered.

[@elitetwistyy9735]

Max Ganesh not on auto

[@MGRinger02]

xBreadStick96 no those alarms switch of in Turves.

[@mlrd6622]

Exactly!

[@TheosTrainsWalesOfficial]

@@MGRinger02 They continue now

[@lukedavis436]

Back then they sounders continued to operate after the gates have dropped, this has since changed.

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

U must always wait behind the line and wait patiently for the train to go pass the crossing

[@gunproofgrandad4381]

This is what I like to see. My man Paul Tyreman cruising around like a boss in his Fiat Brava, showing us how it's done.

[@EofETrainsandLCs]

That's ham lane crossing on the nene Valley railway

[@c.s-crossings]

Most probably, looks a bit like it. Makes sense as it's not a public main line crossing and therefore much easier to get permission to film a reconstruction of a near miss.

[@Ed_Gilbert]

I understand people just quickly think it is okay to cross when the red lights have just gone on at that second, but the bad thing is they will get into a habit and eventually won’t care at all, they’ll get hit.

[@Faulty720]

Nice use of the Nene Valley Railway in the first clip

[@JPLCUK]

Did you know that crossing is now a full Barriered crossing (Woodbridge)

[@lewislovesgaming2313]

My grandma always goes a cross the level crossing when the red lights have just Came on.

[@marcuspotter5590]

She is a fool then!

[@jasminejohnston6393]

Your grandma’s a dunce then

[@gemth9853]

Call 61016 and tell them your grandmother goes over level crossings when the lights are red and tell them her number plate from the car.

[@sylviaradzieta8913]

@@gemth9853 lol

[@Sam-bz1hr]

My grandma reverses over the level crossing as the trains coming. 🚗

[@moggyandfin3695]

Our crossing has been closed due to an unknown reason but it's a shame cos me and ma friend went there every once and awhile

[@ellisplows7411]

The last crossing, I saw that at Gilberdyke

[@kovislevelcrossingtrafficlight]

Naughty 😈 Coach Driver don’t pedal when you stop AOCL Level Crossing

[@c.s-crossings]

Hi, would you mind asking me first before you make and upload videos of my level crossings? Thanks. Fyi, I'm the user known as 'Capitalcig651' on scratch who makes the level crossing projects.

[@c.s-crossings]

I'll probably be fine with it, it's more a politeness thing really. Plus, I've got all the headcodes and timetables and stuff that aren't always visible online, so if you film one of my crossings I could give you the full train info!

[@MirkoMazzoni2000]

I don't think that the warning tone ever increased in pitch like 2:46 whenever a 2nd (or more) train(s) approached the crossing One of the following might (meaning Should) happen: A. Level Crossing alarm speeds up B. Like A but a voice alternates with the fast alarm telling that there is another train approaching (I think it's exclusive for the E2S Alarm)

[@Thesmokercoaster]

What happens if it's bear a busy town or city and there is four or five trains coming. Does it become ultrasonic. Or just catch fire.

[@MirkoMazzoni2000]

@@Thesmokercoaster well I guess we'll never know at this point... But I honestly don't remember the rise in pitch of the alarm but instead it going faster.

[@MirkoMazzoni2000]

Dear@@andymerrett , the tone on half barrier LCs continues even when barriers are down but I only saw and heard the tone speed up and not pitch up, albeit a powercut would make the level crossing stuck at the "ANOTHER TRAIN COMING" warning tones which are sped up. (Source is KZbin since I don't live in the UK.)

[@MirkoMazzoni2000]

Full barrier level crossings have the tone until the barrier are fully lowered.

[@levelcrossingcreations3731]

@@MirkoMazzoni2000 it stayed the same speed if theres 3 or more trains

[@jamesc4999]

I don't get why don't they put cameras on all of them and give anyone who goes through them a massive fine?

[@AutoUnder]

A few of them do have cameras now and they do get fined but I think it’s only £100 and 3 penalty points on their driving license

[@geoffreylee5199]

After watching assorted clips on UK level crossings, I have seen gates come down, then wonder where is the train? In the time needed for the train to arrive, a NorthAmerican freight train of 100 plus freight cars could have passed by at 60 mph. When the train finally arrives, it is one coach travelling at a speed of a bicycle. That squeaking noise does not get much attention. Bells work really well.

