bennyboy Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 I was looking at the site of Hoole station on Google Street View and I noticed that you can still see the remains of the level crossing gates even though the line closed in 1964. I know of one other site in Carrington where you can still see the gates and another where they were only recently removed (Dinting), but I was wondering if anyone else knows of sites where they still exist? Glossop Rd, Dinting (Closed 1964) http://tinyurl.com/nzxyp5p Station Rd, Hoole (Closed 1964) http://tinyurl.com/pzyq8c7 Manchester Road, Carrington (Closed Unknown) http://tinyurl.com/qdxzan7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stadman Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 https://www.google.com/maps/@50.757386,-3.28775,3a,90y,319.67h,76.42t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s79BQYAQtEkkpPXgO-onVMg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 Near to Ottery St Mary on the Sidmouth Branch. Have passed these on many an occasion. Kev S Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted July 19, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 19, 2015 The ones on Glossop Road where the old Waterside Branch crossed at Gamesley were taken out several years ago when the new pedestrian and horse crossing was put in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted July 19, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 19, 2015 Dunno if the gates are still up at llong station on the mold branch? EDIT: look to be but a late metal version https://goo.gl/maps/QFDTx I remember the old AHB barriers on that line where it crossed the wrexham road just outside mold from when i was little, i always used to hope they would come down not knowing the line had been out of use for a number of years Continuing futher down the same line towards denbigh i also remember 'star crossing' Still had its gates back in the late 80s, and i think a signal post too https://goo.gl/maps/AQfGTthe AHB barriers are still in situ over the A5 on the old gobowen to oswestry line, although technically i think thats just 'mothballed'https://goo.gl/maps/iVoot A similar situation between claydon jn and bletchley (queen catherines rd, claydon) but that line is in the process of being reinstated EDIT: looking at street view its actually fenced nowThe gates are still in situ in amlwch too on the old branch to octel, last time i was there the tracks were still in the tarmac too https://goo.gl/maps/JFKnt https://goo.gl/maps/wepfV Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted July 19, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 19, 2015 There are two sets that I'm aware of:- 1, on the line to Carmarthen that ran past the name of the unpronounceable castle Drusyllin or something like that, just near the castle a side road runs south towards Swansea and parts of the gates were still there 2 years ago. 2. On part of the old East and West Yorkshire Union system between Leeds and Wakefield there are the remains of some gates, and some rail, across Milner Lane which is sandwiched between the M1 just north of Junction 42 and the A61. Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Oh this is a wonderful topic!Sets me thinking, and there are plenty of examples.Let's begin with the one south of Lichfield on the Brownhills route (Fosseway LC) - rails and AHBs present, and Wednesbury (Potters Lane LC) on the Walsall - Dudley section - AHBs removed and rails tarmacked over in carriageway, but present either side. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Hadlow Road station, now a visitor centre (grade 11 listed building ) on the Wirral way footpath, the former Hooton to West Kirby branch of the Birkenhead Railway. ( GWR/LNWR ) Tom Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kris Posted July 20, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 20, 2015 There are still rails in place on the Wenford line as it crosses the road just outside of Bodmin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Londontram Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 There's this one in Kings Lynn on the aptly named A1078 Railway road just before it becomes Edward Benefer way, here's two views https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.758545,0.398454,3a,75y,270.14h,71.31t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sV30-WTWL3fivyso6jgLb3Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.758449,0.398415,3a,75y,69.94t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sbqFi2Wm0mN2HeRM-pLeehg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrel Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 There are a pair of metal gates on the faslane branch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Boco_D1 Posted July 20, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 20, 2015 There are still rails in place on the Wenford line as it crosses the road just outside of Bodmin. Do they still have the road signs for it as well? