North Sheen Level Crossing, Greater London

Date filmed: 25/10/2021
Videos filmed at: 11:55 | 12:03
Route: Waterloo to Reading Line
- North Sheen Station
Location: B353 Manor Road, North Sheen
Trains:
Lowering 1 (Starts at 0:11):
1) 2 Class 456s & 1 Class 455 (South Western Railway) - 1:36
London Waterloo ➡ London Waterloo
2) 2 Class 707s (South Western Railway) - 2:17
Windsor & Eton Riverside ➡ London Waterloo
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Lowering 2 (Starts at 2:43):
2 Class 458s (South Western Railway) - 4:23
London Waterloo ➡ Reading
A level crossing located near to the River Thames close to Richmond-upon-Thames. This level crossing is found next to North Sheen Railway Station on the Waterloo to Reading Line, with Richmond Station also visible looking west from here (as demonstrated in the video, the London Overground services heading towards Acton and Stratford can also just about be seen). This level crossing is on a busy road and is also really quite busy with trains too, and there is a footbridge here for pedestrians to use when the barriers are lowered.
Very oddly, and when and why this happened here is not clear, both alarms at this level crossing have swapped sides. This is notable as the lower-toned alarm which was once next to the station entrance is now located next to the footbridge, and the higher-toned alarm which was located next to the footbridge is now located next to the station entrance. I've only ever known this to happen at a very small handful of level crossings prior. Both alarms are still on the entry (left-hand) side of the level crossing on both sides.
Throughout this video, examples of rolling stock run by South Western Railway, soon to be completely phased out by the introduction of newer trains, can be seen. A Class 707 is included in this batch, still yet to transfer over to SE Trains (formerly Southeastern) as 'City Beam' trains when this video was filmed and made.
Thanks for watching!

[@OfficiallyHendo]

I used to love going to this crossing and watch the Double Class 458 (New), the Double Class 450 and a REALLY RARE Triple 450 (Which I have only seen
ONCE), same with an EXTREMELY RARE Double Class 444 which I was so confused about but turns out it was a substitute, and the Double Class 707. This crossing was my old local one, the good ol’ times! :’)
Well done on this video, I hope to see this crossing soon and see some more excellent videos!

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

Thank you!
I have personally seen quite a few triple 450s and double 444s around the SWR network (more recently as it's probably to do with capacity for social distancing. This one does see quite a lot of trains, and was quite nice to visit on this occasion.

[@OfficiallyHendo]

:)

[@pakroomitrains]

Excellent 👍👍👍

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

Thanks!

[@ArcticsRBLX]

Very good 👍

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

Thank you!

[@NELincsTrainspotting]

Nice video 👍🏻

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

Thanks!