Closed for 9 Minutes! Figueres North Railway Crossing, Catalonia

Figueres North Railway Crossing, Figueres, Catalonia, Spain on the R11 Line (Barcelona to Cerbère).
Figurers Norte Paso a Nivel, Figueres, Cataluñya, España sobre el R11 Línea (Barcelona a Cerbère).
Location (Ubicación): Carrer Port de la Selva, Figueres
Date Filmed (Fecha de Filmación): 26-10-2017
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Nearest Station (Estación más Cercana): Figueres
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Trains (Trenes):
Class 447 (Renfe)
Located near the centre of Figueres. This railway crossing has half barriers. It was closed for a long 9 minutes because the train stopped at the station. Impatient pedestrians crossed whilst the barriers were lowered!
Thanks For Watching!

[@JoshuaDominguez-sz2oz]

Spain railroad crossing is the best 💜

[@violettarose5174]

What a beautiful railway crossing sound

[@xxpeixx14]

I LOVE Spain railroad crossings.❤

[@JaimeGaming]

I'm from Spain and the railroad crossings closes a lot time before the train pass. PD : That sound is beautiful xD

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Lol it's annoying 😊😎

[@amyesplin5117]

What

[@UKLevelCrossingAndBridges]

The same thing in the UK depending if its barriers without skirts. If its no skirts, they might go like 27 seconds before the train arrives, and if it has skirts, it might come quite a few minutes before the train.

[@bro_yougay]

The way the camera shakes at 0:45 gave him and me a fright

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Yeah it did. I was not expecting the crossing to activate so early

[@violettarose5174]

@@UKLevelCrossingsChannel do you go all around the world to just record railway crossings? If you do that is awesome.

[@violettarose5174]

@@UKLevelCrossingsChannel is this railway crossing Spanish?

[@ATK_J.Y.S_I.N.D_Offical]

My favorite crossings! :3

[@Lex_Lamps]

Good job !!! Im from spain and have been here before !

[@Catnap20011]

The train was kida late

[@ryguy2006]

The pedestrians: "No puedo esperar más este tren. Supongo que tiraré la ley por la ventana y cruzaré ..."

[@ryguy2006]

The drivers: "Mejor. Día. Nunca..."

[@jessicaevans59]

Wow the train took it’s time Jesus I would of gone mental listening to that warning electric bell sounding thing for that long great vid tho respect

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Lol Thanks 😎 The train did take ages to show up 😐

[@freebrickproductions]

Nice video! I noticed one of the signals had a broken background on it! Also, the longest activation that I've personally seen was probably an almost 30 minute activation that I caught on the CSX S&NA South Subdivision recently due to a rail train laying out some new rail. Also, one could make the argument that something like this (where the crossing stays active for an extremely long time before the train comes) is bad for the general public, as not only does it cause traffic delays, but it also causes the public to become less and less likely to obey warning signals should they feel that they could wind-up having to wait almost 10 minutes for the signals to shut-off.

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Thanks. I was not expecting the train to take so long to cross here. I think the activation sensors are *before* the Figueres Railway Station to allow the level crossing to lower in time for non-stop trains. For trains stopping at the station however, the crossing goes down really early. A couple of people did cross when the crossing was down but then this is Spain, so no-one really cares that much lol

[@freebrickproductions]

They should have it time out after a few minutes then, with the crossing activating again should a train get closer after it has timed out.

[@heal0152]

Well, i was before wanting the level crossings in the UK to go faster because i was tired of having to wait for the train (i was just watching a lot of level crossing videos not living in the UK)

[@osmannikamara7695]

freebrickproductions but ù

[@osmannikamara7695]

freebrickproductions o ouif Ufford oxidant luvoninputkids mom lum hmm

[@villi333]

You must film Alfafar-Benetusser rail crossing

[@TheBrownSheepOnYT]

Cool video I can play that on roblox. Well that's just easy-to-use that thing well I like this It just Good is so long time for the train to come and the barriers up. COOL TRAIN!!!

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

It was cool, yes.

[@martinbenedetti5215]

spain: the level crossing closes to early argentina: they don't close even if a train is comming xd

[@alfredocanahuate5902]

5:65

[@alfredocanahuate5902]

4:56

[@user-gx3fj3ey9o]

@@alfredocanahuate5902 恩

[@olasola1013]

One of the level crossings in Slovakia near Bratislava: takes 6 to 10 seconds from when the barriers have closed to the train approaching Edit: I found a video of a Slovakian crossing where the barriers hadn't even lowered before the train passed

[@ezequielgomez1993]

This is not a regular/common situation around spain. It happened just at this railroad in particular

[@Andrew_Tube45]

Cool spain level crossing😮😮😮

[@user-ny3zs4cl2z]

It can be because this train have a stop 8 minutes on the preview station before 1 km of semafore.

