New Barriers at Bedhampton Level Crossing, Hampshire

Date filmed: Monday the 24th of March 2025
Videos filmed between 13:21 and 14:04

Route(s): West Coastway Line / Portsmouth Direct Line
Bedhampton (BDH) Station

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

Filming location: West Street, Havant (PO9 1NL)

A bulk of more footage from this very busy level crossing in the west of Havant, just outside of Portsmouth on the South Coast in Hampshire. Within just over a month of filming, four 2023-plate new barriers were all installed here to replace aging ones from 1979, and the new ones are much brighter and more visible compared to the ones they replaced. Given how a lot of newer barriers age, you can all but guarantee that these ones' pristine conditions will be short-lived. The rest of the crossing despite that is un-changed, and one alarm is still unusually high-pitched and also appears to be suffering from some interference (this does not happen during every lowering, though). This crossing is also on the very busy section of line shared between the West Coastway and Portsmouth Direct Lines, and delays here are prevalent.

Various trains and workings feature throughout, topped off by an early-running Class 153 Railcar inspection train doing duties on the Portsmouth Direct Line, part of Network Rail's 'Video Inspection Unit' fleet. The unit here is designated 'Video Inspection Unit 1', and is ex-East Midlands Railway (this unit has been seen by me before in its past life). Hope you enjoy!

Trains featured:
Intro - 0:00
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Lowering 1 (0:39):
377 417 (Southern) - 1:43
1C26 London Victoria ➡ Portsmouth Harbour | On-time
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Lowering 2 (2:19):
1) 387 208 (Gatwick Express, on behalf of Southern) - 3:53
1N31 Southampton Central ➡ Brighton | On-time

2) 450 059 & 450 044 (South Western Railway) - 4:16
1P33 London Waterloo ➡ Portsmouth Harbour | On-time

3) 444 016 & 444 033 (South Western Railway) - 5:35
1P44 Portsmouth Harbour ➡ London Waterloo | On-time
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Lowering 3 (6:19):
377 302 (Southern) - 7:25
1S30 Brighton ➡ Portsmouth & Southsea | On-time
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Lowering 4 (8:02):
1) 377 127 (Southern) - 9:37
1C39 Portsmouth Harbour ➡ London Victoria | On-time

2) 444 011 & 450 079 (South Western Railway) - 10:05
1P35 London Waterloo ➡ Portsmouth Harbour | On-time
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Lowering 5 (10:45):
1) 450 057 & 450 (South Western Railway) - 11:47
1P46 Portsmouth Harbour ➡ London Waterloo | 7 minutes late

2) 450 048 Empty Coaching Stock (South Western Railway) - 12:28
5Y01 Woking ➡ Southampton Central (via Guildford & Havant) | 7 minutes late

3) 387 207 (Gatwick Express, on behalf of Southern) - 12:47
1N33 Southampton Central ➡ Brighton | 2 minutes late
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Lowering 6 (13:52):
153 311 'Video Inspection Unit 1' (Network Rail) - 14:43
2Q13 Portsmouth & Southsea ➡ Fratton Depot F.P. (via Guildford) | 21 minutes early

Also passed:
Class 377 (Southern)
1C28 London Victoria ➡ Portsmouth Harbour | 1 minute late
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End-of-video picture showcase: 15:38

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

Thanks for watching!