Rusham Level Crossing, Surrey

Date filmed: 15/01/2023
Videos filmed at: 11:34 | 11:38 | 11:46 | 11:49
Route: London Waterloo to Reading Line
- Between Egham and Virginia Water Stations
Crossing type: Manually Controlled Barriers crossing with CCTV (MCB-CCTV)
Previously: Automatic Half Barrier Crossing (AHBC)
Location: Prune Hill, Egham
Trains featured:
Lowering 1 (0:00):
2 Class 450s (South Western Railway) - 1:25
Reading ➡ London Waterloo
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Lowering 2 (Starts at 1:52):
2 Class 458s (South Western Railway) - 3:00
Staines ➡ Staines (Via Ascot)
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Lowering 3 (Starts at 3:35):
2 Class 458s (South Western Railway) - 4:16
Staines ➡ Staines (Via Ascot)
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Lowering 4 (Starts at 5:17):
2 Class 458s (South Western Railway) - 6:00
London Waterloo ➡ Reading
A fairly recently-renewed level crossing found near Egham and Englefield Green on the London Waterloo to Reading Line in Surrey. In April 2022, the level crossing was fully renewed and converted from an automatic half barrier level crossing into a manually-controlled level crossing monitored via CCTV (for this area's signalling to eventually be re-controlled from Feltham to Basingstoke). There are now two full-road-width barriers, one of which sits unusually high off the ground when lowered, four newer LED wigwags, and four 'E2S Apello' alarms. This is a fairly quiet wooded location on a reasonably quiet road, but you very often get traffic waiting during lowerings as the barriers are down for quite a bit longer each time now.
Four lowerings and four different trains are seen in this video. Two of these trains are regular passenger services, with the other two being Empty Coaching Stock (ECS) movements from Staines to Ascot and back. Due to engineering works on the line towards Windsor and Eton Riverside on the day of filming, and the fact that there is no 'bay' platform in Staines Railway Station at present, extra trains from London Waterloo had to be signalled down to Ascot and turned around there to move them out of the way of the Reading and Weybridge services.
Thanks for watching!

[@NWLevelCrossings]

Amazing Videos and Crossing!👍🏻👍🏻

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

Thank you very much!

[@SouthWestCrossingsUK]

I like the upgrade here

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

I like it too tbh

[@vastjonea]

Excellent video!

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

Thanks!

[@NorthWestLevelCrossingsChannel]

Great video and Crossing 👍

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

Thank you!

[@freebrickproductions]

Great video and nice crossing! That one gate mech probably needs some adjusting. At least it goes down enough to engage the relays, lol.

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

Thank you! True. It must be right on that margain though.

[@HarryPat13Channel]

How does the crossing signaller know when there is a train incoming?

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

Trains approaching typically sound a buzzer or bell as an audible warning to lower the barriers when they're a couple of signals away. That's likely the case here.

[@northeasttrainspotting]

Correct me if I'm wrong but those are SPX barriers, aren't they? I've never seen SPX barriers with metal cages around them! Great video by the way!

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

They have SPX barrier arms, but the mechanisns and housing are all manufactured by Newgate.
Thanks! 👍

[@levelcrossingtraveller]

Is that a new upgrade? Nive video

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

Cheers! It was completed back in Mid-2022, so not that new now.

[@railwayhonza]

Great video!

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

Thank you! 😁👍