Sudbury Level Crossing, Staffordshire

Date filmed: Saturday the 15th of March 2025
Videos filmed at: 12:39 | 13:02 | 13:20

Route: Derby to Crewe Line
Between Tutbury & Hatton (TUT) and Uttoxeter (UTT) Stations

Crossing type: Manually Controlled Barrier crossing (MCB)

Filming location: A515 Station Road, Sudbury (DE6 5GX)

A level crossing found on the busy A515 main road near the Derbyshire / Staffordshire county border, seen in this video activating three times for three trains. This level crossing is controlled from the signal box located next to it, and is vastly standard with quiet alarms, albeit these sound with slightly un-even tones though are otherwise working perfectly fine. The LED's and barriers are roughly the same age, dating back to the early 2010s, and the crossing has not noticeably changed at all since then, definitely not since at least 2014. The main road here runs south towards Lichfield, and the crossing is in quite a remote and secluded location with only a few houses and a pub restaurant nearby.

In this video, the line's two hourly services were joined by an additional 'Meridian' unit running empty back to Etches Park Depot. This was running empty from Uttoxeter, having formed one of a number of additional services to take spectators to/from the East Midlands Grand National at Uttoxeter Racecourse on this date.

Trains featured:
Intro - 0:00
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Lowering 1 (0:37):
222 023 Empty Coaching Stock (East Midlands Railway 'Meridian') - 2:05
5K97 Uttoxeter ➡ Etches Park Sidings | 8 minutes early
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Lowering 2 (2:44):
170 272 (East Midlands Railway - Regional) - 4:17
1K65 Newark Castle ➡ Crewe | On-time
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Lowering 3 (4:44):
170 502 & 170 271 (East Midlands Railway - Regional) - 6:12
1N13 Crewe ➡ Newark Castle | 19 minutes late
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End-of-video picture showcase: 6:44

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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