Brockenhurst Level Crossing, Hampshire

Date filmed: Saturday the 2nd of March 2024
Videos filmed between 16:37 and 17:00 | 17:42 and 18:04

Route: South West Main Line
Brockenhurst Station

Crossing type: Manually Controlled Barrier crossing (MCB)

Location: A337 Lymington Road, Brockenhurst
Trains featured:
Lowering 1 (0:00):
444 043 & 444 030 (South Western Railway) - 1:35
1W29 London Waterloo ➡ Weymouth | 3 minutes late
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Lowering 2 (2:20):
444 038 & 444 012 (South Western Railway) - 3:35
1W66 Weymouth & Poole ➡ London Waterloo | 1 minute late
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Lowering 3 (4:21):
1) 220 003 (Cross Country) - 5:37
1O18 Manchester Piccadilly ➡ Bournemouth | 2 minutes early

2) 220 001 (Cross Country) - 5:57
1M66 Bournemouth ➡ Manchester Piccadilly | 1 minute early
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Lowering 4 (6:32):
444 018 & 444 041 (South Western Railway) - 7:55
1W68 Weymouth & Poole ➡ London Waterloo | Departed 5 minutes late
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Lowering 5 (8:40):
1) 220 026 (Cross Country) - 9:28
1O20 Manchester Piccadilly ➡ Bournemouth | 1 minute early

2) 220 003 (Cross Country) - 9:48
1M70 Bournemouth ➡ Manchester Piccadilly | On-time
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Lowering 6 (10:12):
444 016 & 444 029 (South Western Railway) - 11:39
1W73 London Waterloo ➡ Weymouth & Poole | On-time
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End-of-video picture showcase - 12:25

Some late-afternoon / early evening videos filmed at this level crossing in Brockenhurst, a moderately-large village right in the middle of the beautiful New Forest National Park. The level crossing is located on the main north to south road through the National Park, connecting the A31 / M27 with a Ferry over to the Isle of Wight between Lymington and Yarmouth, and the railway between here and Totton snakes about quite a lot, though you'd imagine finding any path for a railway through a national park like this would be a far more difficult task met with even more objection today. The level crossing has narrow footways over it, supporter-arm barriers, two alarms which have unusual 'hoods', and it is controlled from the functional-looking signal box which overlooks it. This is on the fairly busy South West Main Line, used by all trains to/from Bournemouth, Poole, and beyond into Dorset towards Weymouth. South Western Railway and Cross Country feature in these videos.

Train details sourced from:
Real Time Trains: https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/sear...
Open Train Times: https://www.opentraintimes.com/maps
Traksy: https://traksy.uk/live

Filmed on:
Panasonic HC-VX1 in 4K 25fps (Clips 1-3)
Samsung Galaxy S21 Plus in 4K 30fps (Clips 4-6 & Pictures)

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