Date filmed: Saturday the 2nd of November 2024
Videos filmed between 12:10pm and 2:19pm
Route: London Waterloo to Reading Line
- Between Barnes (BNS) Richmond (RMD) Stations
Crossing type(s): Manually Controlled Barrier crossing with CCTV (MCB-CCTV)
- All three are the same type.
Filming location(s):
1) B351 Sheen Lane, Mortlake (SW14 8LN)
2) White Hart Lane, Mortlake (SW13 0JL)
3) B353 Manor Road, North Sheen (TW9 1TF)
Featuring:
@UKLevelCrossingsChannel
@ElectraProductions225 (www.youtube.com/@ElectraProductions225)
@UKLCSandT
@MGRinger02
New Years Day 2025's viewing should be sorted nicely by this 28-minute-long compilation from the Mortlake area in West London on the London Waterloo to Reading Line, and from three of the four level crossings between Barnes and Richmond. On the day of filming, an England Rugby match was being played at Twickenham, which resulted in nastily-crowded trains out of London in the early afternoon, and to combat this as much as possible, a significant amount of extra trains were brought out to ferry the fans out to Twickenham. This meant that the line through here almost became busier than it would on a day where it would take South West Mainline diversions, and there was only one period of rest all afternoon which was longer than about 5 minutes or so. Indeed, there was very little opportunity to get the barriers up - Mortlake was lowered for at least eight or nine trains in a single lowering when we arrived! Throughout the entire video, you've a total of 33 trains passing by, amongst which are a seasonal track-cleaning train seen twice and a brand-new Class 701 'Arterio'. I hope you enjoy this video!
Unfortunately, as you can see in bits throughout, a handful of people made the silly choice of darting through the barriers rather than use the footbridge or wait; instances of particular note (both at Mortlake) include a motorcycle overtaking a misusing van (illegal in more than one way), and even a postwoman darting between the trailing barriers as they were lowered! A very quick and commendable reaction from the signaller meant they weren't trapped, but they thrusted their postal wagon through the barriers (thinking they would get trapped) causing it to nearly hit a waiting vehicle off camera. This was one of the worst misuses I'd filmed all year in 2024.
Trains featured:
- Class 455's (South Western Railway)
- Class 450's (South Western Railway)
- Class 458's (South Western Railway)
- Class 701 (South Western Railway)
- Windhoff Multi Purpose Vehicle (Network Rail)
Workings featured:
London Waterloo to Shepperton (and vice versa)
London Waterloo circular via Kingston
London Waterloo to Hounslow (and vice versa)
London Waterloo to Reading (and vice versa)
London Waterloo to Windsor & Eton Riverside (and vice versa)
London Waterloo to Strawberry Hill
Effingham Junction RHTT Circuit
Video Guide:
Mortlake Level Crossing Lowering 1 - 0:00
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Mortlake Level Crossing Lowering 2 (Major Misuses!) - 1:50
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Mortlake Level Crossing Lowering 3 - 3:39
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Mortlake Level Crossing Lowering 4 - 6:12
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Mortlake Level Crossing Lowering 5 - 7:54
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White Hart Lane Level Crossing intro - 10:15
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White Hart Lane Level Crossing Lowering 1 - 11:13
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White Hart Lane Level Crossing Lowering 2 (Warbling alarm) - 14:24
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White Hart Lane Level Crossing Lowering 3 - 15:50
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White Hart Lane Level Crossing Lowering 4 (More misuse) - 17:27
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White Hart Lane Level Crossing Lowering 5 (Three seconds after the last!) - 18:45
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North Sheen Level Crossing Lowering 1 - 21:00
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North Sheen Level Crossing Lowering 2 - 23:28
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North Sheen Level Crossing Lowering 3 - 25:23
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End of video: 27:52
Train details sourced from:
Real Time Trains: www.realtimetrains.co.uk/search/detailed/
Open Train Times: www.opentraintimes.com/maps
Traksy: traksy.uk/live
Filmed on: Panasonic HC-VX1 in 4K, 25fps
Thanks for watching!