Coventry (Coundon Road) Level Crossing, West Midlands

Date filmed: 22/05/2022
Videos filmed at: 15:26 | 15:39
Route: Coventry to Nuneaton Line
- Between Coventry and Coventry Arena Stations
Crossing type: Manually Controlled Barriers crossing with CCTV (MCB-CCTV)
Location: Coundon Road / Barker's Butts Lane, Coventry
Trains featured:
Lowering 1 (Starts at 0:00):
Class 172/1 (West Midlands Railway) - 1:09
Nuneaton ➡ Coventry
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Lowering 2 (Starts at 1:27):
Class 172/1 (West Midlands Railway) - 2:35
Coventry ➡ Nuneaton
A fairly busy level crossing located just outside of Coventry City Centre at the edge of the Coundon area of the city. This is another one of those level crossings which sits at an elevated location with an underbridge located right next to it (just like at Manningtree and the now-closed Ely level crossings as examples). This instance is different though, as the road that went under the bridge closed permanently within the last few years (as of filming and uploading), and it is now a permanent dedicated cycle road: the Coundon Cycleway. It's two-way, completely segregated from the main road, and runs for 1 and three quarter miles from the inner ring road into the suburbs via this under-bridge. As for the level crossing itself, the equipment dates back to around 2009. There is only marked footway on one side of the busy road here, and so both of the alarms are found on this side of the road, opposite each other. They are incredibly quiet for such a busy urban area, and they also sound pretty standard. One of these also has a fairly new sounder.
The same train is seen twice in this video both before and after stopping and turning around in Coventry Station. It was continually running back and forth between Coventry and Nuneaton on the day of filming, providing the line with an hourly service in each direction.
Thanks for watching!

[@NWLevelCrossings]

Great Crossing and Video!!👍🏻😁

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

Thank you! 👍

[@TheosTrainsWalesOfficial]

I see why you noticed this was like Ely, Manningtree, and Ickleton Road, as this used to have two Field & Grant (Staythorpe) barriers. Hawkesbury Lane used to have four short Staythorpe barriers, with a Yodalarm YO5 on one side.

[@freebrickproductions]

Great video!

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

Thanks! 👍

[@railwayhonza]

Cool video

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

Thanks!

[@railwayadventureswithleigh6040]

The 172 was Ex-Chiltern Railways in this video

[@TheosTrainsWalesOfficial]

We already knew that, thank you.