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted July 20, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 20, 2015 There are still some bits of rail on a crossing at Thurlestone, on the Woodhead route between Dunford Bridge and Penistone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted July 20, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 20, 2015 About 12 years ago I 'discovered' the old crossing keepers cottage on the long lifted Hadleigh branch at Bentley in Suffolk. Hidden in the hedgerow was the remains of the old crossing gates and posts. Regrettably a couple of years later the crossing cottage had become a holiday home and all other traces of the railway were gone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted July 20, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 20, 2015 There were still a pair on the Dauntsey - Malmesbury branch over 50 years after that section was closed when the new route from Little Somerford replaced it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 A Google trip along the Grimsby - Louth railway will reveal various remains of gates whilst between March and Splading there are still some signalboxes to be seen. East Murrow is now a private house. Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugsley Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Manchester Road, Carrington (Closed Unknown) http://tinyurl.com/qdxzan7 I believe rail traffic to that site ended in the late 1980's or early '90's. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 There are two sets that I'm aware of:- 1, on the line to Carmarthen that ran past the name of the unpronounceable castle Drusyllin or something like that, just near the castle a side road runs south towards Swansea and parts of the gates were still there 2 years ago. 2. On part of the old East and West Yorkshire Union system between Leeds and Wakefield there are the remains of some gates, and some rail, across Milner Lane which is sandwiched between the M1 just north of Junction 42 and the A61. Jamie Drysllwyn- the line shut in the early/mid 1960s. It's pronounceable once you realise the 'Y's are vowels.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted July 20, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 20, 2015 Drysllwyn- the line shut in the early/mid 1960s. It's pronounceable once you realise the 'Y's are vowels.. Thanks for that. I was sort of aware but didn't have any reference book handy. I found the location by accident when we stayed in a holiday village just north of there and used that road to get to Kittle Hobbies (And other places) at Swansea. Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkea1 Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 The automatic barriers are still in place where the former Cwm coke works branch crosses the A473 in Talbot Green, South Wales. This is the re-aligned former Cowbridge Road crossing - replaced not long before the traffic ceased on the line. The entire route has the odd bit of track in place, but it is amazing how much vegetation and really substantial trees have grown in the 20+ years since traffic ceased. There are also gates (manual ones) in place across the formed Garw valley line at Brynmenyn near Tondu. The first section of the line (not as far as this crossing) is in irregular use as the "Garw loop" used to run-round diverted freight workings which have come up the OVE line from Margam to Tondu, and the head down the passenger line to Bridgend during engineering blockades. The most recent was at the start of this year when the SWML was closed Margam - Bridgend on 6 separate Sundays. Alastair Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 I suppose the gates/barriers are left in situ as the former railway needs to be blocked off unless it has become a public right-of-way since closure, and re-using the gates/barriers as a fence saves money. Amongst others, I can remember the gates on the former Llanmorlais branch on Pont-Yr-Cob Road, Gowerton lasting about forty years after the line shut, as did those where the main road crossed the former line to Swansea Victoria in the centre of Gorseinon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
28XX Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Drysllwyn- the line shut in the early/mid 1960s. It's pronounceable once you realise the 'Y's are vowels.. and 'W's are 'OO'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted July 20, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 20, 2015 Just as an aside, it also seems that the rails across the roads tend to be left in place in may cases, probably due to the demolition contractors not wanting to get involved in re tarmaccing a road. Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
28XX Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 The tarmac img is the easy bit. Dealing with the Highway Authority is what scares them off. Not worth the administrative nightmare. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 and 'W's are 'OO'. Whilst the 'LL' and 'CH' are sponsored by suppliers of denture fixatives. Please clean the keyboard after trying to pronounce them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cctransuk Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 The tarmac img is the easy bit. Dealing with the Highway Authority is what scares them off. Not worth the administrative nightmare. Not true - the rails are deliberately left in-situ to maintain the railway's right-of-way. If the rails are removed, any attempt to relay the line would require the consent of the relevant highway authority; (not readily granted nowadays). Whilst the rails remain in the road, the level crossing is deemed to still exist. For precisely this reason, all level crossings on the Wenford line still exist as described above; complete with warning signs; albeit with "Beware cycles crossing" relating to the Camel walking and cycle trail that now occupies the trackbed. Regards, John Isherwood, Highway Engineer (Retired) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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