[@Bobrogers99]

I have watched a number of videos of UK level crossings, and none of them show a train arriving in less than a minute. The norm seems to be two minutes, and three or more minutes' wait apparently is not that unusual. When a motorist sees the lights and hears the alarm, the message to some seems to be, "Hurry up before the barriers come down" rather than "A train is coming!" A potentially fatal mistake.

[@PottersVideos2]

You're partially wrong, but in all fairness most UK trains are at least 2 cars.

[@neiloflongbeck5705]

@@PottersVideos2 except if formed of a Class 153 or a light-engine.

[@PottersVideos2]

@@neiloflongbeck5705 That's true.

[@iainstenhouse8399]

The full barrier type crossings are usually remotely operated from a Signalling Centre, ROC or Local Signalbox. In the instance of them being controlled by a Signalling Centre, ROC or Signalbox greater than 0.25mi away CCTV will be used to monitor the crossing (MCB-CCTV) or if a signalbox is within 0.25mi of a crossing the signalman will use his vision to ensure the crossing is clear (MCB or MCBR). Once the barriers are down, and proven as down this will release the interlocking allow protecting signals to be cleared. This will usually be done many minutes in advance so as to give sufficient time for the crossing to be closed without showing an approaching train any cautionary aspects. As the road is fully blocked these are often used in urban areas to increase safety. This is a callback to before lifting gates when wooden gates would be swung from across the line to across the road (MG). One of the reasons they were stored across the road was to prevent livestock from escaping down the line. Therefore, in order to avoid any risk of collision with the gates or road users protecting signals had to be provided. Some of these types still survive on lesser used lines. As a result of the development of LIDAR and RADAR technologies full barrier crossings can be automated (MCB-OD); where one of the two afforementioned detection technologies ensures the crossing is clear, rather than a signaller visually. However, if the crossing is not detected as clear then signals will not be cleared, in much the same way as previously described. The crossing types mentioned in this video are of an automatic type, and since they only have half barriers or no barriers it is not required to ensure that the crossing is clear. This is because at no time are road vehicles or pedestrians trapped within the crossing. Consequently, they do not have protecting signals and can be activated far closer to a trains arrival. As a result of high accident rates, automatic open crossings were phased out after the 80s, and upgraded to have half barriers or full barriers. Some open crossings still survive however. More recently Network Rail have begun to remove automatic half barrier crossings, again for safety reasons. Finally, the warblers/yodalarms fitted to crossings are louder than come across on video. Since their purpose is primarily to warn pedestrians, they are perfectly effective. Not that there is anything necessarilywrong with bells of course.

[@DaveDVideoMaker]

0:24 I assume between 1992 and 2002.

[@c.s-crossings]

Seeing as that's when the video was made, I'd presume so.

[@juoig7799]

Picture this: You approach a level crossing, and it starts going off. What do you do? 1️⃣ - Slam on the brakes 😱 2️⃣- Put the pedal to the metal and speed across before the barriers go down 😈 3️⃣- Slow down and stop at the line 😇

[@SN06BNF]

You Do Number 3️⃣

[@stephenrozario5742]

Number 3

[@dave8484able]

I hope the coach company sacked that driver for running the level crossing red lights!

[@rockystrains8891]

Worse of all, At the windscreen she had a school/children symbol. (I dunno what it is)

[@adam.m6735]

RockingRyanG In the UK it tells road users that this bus has children

[@iknowyoureright8564]

Woman drivers mate. They haven’t a clue!!

[@PottersVideos2]

Fortunately this was a reconstruction and not a real coach!

[@OlanKenny]

@@PottersVideos2 the coach looked p real to me

[@Newtownabbeyist208]

That first location is Ham Lane (aka Ferry Meadows) in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire

[@katiepearce6110]

I guess that guy was train-ed for this video haha

[@trainman86trainstramsandmore]

Is the car Paul was driving a Vauxhall Calibra? Also, Its really stupid what drivers do these days. The class 47 couldve went right into the coach and Children couldve died cus i noticed the school bus badge.