[@enzodufresne1609]

The level crossing says: ATENCION NO PASE. In English it's: WARNING DON'T PASS.

[@Koleje93]

Worst thing about Spain railroad crossing is THAT YOU MUST WAIT 9min TO PASS

[@eurovisonfm]

Great video

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Thanks Daniel :)

[@TheBrownSheepOnYT]

THAT'S AWSOME DUDE

[@salimsalam4867]

Hi im from figueres

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Nice 😉

[@albertosd4354]

The law in Spain says that level crossings must be closed at least 30 seconds before a train to pass through. But this is more than excessive. I suppose there is a station between the sensors which detect the trains and the level crossing, but there must be a solution.

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Yes. Figueres station is before this crossing and it appears the train was stationery for at least 5-6 minutes before departing.

[@jovetj]

There are several different types of solution. A timeout system could be installed with a second set of sensors between the station and the level crossing. If the train doesn't hit both sensors in the correct order in a certain amount of time, the crossing shuts off until the near sensors are activated. Or, the North American practice of a crossing predictor could be implemented, which "hears" trains on the rails and knows exactly how far away they are and exactly how fast they're moving.

[@F40-RULES]

@@jovetj Or the train engineer can type in a code in the radio to remotely activate the crossing when it's leaving the station so that traffic doesn't have to wait too long for a train to pass. It does that all the time in Massachusetts. These foreign crossings are so poorly timed.

[@jovetj]

*@Save The F40PH* Europe does not really have "crossings" like the United States does... both in terms of quantity, design, mission, or technology. Europe would never go for DTMF code control on a radio, because they rely on human behavior which is flawed. Europe is trending more towards PTC-like fully-automatic activation. Like PTC in the United States, that technology is striving to become smarter all the time. However, Europe is a lot smaller/less rail'd than the United States, so it's easier to deploy such grandiose technologies there. Crossings such as this one are timed the way they are because the signal system is interfaced to the level crossing controls. The level crossing has to close far before the train arrives so that the train continues to receive the best signals (and maintain the best speed) that it can. Another argument for it is that, if a situation arises at the crossing, there is a better chance at having enough time to notify the railway and avert disaster.

[@El-Mengu]

Spanish train driver here. Rail crossings in Spain become protected, that's the technical term, for 10 minutes, after which it becomes unprotected again if the train hasn't passed it yet. Trains are usually expected to cross between 30 seconds and 2 minutes after the protection process has completed. A special light signal with 3 possible aspects is presented to the train driver at braking distance of the level crossing, informing him of its state in advance, including if there are any stuck vehicles thanks to pressure detectors, so that he may proceed at normal speed or slow down to a stop in time. While I don't know the specifics of this case, 9 minutes is very extraordinary. Railway code states that under normal circumstances, after passing the rail crossing light signal, should a train driver slow down to under 40 km/h or make a commercial stop for over 2 minutes, the level crossing(s) ahead must be considered unprotected, requiring the train driver to stop and apply a special protocol for passing it safely. If that's the case in this video, either the crossing is interlocked with Figueres station and the commercial stop took longer than normal, or the driver failed to apply the special protocol I mentioned which is incredibly reckless and certainly believe it's not what happened. Spanish rail crossings are incredibly safe compared to those found in most other countries, certainly those outside of Europe, if this one stayed closed for nine minutes: 1. it isn't common and 2. there must be a really good reason for it.

[@zamozamora]

Bonito paso a nivel

[@andreugaldran9872]

Adif plans to make a variant of the traditional tracks by Figueres-Vilafant high-speed station so that the railway crossings supress

[@DanielGNTransport]

In spain people who go on the tracks don't get fined. So trespassing there is normal.

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Yeah. No-one seems to care here. Whilst waiting for this crossing to activate, a woman about 500 yards along the track from the crossing, a woman just crossed the railway line in flip flops where there's no pedestrian crossing. There is no safety fences here which, in a way, encourages people just to cross the line.

[@somebodyrandom809]

What?? Is trespassing OK in Spain?!

[@somebodyrandom809]

I haven't been to Spain before.

