Great Bentley Level Crossing, Essex

Date filmed: Tuesday the 18th of June 2024
Video filmed at 12:16

Route: Sunshine Coast Line
Great Bentley (GRB) Station

Crossing type: Manually Controlled Barrier crossing with CCTV (MCB-CCTV)

Filming location: Plough Road, Great Bentley (CO7 8LG)

A level crossing located next to Great Bentley Station on the Sunshine Coast Line in Tendring, Essex. The village is fairly busy with passing through traffic, and has large green spaces. The crossing here in its current form dates back to 2009, and the extra set of lights for the access road still has its rather odd-looking twisted long shades. A single, three-train, 9-minute-long (mostly cut) lowering is seen in this video - a lot of traffic built up as the barriers wouldn't budge even for a train still performing station duties at Alresford - 'inefficient'!

Trains featured:
1) 720 508 (Greater Anglia) - 1:28
1N37 Clacton-on-Sea ➡ Witham (Cancelled to London Liv. Street) | 1 minute late

2) 720 544 (Greater Anglia) - 1:55
2F44 Colchester ➡ Walton-on-the-Naze | On-time

3) 720 130 (Greater Anglia) - 2:30
2F53 Walton-on-the-Naze ➡ Colchester | On-time

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

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