Pumping Barriers at Whitehall Level Crossing, Kent

Pumping Barriers at Whitehall (User Worked) Level Crossing, Canterbury, Kent on the Ashford to Ramsgate Line.
Location: Whitehall Road, Canterbury
Date Filmed: 28-12-2018
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Nearest Station: Canterbury West
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Featuring:
‪@JTCrossingsUK‬
‪@SouthEastLevelCrossings‬
Also known as Whitehall Road Level Crossing.
This is a rare User Worked level crossing near Canterbury where barriers have to be pumped up using a lever. Users can only cross when the light is green. There is a separate lever to lower the barriers once the vehicle has crossed. You can get fined for not closing the barriers after crossing. It is more work than you think to raise the barriers!
Thanks For Watching!

[@dragonv480]

There's one on Northwall Road, Deal, Kent. I spent hours there as a kid in the early-mid 80s and would pump the barriers for farm traffic. Even got 50p once! :D

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Ah nice one 😉 I've been to Northwall Road and filmed there twice

[@adamwhite1556]

Think these need fixing. Train would be approaching by the time they’re up

[@mgsmith344]

Thanks for the great content. Keep it up😃

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Thank you, glad you like it 😁👍

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

Nice one! I've been kinda secretly waiting for this to come out! I'm a little surprised (pleasantly though) that you've chosen to upload this separate to the video with the trains! 👍👍😁

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Thank you 😁 Yes, I forgot the video you filmed here is your most popular. A couple of older videos of mine from this crossing have also proved very popular. I wanted to re-cteate my most popular video from this crossing by showing just the barriers being raised using the levers. The train is seperate.

[@NELincsTrainspotting]

Great video

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Thanks 😊

[@Teddy-db2ob]

dude ur the best

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Thank you 😁

[@lewfinnis7795]

Exercise is good for you!

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Yeah it is, but I think I'll stick to walking 😉

[@pianoandstufflad1240]

Interesting!! Very nice!!

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Thank you! 😁

[@pianoandstufflad1240]

@@UKLevelCrossingsChannel No problem :)

[@MarkAHoltz]

Must be a pain during a heavy rainstorm

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Yeah lol

[@catguy4996]

I've been to this level crossing before, it's near the nice Stour Way Walk from Canterbury to Chartham. I actually prefer not to cross these types of level crossings because they aren't the safest. Even if the light is green, the train could come speeding up all of a sudden. It's not safe like the typical level crossing you get in urban areas.

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Yeah, I love Canterbury and the surrounding area, it's really nice. I've walked around Wye, Chilham, Chartham and here before, as-well as around Broad Oak, Sturry and Grove Ferry, beside the Great Stour. This is a User Worked crossing so there's a slightly longer wait than usual from the light going red to the train passing. I think it's safe here.

[@harrywheeler1633]

Interesting!

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Yeah definitely. Not many of these crossings around, but there is three in Kent alone.

[@fin57]

Annoying one barrier is slower than the other

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

It's usually one barrier is opened, followed by the other one. They don't raise together.

[@lckdwn478m]

Good video :)

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Thanks ☺️

[@user-iu4pm6dn6s]

It's a railroad crossing that seems to be difficult to open the gate😅

[@B21131]

Why closing the barriers is faster than opening it?

[@cpowers94]

Gravity.

[@B21131]

@@cpowers94 i get it now.

[@trainsdu4940]

No trains today? Is this really that long to open the barriers here? Good video

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Thanks! 😊 The train filmed is in a separate video. I decided to show the barriers being pump raised as one individual video. Yeah, it does take a few minutes (and a lot of effort) to raise these barriers manually 😉

[@blossomutonium8985]

You can't lower the gates unless the train is nearby, the light will turn green after you raise the barriers after the train.

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

You can raise and lower the barriers at any point, but you're only permitted to cross when the light is green. The light turns red when a train approaches and goes green once its passed.

[@JTCrossingsUK]

Awww you cut out the funny bit 😭

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Sorry, I didn't think viewers would understand and it looked a bit weird on my channel in my honest opinion. It was still funny though 😂

[@James-ze1ni]

by the time uve finished pumping it a train would prob come lol

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Yeah lol

[@pigeonsandtrafficlights8999]

What is that sound friend 🙂

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

What sound?

[@pigeonsandtrafficlights8999]

@@UKLevelCrossingsChannel you can hear 3 sound ?

[@Sainsburys_Local]

ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ😂

[@marisarap5788]

Well i hope never to encounter these!

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

There's not many in the UK and they're usually found on very quiet private roads

[@theuklevelcrossings-channe4454]

Well, this is oddly new! 😁 Also Nice video on pumping the barriers! 👍🏻👍🏻 Seems like you filming with UK And Trains channel.

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

Yep 😎

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Thank you 😎👍 I was indeed filming with UK Level Crossings & Trains Channel and also Joe Thorpe who was driving

[@kakakaywong7799]

UK Level Crossings Channel ，