(Ft. Class 67-hauled Belmond British Pullman) Teynham Level Crossing, Kent

Official name: Teynham East Level Crossing

Date filmed: 24/08/2023
Videos filmed between 14:01 and 14:29

Route: Chatham Main Line
Teynham Station

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

Location: Station Row, Teynham
Trains featured:
Lowering 1 (0:00):
395 002 (Southeastern) - 0:36
1C41 Ramsgate ➡ St. Pancras International (via Medway) | On-time
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Lowering 2 (1:03):
375 604 (Southeastern) - 1:57
1P40 Dover Priory ➡ London Victoria | On-time
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Lowering 3 (2:28):
375 602 (Southeastern) - 3:09
1S30 London Victoria ➡ Dover Priory | 1 minute late
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Lowering 4 (3:43):
395 003 (Southeastern) - 4:10
1C34 St. Pancras International ➡ Ramsgate (via Medway) | On-time
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Lowering 5 (4:36):
67 021 (DB Cargo UK) & Belmond British Pullman - 5:20
1Y40 London Victoria ➡ Gillingham (Kent) via Canterbury & Thanet | On-time

Around half an hour's railway action on the Chatham Main Line at Teynham Level Crossing and station between Sittingbourne and Faversham, rounded off nicely by a Class 67 hauling an express Pullman service to and From London Victoria via Gillingham (Kent). The locomotive can be seen with its livery beautifully matching its rake of luxury coaches and passing with a VERY loud horn! Up to that point, fast and slow Southeastern services can be seen, the fast ones of which (Class 395 'Javelins') pass here incredibly quickly at around 90mph! However, this is nothing compared to the 140mph they can achieve on High Speed One, but it feels incredibly quick here nonetheless. The unusually small level crossing on a tiny no-through road leading only to a few houses was fully renewed and converted in 2012, and it had manually-operated gates before then.

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

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