[@Loveanimals92000]

Ok

[@yngwie1587]

Daniel GN Trains öööööttupöin.

[@numberblock_36_the_exp_lov62]

This bell sounds really spooky

[@alextheo965]

9 minutes closed huh? In my country it can stay closed for up to 20 minutes.

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Wow, is that in America with the long freight trains?

[@alextheo965]

@@UKLevelCrossingsChannel nah.I find it common in the eastern part of europe(and im from there). Oh and about freight trains, they keep the barrier closed for another 3 minutes as they are slow and long. And the barriers are operated manually by a member of staff.

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Ah yeah

[@AuraTheWolf-]

That must’ve been a pain

[@benjamincabezas9392]

0:46 🇪🇸se asustó 🇬🇧he scared 😅

[@levelcrossingspotter-lcsra3368]

M Y E A R S A R E T O A S T E D

[@n.agustin113]

*DONG DONG DONG*

[@traintalkproductions5934]

Nice video! Surprised why the crossings didn't deactivate, then go back down when the train starts moving again like they do in the USA. You should go visit the US, they have very nice trains there.

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Thanks! 😃 These crossings in Spain are a bit different to how US Railroad crossings work I imagine. It seems once a train triggers a crossing, the crossing doesn't raise until it knows a train has passed.

[@virginiatrains7886]

In the US, the crossing activates about 1 minutes to 45 seconds before a train passes. Reason being, a crossing being down like, 9 minutes, can create problematic traffic jams

[@olasola1013]

In Sweden, the station level crossings are programmed to open if a train is stopped at the station and then close right before departure

[@El-Mengu]

Common Spanish rail crossings become unprotected again after 10 minutes. Being relatively scarce in Spain, relegated mostly to a low-traffic countryside context, it's a good balance between safety and disrupting what little traffic there is. It's very rare to find rail crossings in sizeable urban areas, so no traffic jams are caused.

[@sophiemansell2789]

I was in Spain 14 years ago and people was trespassing all the time 😳

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

They probably still do lol

[@sophiemansell2789]

@@UKLevelCrossingsChannel more than likely lol

[@milo.721]

Skip to 9:00

[@Streetlamps90]

9:53 It says echo on the barrier when the man sneezed xD

[@delta.australia]

In the future I'm going to tour level crossings in Portugal!

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Nice 👍 There's not been much footage of Portuguese crossings

[@delta.australia]

@@UKLevelCrossingsChannel then I'll be one of the first 😂

[@Bill-bj9fn]

Imagine closing a level crossing 9 minutes in advance for a train that moves at 50 mph. Seems like the United States and Australia, Netherlands, and Russia are the only countries that always get it right. UK Usually gets it right. Sometimes the MCB crossings are a bit too long, but it never could compare to this.

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Yeah, thankfully UK crossings aren't this bad

[@olasola1013]

@@UKLevelCrossingsChannel Sweden and Norway aren’t that bad either, it takes around 30 seconds to 2 minutes

[@amyesplin5117]

Nice

[@squidgrill]

I can’t stop laughing at how you jumped when the crossing got triggered lmao

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Lol :)

[@jovetj]

He jumped when the train sounded its horn, too.

[@Kien_es]

This one seen when he was a 5 or 4 year old boy in 2018 or 19

[@jen626ful]

0:47 Did you also get scared of jumpedscared?

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

I did jump as I didn't expect the crossing to activate so early

[@alexjackson9527]

9:12 I had no idea that Spanish level crossings sneezed

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Yes they do when trains pass 😉

[@dazzellsabado7675]

0:47 Activation shock 1:23 Pedestrians

[@imp5090]

why they have to put that crossing sensor so far away from crossing , 9 min is quite a long waiting time , at least close the whole crossing if we have to wait that long

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

I think the sensors have been put far back is in case of non-stopping trains. If the sensor was after the station, the level crossing here would not have a safe amount of time to lower for a non-stopping train (such as a freight train).

[@jovetj]

It's interesting to me how this would never be tolerated in Canada or the United Sates, and they employ a much more sophisticated detection system than Britain (and apparently Spain) use.

[@alexplaysii]

8:57 The Horn!

[@michaelcalvert8372]

🔠Ⓜ️🆒2️⃣🛃🆒2️⃣⏯⏯⏹⏯⏯⏹⏹⏹🔂🔄🔄➕➖➗✖️♾♾Tyler is a good day today and a lovely day for a day

[@willip66]

Michael Calvert,what????

