Gartly Level Crossing, Aberdeenshire

Date filmed: Monday the 8th of July 2024
Video filmed at 15:54
Route: Aberdeen to Inverness Line
- Between Insch (INS) and Huntly (HNT) Stations
Crossing type: Automatic Half Barrier Crossing (AHBC)
Filming location: Old Military Road, Gartly (AB54 4QA)
An automatic half barrier level crossing with loud, old-sounding alarms located in the small Aberdeenshire village of Gartly near Huntly. It is on a very quiet road which leads up a scenic hillside - good for a walk if you've a long wait to kill for the next train - and it still retains its Mk.1 twin-arm half barriers to the day of filming with no sign of impending renewal. The alarm sound here is not dissimilar to that of the previous half-barrier set-up back at Boat of Kintore, and the remains of the former station here are clearly visible from the crossing - closed in 1968. The telegraph pole on the side the intro shot was taken still obscures the view of that set of lights on that barrier assembly quite a bit. A Class 158 can be seen speeding towards Insch and Aberdeen in this video, and you can tell it before you see it because of its distinct horn tone.
Trains featured:
158 704 (ScotRail) - 0:58
1A20 Inverness ➡ Aberdeen | On-time
Train details sourced from:
Real Time Trains: www.realtimetr...
Filmed on: Panasonic HC-VX1 in 4K 25fps
Thanks for watching!

[@Carolb66]

Beautiful view & crossing loud alarm! love the old tiny barriers, lovely shots of the village of Gartley & train track. Fab catch. ❤😊👍

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

Thanks very much!

[@NWLevelCrossings]

Nice Video! Really like these Mk1 Barriers! 👍🏻👍🏻

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

Thanks! 👍

[@NorthWestLevelCrossingsChannel]

Excellent video as always 👍

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

Thank you!

[@freebrickproductions]

Great video and crossing! Wonder how many MK.1s like that are left in Scotland?

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

Thank you! Not many. There'll only be a handful at best.

[@SouthWestCrossingsUK]

Great video! That is a really cool crossing!

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

Thank you very much!

[@SouthWestCrossingsUK]

@SouthEastLevelCrossings I meant to say cool lol

[@joeplaysgame]

I think I have seen this crossing before in one of the crossing testing videos

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

@@joeplaysgame I remember that video well. It seems to have been taken down though

[@mattviney8642]

A couple more accepting behaviour