[@UKLevelCrossingsTrains]

It was a reconstruction

[@trainman86trainstramsandmore]

@@UKLevelCrossingsTrains Yes i know but if it was real world

[@kovislevelcrossingtrafficlight]

3:24 Train Pass. Coach Driver don’t pedal the LC stops

[@tallman11282]

Are bus (coach) drivers not required to stop at all railroad crossings in the UK? In the States federal law requires all busses, carrying passengers or not, to stop at all railroad crossings, open the front door and driver's window to listen for a train, and to look both ways before proceeding across the tracks. There are excepted crossings in some areas where the driver doesn't have to stop, these are clearly marked with signs and are protected by actual traffic signals. An example is on a section of the Metro Transit Blue Line in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The trains run down the center median of a divided roadway and the crossings are protected by regular traffic signals which set all the lights for traffic crossing the tracks red, usually with a light up sign showing a symbol of a train turning on to advise drivers why the light went red.

[@PottersVideos2]

No.

[@EMTH_YT]

yes they have to. all traffic has to. dumbo

[@morzh1978]

In Russia you usually play chicken in such a way until one nice day your stumble upon a police ambush right next to the crossing. You end up in a great fine and your driver licence suspended or revoked (depending on the aggravation, i.e. - crossing the red lights as well / you drive any vehichle intended for public trasportation etc.).

[@morzh1978]

That woman at 0:20 is playing chicken with her career: she relies that nobody will report her as the bus is empty, however, when it eventually happens, she will be sacked and fined and her professional bus driver licence revoked.

[@PottersVideos2]

As for what you've said about that line in Minnesota, that is a design flaw in my opinion. Do accidents frequently happen on those crossings? I'd imagine so given that regular traffic lights do not apply to emergency vehicles, they might attempt to drive across the train tracks not realising that a train is on the way, especially the Police in their cruisers.

[@kovislevelcrossingtrafficlight]

Safety To Wait

[@TheArkamedBat]

6:04 Should be *Use the phoph to phoph the signaller.*

[@jasminejohnston6393]

My mom and I got stuck at a level crossing when the signal went off. Two minutes later there was still no train. As it turns out, the signal malfunctioned and it was actually safe to cross the tracks so we drove around the barriers no problem. It’s now been fixed

[@TheArkamedBat]

If I wait longer than a few mins, I call the signaller with the telephone near the crossing.

[@xaiano794]

Your mum should read the highway code again. If you ever get stuck on any level crossing you should phone the signaller immediately so that they can stop a train. There are telephones at every automatic crossing (that info is in the highway code) - yellow box with a handset inside.

[@crmtrainspotting6882]

1:14 is this crossing burnt house in Cambridgeshire

[@UKLevelCrossingsTrains]

Isn’t it Three Horseshoes No. 2?

[@crmtrainspotting6882]

Nah sounds more like burnt house

[@UKLevelCrossingsTrains]

@@crmtrainspotting6882 Oh yeah, that is Burnt House, but the alarms are edited in I think as the alarms stopped when the barriers were down.

[@crmtrainspotting6882]

They must had edited it then they do stop

[@c.s-crossings]

​@@UKLevelCrossingsTrainsI think is IS Burnt House, but you see one of the 3 horseshoes crossings later (I can't remember whether No.1 or 3 had penguin barriers back then)

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

That woman driving the coach should be prosecuted and even lose her job for not stopping at the level crossing and that was close she would have been dead after getting hit by the train

[@TheArkamedBat]

And it was a School Service (0:01)

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

@@TheArkamedBat yeah exactly

[@andremonstrare208]

4:13 he pushed on top of the button not the button

[@PottersVideos2]

Actually he did push the button. He just did so in a way that looked like that.

[@TheArkamedBat]

Who comes from Automatic Level Crossings are Automatic Level Crossings?

[@stephand4017]

2:44 Lol, why is it programmed to speed up the alarm if another train is coming???

[@PottersVideos2]

So pedestrians know that they need to wait as another train is coming.

[@grassytramtracks]

Maybe if you get used to the normal alarm, they want you to notice the change

[@PottersVideos2]

Which song is used at the end? Maybe I could use it in one of my videos?

[@geoffreylee5199]

there are programs for an iPod or iPhone to identify music.

[@milkandduckrailway323]

That sounds very helpful.

[@jasminejohnston6393]

Download SoundHound or Shazam then

[@stwtranvids2078]

Well what if there was a train that wouldn't stop at the station like 4:11?

