*RARE* Blakedown Station Level Crossing BREAKS DOWN (Worcestershire) 12-15/12/2023
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- čas přidán 12. 07. 2024
- A very unusual situation! We see one of the level crossing barriers failing to raise THREE times within 4 days! They should probably rename this crossing to “Breakdown”, given the amount of times a problem has flared up this week!
Within the last couple of weeks, I noticed one of the barriers (specifically, the one in the YO corner, next to the double wigwags) gradually getting slower when raising. Eventually, the motor gave in and the barrier was stuck in the down position.
Network Rail were on the scene, trying to sort out the issue. The first couple of times, they managed to get it lifting within an hour, without replacing the motor. However, it barely lasted a couple of days before it would get stuck again.
The third time the barrier got stuck, it took over 4 hours (from about 08:00 to about 12:30) for the issue to be resolved! Only this time, the hydraulic motor was replaced.
This is a long video, I know, but I hope you enjoy!
Filmed on:
12/12/2023 - 0:00 - (at 15:42 and between 19:30 - 19:45).
13/12/2023 - 3:00 - (at 16:54).
14/12/2023 - 4:29 - (between 12:14 - 12:40, 14:33 - 16:02 and at 15:58).
15/12/2023 - 21:27 - (between 08:49 - 12:34).
I saw the engineering team when I was here and I saw the trains were held up by the signals before the level crossing and sounded the horn to the engineers for this month of march this year
Great video! I'm suprised this hasn't happened to feniton as the barriers are awful there!
Yeah, plus the alarms were identical to this crossing.
Thank you!
I know
Nice one! They did the same sequence where all of the barriers lower at once with Barmouth South level crossing. Probably the rarest sequence you can catch at a level crossing.
39:38 I can see that three barriers opened up but one of them opened up manual
Interesting video, enjoyed this!
That barrier's had problems before, as in one of your older videos from 2015, it did the exact same thing, but reversed.
Breakdown Station Level Crossing 💀
“Breakdown” LC indeed.
Great video as always 👍
Thanks!
YO Barrier: packs up
Network Rail: we hate this barrier, we hate coming to blakedown
There was the incident support unit this morning Will and a network rail guy seemingly operating things
This level crossing is in one of my local areas. That barrier has had problems for a long time.
Great video though.
Thanks you! This is one of my locals too. I noticed that barrier getting slower about a month before this happened, so I saw it coming from a mile off.
Strange what happened there! Great Video though! 👍🏻
Thanks!
Btw, how do I know whether a barrier is Z or Y? I know for N and O btw
The Z and Y comes from which side of the crossing the barrier is on. On the railway, there’s an “up” line (towards a major town/city) and “down” line (away from a major town/city). “Z” refers to the barrier on the “down” side, “Y” refers to the barrier on the “up” side.
@@FlashingRedProductions bit confusing with my local LC then bc trains go up and down line. One track is for trains and one is for trams
I think the way it works is that one track is called the “up”, while the other is called the “down”, even if they’re bi-directional.
Sometimes, barriers aren’t labelled though so it can be hard to tell which side of the crossing is the “up” side or “down side”
The barrier was slow 😂
Breakdown again
Blakedown ❌ breakdown ✅
I was gonna make that joke until I saw your comment lol