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unusual facts about level crossing



B1108 road

The road crosses the Mid-Norfolk Railway on a wooden-gated level crossing at Kimberley, one of the last such crossings on a classified road in the county.

British Rail Class 31

The off-limits event was the first of its type for 10 years and took place at Hibaldstow level crossing near Scawby in Lincolnshire, where the B1206 road crosses the Barnetby–Gainsborough railway line.

The same individual purchased three more of the class from EWS, but they acquired new owners; 31107 (scrapped by C F Booth at Rotherham in May 2009, following a crash with a Renault Espace on a level crossing during Top Gear Series 9, Episode 5 in 2006), 31289 (preserved at the Northampton & Lamport Railway), and 31301 (in store).

Cambus, Clackmannanshire

The station was to the west of the level crossing on the road into the village, and had a large signal box, which controlled two level crossings, the junction with the line to Menstrie and Alva, and access to sidings in the brewery and distillery.

Dalton Gates

The placename Dalton means settlement in the dale and it comes from the nearby Dalton-on-Tees and Gates refers to the gates that were used on the railway level crossing.

Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway

A level crossing at Freshwater Causeway(operated by a residential crossing keeper)

Kempston and Elstow Halt railway station

Their opening coincided with the introduction of a steam railmotor on the Varsity Line, and each was conveniently sited alongside a level crossing.

Lostwithiel railway station

At the east end of the station is a level crossing while at the west end the line is carried over the river, beyond which is the junction for the Fowey branch which is now used by china clay trains only.

Steam wagon

The 1928 film The Wrecker features a spectacular crash between a passenger train and a Foden steam lorry stuck on a level crossing.

Victorian Railways K class

On 13 October 2002 this locomotive was involved in a serious level crossing accident with a B-double semi-trailer near Benalla, Victoria, derailing after impact.

Wootton Broadmead Halt railway station

Their opening coincided with the introduction of a steam railmotor on the Varsity Line, and each was sited alongside a level crossing.


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Acacia Ridge, Queensland

In 2008, the Beaudesert Road level crossing was replaced by an overbridge, so that the sidings in the yard could be extended for the shunting of longer 1500m trains.

Barnsley Interchange

Work has since been completed on the link road known as Schwäbisch Gmünd Way (formerly Interchange Way, renamed in honour of Barnsley's twin town in Germany) to enable buses to enter or leave the Interchange quickly without having to use the busy level crossing at Jumble Lane.

Benalla railway station

Located at the Midland Highway level crossing close to the centre of town, the station is served by both V/Line Albury-Wodonga line and NSW TrainLink Melbourne - Sydney passenger services.

Benwick Goods Railway

It left the Ely to Peterborough line at Three Horseshoes Junction in Turves, Cambridgeshire, just east of the level crossing on Burnthouse Road.

Cologne–Overath railway

There is now no local signals staff on the line, except in Engelskirchen where one last mechanical signal box remains to guard a level crossing.

Harlech railway station

Harlech railway station is located at a level crossing on the A496 in the centre of the town of Harlech in Gwynedd, North Wales.

Headcorn and Maidstone Junction Light Railway

Further objections to the level crossings were raised, and it was agreed to replace the level crossing at East Farleigh Hill with a bridge over the road.

Heckington

The £2.5 million 2.8 mile-long village bypass, built by Reed & Mallik Ltd of Salisbury, was opened by Lynda Chalker on 14 December 1982, and the former route of the A17 is now the B1394, which also leads to Billingborough via Great Hale across a level crossing over the partially single-track railway near the railway station.

Jesse Martin

In January 2009 Martin crashed his car into a train at railway level crossing at McKinnon railway station in Melbourne.

Lionel Queripel

Later Captain Queripel was ordered to defend some woodland near the Wolfheze level crossing which was vital to the allied advance (Wolfheze is about 12km to the northwest of Arnhem Bridge but only a few hundred metres from the Drop and Landing Zones used).

Little Cornard derailment

The gated level crossing is on a private road leading to a sewage works owned by Anglian Water.

McKinnon railway station

In January 2009, Jesse Martin crashed his car into a train at railway level crossing at McKinnon station.

Prudhoe railway station

The full barrier level crossing is signalman worked and because of the adjacent single track Ovingham Bridge over the River Tyne and the frequent train services, there are often long road queues.

Redwood Railway Station

It is double tracked with staggered side platforms; the up platform (north, towards Paraparaumu) is on the north side of the Tawa Street level crossing, the down platform (towards Wellington) on the south.

Roxburgh Branch

By early July 1969 the rail line had been removed from under the State Highway 8 road overbridge, tunnel and SH8 level crossing of Big Hill.

Sheringham railway station

BBC Look East reported on 17 December 2007 that Network Rail supported the level crossing plans to allow occasional use for trains to cross between tracks.

Swainsthorpe

At 6:22am on Thursday 1 March 2007, a One Railway service travelling from Colchester in Essex to Norwich, collided with a Vauxhall Astra at the level crossing at Swainsthorpe.

Tharwa Bridge

Tharwa Bridge is a four span Allan truss bridge which provides a high-level crossing point across the Murrumbidgee River, allowing traffic between Canberra and Tharwa village.

Three Bridges to Tunbridge Wells Central Line

In addition, it was required to cross a private carriage road to Ashdown House via a bridge under the road and not a level crossing.

Voreifel Railway

Planning is underway on the development of a continuous double track line on the Bonn–Witterschlick section and the construction of four new stations: Bonn-Endenich Nord (at km 2.2), Bonn-Helmholtzstraße (km 4.4), Alfter-Impekoven (km 7.1, not at site of the former Witterschlick/Impekoven, which was at a peripheral location near federal highway 56, but at the level crossing near Oedekoven) and Rheinbach Römerkanal.