[@PottersVideos2]

Then the driver has to stop at the station to operate the plunger anyway, wait for the white light to show and then cross the road.

[@QT480uk]

Also as before October 2012, the train had to stop @ Woodbridge in both directions because of Radio Electronic Token Block workings between Westerfield & Oulton Broad South. Woodbridge was a token exchange point along with Saxmundham & Halesworth

[@kaydencoupland6109]

It say stop even if the train is not stoping at the stason over whise it counted as skiping a red signup

[@c.s-crossings]

Automatic crossings by stations (if, unlike Woodbridge here, trains CAN pass without stopping) tend to have a setting for either passing or stopping trains, set by the signaller. I.e. if passing then it works automatically from treadles like usual, if stopping, the treadles don't function and the plunger is needed.

[@halesworth01]

Where is Claire!!!!???

[@marcuspotter5590]

She's acting for someone else!

[@DaveDVideoMaker]

Why the hell does that matter to you?

[@doohickey-enjoyer]

Does anyone know what the song is while he operates the gates? I like it

[@wainber1]

I like the sound of warning, lights at level crossings as described in the early-2020s video titled “How railroad crossing signals work” posted, produced, and narrated by the Florida-based Distant Signal KZbin man (Danny Harmon).

[@FFN69426]

3:27 that’s Woodbridge, and all of the other stuff is mostly on Ely Peterborough line

[@joeymandrews]

Are you sure? The line shown at 3:27 is single line. Whereas the railway through Woodbridge is double track. The open level crossing shown at 3:04 is in fact at Woodbridge, situated just 50 metres from the end of the platforms. The very same crossing can be seen at 4:01, viewed from the platform at Woodbridge station. However, this open level crossing has since been fitted with half-barriers.

[@FFN69426]

@@joeymandrews Sorry yeah meant 3:04. Yep 3:27 is somewhere completely different 😂 My bad!

[@randomtransportguyx4397]

OH MY GOD ITS PAUL

[@paullawrence4986]

I don’t like going over a crossing in my car even when its completely clear, risking your life to save a bit of time? No thanks.

[@Greatanotherchannel]

Can you give a time stamp of when this video was made please?

[@dkbmaestrorules]

Judging by the trains and a few other details - probably about 2000/2001.

[@DaveDVideoMaker]

Actually 2002-2003. Network Rail wasn’t founded until 2002.

[@westmidstrportspotting2877]

@@DaveDVideoMaker yep it's was br before that

[@adammark1983]

If I see anyone goes through red lights I will report them to BTP

[@PottersVideos2]

Don't bother as they won't prosecute unless a Police officer witnesses the incident.

[@adammark1983]

Unless I have a dash camera

[@TheEasterling]

Some Crossings have CCTV so don't worry

[@TheosTrainsWalesOfficial]

@@TheEasterling Yeah, MCB-OD crossings have ANPR cameras to catch car number plates

[@LewisSmith-he6gu]

princess holly was hit by train and she was taken to the hospital with minor injuries to her head after the crash on Sunday night at 10 o’clock

[@legorcand132farming5]

Was that nuclear crash on the sizewell branch

[@TheosTrainsWalesOfficial]

That crossing that the crash happened was Brookland LC in Kent. It’s on the Isle of Grain branch.

[@mutantthegreat7963]

Good to know. I have jotted it down, thanks.

[@kevinwatton9015]

Sometimes level crossings don't work what do you do if they malfunctioned

[@PottersVideos2]

Call Network Rail, they will sort it out.

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

Always call the network rail they will sort it

[@c.s-crossings]

There won't be a "malfunction" in the sense of trains just shooting through without any of the equipment working. Whether there's automatic half barriers or manually-operated full barriers, there are too many fault detection checks which would set approaching signals to danger in case of a fault.

[@lukedavis436]

I see a Fiat Brava, an original Ford focus and what appears to be a Ford probe sports car perhaps?.

[@googleuser8740]

What if you open the gates to cross then the lights change to red and the gates are still open? Phone operator?