[@jen626ful]

0:47 RARE!!

[@Pomni_Aviation]

Oh No, The Train Is Not Coming Yet...

[@williamhuang8309]

8:40 until the train even reaches the crossing. You know, if I had to wait 9 minutes at a level crossing and for the first 8:40 there were no trains, I would just go "screw it" after the 5 minute mark.

[@rhasma4712]

why it take so long

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

The train had to stop at the station before it went over the level crossing

[@trapgipsy4880]

Yo vivo aqui en figueras 🙋‍♂️

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

👍

[@acknowledgingbutterdog4095]

Oof at0:45

[@Italian-h1n]

Where is the bell located at? What brand is it?

[@multi-stern4024]

Was für Zustände! Unmöglich lange Schließzeit. In Deutschland wären in dieser Zeit 3-4 Züge gefahren. Kein Wunder das wenn möglich, alles und jeder bei rot drüber rennt.

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Ja. Es war eine lange Wartezeit. Bahnübergänge in Spanien unterscheiden sich stark vom Rest Europas.

[@olasola1013]

My favourite part was when the level crossing *łįtērræÏÌÿ tøãśtėd mŷ ęårś*

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

It toasted mine too haha

[@familytab8679]

But I like the NO CROSSING sign at 1:23

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Many people just ignore this and cross anyway :/

[@familytab8679]

UK Level Crossings Channel wow those people get to unpasant

[@virginiatrains7886]

@@UKLevelCrossingsChannel if I ever go to that crossing, no offense but I’m doing the same. If the train comes by for like, 3 minutes the sure but not if it’s like a mile out and the crossing goes down for 9 minutes. I got places to be 🕺🏽

[@violettarose5174]

Is that in Spain?

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Yes it is

[@violettarose5174]

@@UKLevelCrossingsChannel okay I thought about it because of the sound 😯

[@DJJavierVaz]

Hola mis amigo

[@terrier_productions]

Have a second channel called European Level Crossings Channel This isn’t in the UK!

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

It would be easier to just upload European crossings on this channel.

[@astrofabio68]

and what is the problem? do you fear the european crossing can contaminate uk's?

[@terrier_productions]

Astrofabio I don’t have a problem with level crossings..

[@jacobiscool144]

What time is the trespass?

[@numa-olivierdufresne502]

0:47 You got jumpscared by the bell ! 🔔

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Yeah, that's because I wasn't expecting the crossing to activate so early lol

[@nothingimpossible2852]

Atencion no pase = Attention do not pass

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

+nothing impossible285 Yep. That's pretty much what it means.

[@Kanal7Indonesia]

Is it Catalan or Spanish ?

[@mariolopeznavarro1057]

@@Kanal7Indonesia In Spanish: 'Atención no pase', in Catalan: 'Atenció no passeu'. Very similar languages ;)

[@Kanal7Indonesia]

@@mariolopeznavarro1057 ah, good to know :)

[@aaronrequenna]

@@mariolopeznavarro1057 😂😂

[@acknowledgingbutterdog4095]

More like Yeet crossings

[@TheSpeakersActive]

More Like Acknowledging Bitchdog

[@401970nuria]

Debe ser una pesadilla vivir aquí con tanto pito del paso a nivel.

[@JaimeGaming]

Pero si el sonido es glorioso.

[@xxpeixx14]

somewone knows how the spanish railroad crossing alarm works?

[@benhallows5655]

0:45 he jumped when the crossing sounded

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Yea, that was me. Didn't expect the crossing to activate early.

[@benhallows5655]

UK Level Crossings Channel ahh I get it 👍🏻

[@user-mx8oh2wt5f]

Josh Hallows c

[@mengkimlong7282]

UK Level Crossings Channel j aww

[@kherenangelina9002]

Jdkddorkdorkforkfirkod

[@abstract_yt1446]

Wow je pensais que c'était ce d'Italie. Il sont classe, mais bruiant.

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Oui, ils sont très bruyants. Il y a très peu de vidéos de passage à niveau en espagnol. Ils sont vraiment intéressants.

[@abstract_yt1446]

Level Crossings Railway Channel ce sont de super modèle la France devrais avoir les mêmes mais avec une autre sonnerie. J'dis ça mais ce d'Angleterre sont pas mal aussi.

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Oui. Au cours des prochaines années, je prévois de parcourir l'Europe pour visiter les passages à niveau dans différents pays. Je veux filmer plus de passages à niveau français. J'ai aimé filmer les passages à niveau en Espagne.

