'Night mode' alarms at Motspur Park Level Crossing, Greater London

Borough: London Borough of Merton

Date filmed: Saturday the 8th of February 2025
Videos filmed between 10:12 and 10:47

Route: Sutton & Mole Valley Lines
Motspur Park (MOT) is the closest station

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

Filming location: West Barnes Lane, Motspur Park (KT3 6QP)
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A level crossing located near to Motspur Park Station in South West London near New Malden. Despite it being mid-late morning at the time of filming, the alarms were stuck in 'night mode' - a significantly quietened volume of sounding designed for the hours between 23:00 and 07:30 as to minimise overnight disturbance. However, it appears as though the clock which controls this was incorrectly set at the time of filming, leaving the crossing's alarms pretty much inaudible at a dangerous time to be so - to think they would have been like this during the morning rush hour! This is not a fault with the alarms themselves, but rather with the controlling logic, and these instances are thankfully typically rectified with relative haste. However, this was still the case ten months later.

Here's a skewed crossing with four bracket wigwags, and one of the four long barriers here has an extra piece of skirting underneath it. A few late-morning retro Class 455's can be seen throughout this video, starting the day's filming on another meet-up around West London.

Trains featured:
Intro - 0:00
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Lowering 1 (0:27):
1) 455 905 & 455 874 (South Western Railway) - 1:48
2M24 Chessington South ➡ London Waterloo | On-time

2) 455 901 & 455 864 (South Western Railway) - 2:30
2D19 London Waterloo ➡ Guildford (via Epsom) | 1 minute late
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Lowering 2 (3:05):
455 719 & 455 873 (South Western Railway) - 4:23
2D24 Guildford ➡ London Waterloo (via Epsom) | On-time
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Lowering 3 (5:09):
455 732 & 455 902 (South Western Railway) - 6:45
2M21 London Waterloo ➡ Chessington South | 2 minutes late
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Lowering 4 (7:34):
1) 455 865 & 455 707 (South Western Railway) - 8:49
2M26 Chessington South ➡ London Waterloo | On-time

2) 455 863 (South Western Railway) - 9:30
1D21 London Waterloo ➡ Dorking | On-time
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End-of-video picture showcase: 9:59

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: Samsung Galaxy S21 Plus in 4K, 25fps

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