West Worthing Level Crossing, West Sussex

Date filmed: 26/09/2021
Videos filmed at: 12:25 | 12:32 | 12:35
Route: West Coastway Line
- West Worthing Station
Location: A2031 South Street Tarring, Worthing
Trains:
Lowering 1 (Starts at 0:23):
Class 377 (Southern) - 2:00
Portsmouth Harbour ➡ Preston Park
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Lowering 2 (Starts at 2:50):
1) 2 Class 377s (Southern) - 4:03
Littlehampton ➡ London Victoria
2) Class 377 (Southern) - 4:35
Preston Park ➡ Southampton Central
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Lowering 3 (Starts at 5:15):
2 Class 377s (Southern) - 6:36
London Victoria ➡ Littlehampton
A busy level crossing located on a busy road junction in the western end of Worthing, West Sussex. As it is located on a busy traffic light-controlled junction, the level crossing is integrated in to work with the sequence of the traffic lights controlling the junction, and all traffic lights for routes over the level crossing itself will be set to red within a few seconds of the level crossing activating, and will eventually set back to green within a few seconds of the level crossing being fully-raised after all trains have passed. Examples of this integration of infrastructure can be seen throughout the first and second videos within this video. There are two alarms here, and each is fairly loud.
This level crossing is also typically rather busy with trains, and can apparently even spend more time lowered than raised during certain times. It is also incredibly annoying for the locals (arguably probably even more so than a lot of other level crossings even), as there is no solution to install a bridge or bypass around the level crossing or in its place.
A section of the second video of three has been muted due to talking.
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[@BLUEX2022]

Really amazing

[@pakroomitrains]

Nice video 👍👍👍👍 awesome ❤️❤️❤️

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

Thank you!

[@Mariodefalco26]

I went through there today on the bus

[@NELincsTrainspotting]

Brilliant video Caleb 👍

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

Thanks 👍

[@R1zzy176]

Nice one bro 👌👍

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

Thanks! 👍

[@R1zzy176]

Np :)

[@WolfingtonStanley]

My local level crossing, the most annoying in the country