Southport (Portland Street) Level Crossing, Merseyside

Date filmed: Wednesday the 9th of April 2025
Videos filmed at: 16:44 | 16:50 | 16:57

Route: Merseyrail Northern Line
Between Birkdale (BDL) and Southport (SOP) Stations

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

Filming location: Portland Street, Southport (PR8 5AF)

One of a number of level crossings close together within the seaside town of Southport, Merseyside, and the last level crossing before the northern end of the Merseyrail Network at Southport. This level crossing is in a quiet, pleasant residential area, and has a rather unusual mounting bracket in one of the corners giving it further charm. However, as of 2024, the loud, recognisable alarms have gone from here for apparently no reason, and have been replaced by these standard, quiet ones. They're quiet to the point where I suspect they're stuck in 'night mode', a volume reduction of alarm sound during night time hours. Quieter alarms feel like they best suit this environment, but these are a little too quiet. Three of Merseyrail's striking and shiny Class 777 trains can be seen in these videos, as well as a broken LED amber light on one of the extra sets of lights, the second I've caught in this area over time!

Trains featured:
Lowering 1 (0:00):
777 015 (Merseyrail) - 2:45
2S40 Liverpool Central ➡ Southport | 4 minutes late
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Lowering 2 (3:27):
777 009 (Merseyrail) - 4:45
2G45 Southport ➡ Liverpool Central | On-time
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Filler shot - 5:28
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Lowering 3 - Defective amber light (5:41):
777 032 (Merseyrail) - 7:25
2S41 Liverpool Central ➡ Southport | 2 minutes late
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End-of-video picture showcase: 8:09

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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