[@someamazingpenguin8531]

Please do some French ones

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Planning to next summer ☺️

[@woofplays]

UK Level Crossings Channel Not happening anymore, I presume?

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

No, plans changed unfortunately, and I now don't know when I'm next going to France. Hopefully next year now but no idea if it will just be a day or a holiday.

[@futureblue152]

No mames 25 años después pasó el tren jajaja 😂

[@sswwaaggyyzadar]

This one longer then Italy

[@katerinegodintaboada4684]

No se que hacer con estos chicos pero yo se que hacer

[@Buses30512]

Where is that conunty

[@ottawanepaltv2669]

The railroad crossing is getting so late

[@jiripakosta3472]

This train slow

[@wcrails]

And they make people wait at a crossing for about 8 minutes!?!?? Wow!

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Yeah I know - it activated way too early. No wonder people got impatient 😐

[@willip66]

0:46 haha you jumped out of your skin then!

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Yeah I did 😂 Wasn't expecting it to activate 9 minutes early

[@willip66]

@@UKLevelCrossingsChannel I would jump too if it activated 9 MINUTES early.

[@rooftile3747]

0:43 faint ambulance siren

[@braydensollie7883]

0:45 you got jump scare

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

+Brayden Sollie Yeah. I did not expect the crossing to activate early.

[@BlakeRamirez-ji6gb]

roblox

[@Diamond31pro]

It’s loud also it kinda scared me too

[@Lacey_ESSAcreww204]

I was gonna comment that XD

[@mlgrainbowdash]

@@UKLevelCrossingsChannel Spanish in Spain 🇪🇸

[@TheBrownSheepOnYT]

sky train railway crossing

[@ElectraProductions225]

Cool

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Hehe :)

[@delta.australia]

I hope there won't be trespass like there is here!

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

You'll probably find there is.

[@HyperFoxTails]

This guy goes around the gates, like a dummy

[@virginiatrains7886]

I’m all about safety and what not, but I’m not gonna wait at a loud crossing for 9 minutes, just for a 3 car train to pass

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Yeah, I thought 9 minutes was a bit too long, and could partly understand why most people ignore the red lights at crossings in Spain

[@familytab8679]

OH MY GOSH THAT SOUND IS ANNOYING!!

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Yeah, I know right.

[@ChrissyOnlyBob]

​@@UKLevelCrossingsChannel OMG I love your videos

[@ikeyxd6990]

he got scared I feel bad

[@trainlover11playzgoodbyetr4]

Sounds like a basketball

[@sergiomiguelalcala9160]

I think it's so loud

[@ChrissyOnlyBob]

Spain 🇪🇸

[@sergiomiguelalcala9160]

wow

[@user-dx8md8oq1j]

Why is there so much graffiti

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Idk, it's Spain lol

[@user-iz5wj7gr6q]

You have a smiley

[@apolofeve]

That was a Class 446 EMU

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Aren't Class 466 and Class 477 very similar or the same?

[@apolofeve]

Class 447s are an updated version of the 446s, as their top speed is 120 kph instead of 100 kph

[@littlewishy6432]

Do you know a lot of Spanish? ¿Usted sabe mucho español?

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

I studied Spanish at school so I know a bit but I'm not fluent

[@JaimeGaming]

@@UKLevelCrossingsChannel ok espero que grabes mas videos de Pasos a Nivel Españoles xD.

[@davidtrenz4062]

English nebo japan

[@Kanal7Indonesia]

Wow they sound annoying, makes me ears hurt ! 😫

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Yeah, the alarm gets annoying after 9 minutes lol

[@ebtv445]

00:46 Sounds Like Japanese Level Crossing

[@alfredocanahuate5902]

00:01

[@alfredocanahuate5902]

00:00

[@roimatulfarida4410]

5:08

[@medinah112]

Is this spanish

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Yes it is. It's in Figueres

[@medinah112]

Oh

[@Villagerparadise]

🇪🇸

[@--marshy--]

24 𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤 𝕝𝕒𝕥𝕖𝕣

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Yeah, it was a long wait.

[@bluefish3109]

Que loco

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Check the description

[@cristobalcampos2011]

THIS IS NOT UK

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

No it isn't, but when I go on holiday I also film crossings in other countries.

[@yaraihan]

踏切

[@katiuskapalacios9946]

Gn 👮🏼