Ingatestone Level Crossing, Essex

Date filmed: Tuesday the 7th of May 2024
Videos filmed between 14:23 and 14:56

Route: Great Eastern Main Line
Ingatestone (INT) Station

Crossing type: Manually Controlled Barrier crossing (MCB)

Filming location: Station Lane / Hall Lane, Ingatestone (CM4 0BW)

A few trains seen at this level crossing on a very quiet road next to Ingatestone Railway Station in Ingatestone, Essex. This level crossing is controlled from the former signal box beside it, now retained as a 'gate' box with a crossing keeper controlling this level crossing, as well as nearby Church Lane level crossing via CCTV and responsible for numerous local user-worked and occupation crossings. This is quite a quiet road, and normally sees close to more trains than cars, although a reduced service was running on the day of filming due to industrial action. As this is an important arterial route from London to the East of England, hourly Colchester stopping services and Norwich expresses naturally had to be maintained, though thankfully this would be one of the very last days of industrial action before the dispute was resolved shortly afterward. A couple can be seen in this video, along-side an intermodal freight train bound for Birmingham.

The strings of bells on gantries either side of the level crossing are designed to ring out if a vehicle at an unsafe height attempts to cross, providing an audible warning of the obvious dangers of the overhead line electrification.

Trains featured:
Intro - 0:00
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Lowering 1 (0:22):
745 008 (Greater Anglia) - 1:34
1P39 Norwich ➡ London Liverpool Street | 2 minutes early
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Lowering 2 (2:05): Just seven seconds after the last!
720 566 & 720 530 (Greater Anglia) - 2:40
1F20 London Liverpool Street ➡ Colchester | On-time
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Lowering 3 (3:33):
720 540 & 720 515 (Greater Anglia) - 4:37
1F43 Colchester ➡ London Liverpool Street | On-time
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Lowering 4 (5:26):
1) 745 106 (Greater Anglia) - 6:00
1P36 London Liverpool Street ➡ Norwich | On-time

2) 66 520 (Freightliner) & Intermodal freight train - 6:44
4M93 Felixstowe North F.L.T. ➡ Lawley Street F.L.T. | 13 minutes early
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End-of-video picture showcase: 7:47

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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