Rare Barriers at Hewish Level Crossing, Somerset

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UK Level Crossings Channel

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@NWLevelCrossings 2 жыл бұрын

Great Video and Barriers!👍🏻

@NWLevelCrossings 2 жыл бұрын

Those barriers are new, long and bouncy but great!👍🏻

@UKLevelCrossingsChannel 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 👍 These barriers are actually really old. They are likely to be around 40 years old around this time!

@BoomTrainspots 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, those barriers are very bouncy❗️👍

@UKLevelCrossingsChannel 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah they are. They're also some of the oldest in the UK, like the half barrier ones from the Hornby models

@BoomTrainspots 4 жыл бұрын

Cool😎

@SouthEastLevelCrossings 4 жыл бұрын

Now this is one excellent video of a great-looking level crossing! Those are my personal favourite kind of barriers - such a shame to see them in such decline these days. Nice alarm combination too - the closest one sure is pointing at and interesting angle (it suits the retro equipment quite well IMO) - all this as well as a nice quiet-looking country lane! I'd definitely consider visiting here if I'm ever over that way again, especially before the barriers do go. Awesome catch of the HST too! 👍👍

@UKLevelCrossingsChannel 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much! 😁 It was great to film another set of crossings with these barriers as the last time I filmed a set was probably at Paignton South. Was a nice location too, although cars can still be heard on the main road nearby. Was very glad to see some CrossCountry and Great Western Railway HSTs running throughout the evening too 😁

@NELincsTransport 4 жыл бұрын

Great video

@UKLevelCrossingsChannel 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks 😎

@amannaikwade3118 4 жыл бұрын

That bouncy 😍

@UKLevelCrossingsChannel 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah it was lol

@mgsmith344 4 жыл бұрын

Good video and the barriers are a bit bouncy👍

@UKLevelCrossingsChannel 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks 😊 Yeah they are, they're quite old barriers

@ryguy2006 4 жыл бұрын

Nice find!

@UKLevelCrossingsChannel 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks 😎👍

@AMTK90200 4 жыл бұрын

I hope those barriers aren’t replaced

@UKLevelCrossingsChannel 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I hope not. The barrier arms didn't look that old so I suspect they've been replaced a few years ago already

@EastAngliaLevelCrossingsUK 8 ай бұрын

Ummm...4 barriers in the desc? I thought it was 2 barriers

@UKLevelCrossingsChannel 8 ай бұрын

Oopsie :)

@EastAngliaLevelCrossingsUK 8 ай бұрын

@@UKLevelCrossingsChannel whoopsiedoodles

@TransportSuffolk 4 жыл бұрын

very nice barriers, hope NR dont replace them, i liked watching the mechanics of it lifting, are there many of these in the country?

@UKLevelCrossingsChannel 4 жыл бұрын

Well they probably will get replaced eventually but I'm glad I've managed to film them whilst they're all still installed and working. These barriers are very rare now. Only a couple in the North and Midlands and a handful in the Western regions. None in the south-east. There's a few that were replaced last year and there's a couple that'll be replaced by the end of this year.

@simonrose8700 3 жыл бұрын

Judging by the shiny bolts on barriers I would say they have replaced not that long ago so I can't see that equipment being replaced anytime soon.

@UKLevelCrossingsChannel 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah quite possibly. I do believe they have / make barrier arms for spares in-case any get damaged. The actual barrier hydraulics and mechanism is very old though, and loads have been replaced over the last several years.

@billyshearer1 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, so the barriers came down almost 5 minutes before train passed?

@UKLevelCrossingsChannel 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it was an average of about four minutes before a train passed whilst I was filming here. In another video, the crossing was lowered for 9 minutes for only two trains to pass.