[@LEVELCROSSING225]

Don't cross. That is why you are asked to observe that the miniture stop light is still showing green. If it isn't, then do not traverse the xing. Wait for the train(s) to pass, the green light to show. Then cross the xing. If there are no lights showing, ring the signaller on the yellow telephone. Tell them that you are intending to cross the line and that the MSL (miniture stop light) isn't working.

[@googleuser8740]

@@LEVELCROSSING225 Hi thanks for your answer. Say you open the opposite gates then walk back to drive through but the lights change to red but the opposite gates are still open so someone else might drive through. Phone operator and tell them?

[@xaiano794]

@@googleuser8740 you wait for the train, wait for it to go green and close the gates. Miniature red green signals aren't red for long, 30-60 seconds.

[@fetchstixRHD]

​@@googleuser8740: I would think with those crossings, the fact that they're on private roads and your presence from opening the gates would be enough to stop the other person from crossing...

[@c.s-crossings]

​@@googleuser8740It's not hard - no matter which bit of the process you're on, whether opening the gates, getting in the car to cross the line or closing the gates, all you do is pause what you're doing and wait for the train to pass if you see the light go red.

[@thesouthwesttrainspotter]

I don't know why people jump the lights on high speed railways

[@PottersVideos2]

Agreed, even on low speed railways there is a risk!

[@samhope6310]

Because some people are idiots.

[@neiltheboxtankengine3065]

They think they'll get to their place faster.

[@c.s-crossings]

Level crossings were built as part of an 1800s railway system where there were no cars and trains were fewer and slower - they aren't suitable for today's busy society, but closures can be very difficult to implement.

[@Blue_LineProductions]

Why no MCB?

[@c.s-crossings]

Either that's in a separate video or they don't need to be covered because they're manual and any problems can be dealt with by the signaller.

[@N00N01]

27 or youve skipped to(likely not) heaven

[@morzh1978]

0:20 - total bullshit, warnig lights never switch from amber to red THAT late, just 3-7 seconds before the train comes. Neither in the UK, nor even in the US. You always have something in between of 1/3 minutes in the US and up to 5 minutes (or even more!) in former USSR to wait before the train is actually there!

[@fetchstixRHD]

Normally, you would be right (see 1:14 - it's a legal requirement for there to be 27 seconds of "warning time") but crossings are (supposed to be) designed such that if a train fails to stop somewhere it should (e.g. a red signal) before the crossing, then it should activate instantly, which means you may not have that warning time. (That isn't including crossings where trains stop and drivers activate it while waiting either...)

[@al66class59]

My guess is they’ve edited it to show the potential dangers, and scaremonger the public into waiting at the lights. They wouldn’t show 27 seconds of red lights and then send the coach over, it would make the public lose interest.

[@MirkoMazzoni2000]

5 minutes or even more? In Italy (about) most of the time trains comes at that level crossing you're waiting about 5+ minutes after closure/activating of red light(s) I might be correct for full barrier level crossings but idk if it's still that true. (Actually based my experiences and some KZbin videos, and Italian law requires at least 30 seconds of time counting from activating the signals that close the LC and the 🚆 passing that exact LC)

[@morzh1978]

@@MirkoMazzoni2000 30 seconds, almost like in the US. Imagine you stalled / you are in a long intercity coach, suddenly stuck on the crossing because of traffic ahead, an the barriers begin to lower down onto you suddenly... How much time you would need to evacuate a coach or get out of the car and push it in neutral to the other side?

[@MirkoMazzoni2000]

@@morzh1978 too much.

[@howardsix9708]

PEOPLE dont seem to give a hoot in Wem crossing on Aston/Station road......What can you do ?.beggars belief..

[@cassierennoldson3185]

kkkk

[@des_smith7658]

Safely Rules OK

[@jacobferron5952]

,

[@Sam-bz1hr]

Where's Claire?

[@thebrummierailenthusiasts5329]

She’s acting for someone else

[@DaveDVideoMaker]

Why is that important to you?

[@Sam-bz1hr]

@@DaveDVideoMaker sssssh

[@BritishTightEnd]

5:18 a very bad idea in fucking deed. I don't think any of us want to get railed by a 140 MPH train

[@TheArkamedBat]

Max speed in UK railways (except HS1) is 125 MPH

[@c.s-crossings]

Not possible. Automatic half barrier crossings can have 100mph maximum and no crossing can be installed on lines with more than 125mph.