Llanelli East Level Crossing, Carmarthenshire
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ค. 2024
- Date filmed: 23/01/2022
Videos filmed at: 17:09 | 17:17 | 17:24
Route: West Wales Line
- Llanelli Station
Location: B4304 Station Road, Llanelli
Trains featured:
Lowering 1 (Starts at 0:00)
1) Class 158 (Transport for Wales) - 1:15
Milford Haven ➡ Manchester Piccadilly
2) Class 800 (Great Western Railway) - 2:25
London Paddington ➡ Carmarthen
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Lowering 2 (Starts at 3:13):
2 Class 153s (Transport for Wales) - 4:35
Swansea ➡ Pembroke Dock
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Lowering 3 (Starts at 5:14):
Class 175 (111) (Transport for Wales) - 6:45
Manchester Piccadilly ➡ Milford Haven
One of two level crossings located either side of Llanelli Railway Station and around a quarter of a mile apart in the Welsh town of Llanelli. This level crossing is the larger, busier, and louder of the two, and it's located at the eastern (closest to Swansea) end of the railway station. Like Llanelli West Level Crossing, it too was fully renewed / converted in the mid 2010s to have an Obstacle Detection system constantly scanning it whilst in operation to proving it clear of obstructions. Oddly for a level crossing with full barriers, this also has two 'E2S' alarms at it, though each of these is louder than a lot of alarms of this type you'll come across. Unlike the West level crossing in Llanelli, this one has a footbridge for pedestrians to use to skip the wait at the barriers.
Despite being renewed within only the last ten years of this video being filmed and made, this level crossing's barriers appear to be in a fairly tired state, with some striking the floor as they lower, and the entry (left-hand) side ones occasionally having their skirting stuck out with the barriers in the raised position. All four are quite long, so they require and have supporter arms and tension chords. You may also notice a barrier light on one of them is very out-of-place and secured on by little else than a cable tie.
Three Sunday-evening lowerings are featured in this video, seeing trains from both Transport for Wales and Great Western Railway. The old 'HST' (Class 43) sets the latter TOC used frequently over-hung the platforms whilst stopping in the station, leaving this level crossing's barriers lowered for ages! Thankfully, the current trains used do not cause this issue.
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I love that alarm 👍🏻
There E2S
@@JPLCUK thank you
Excellent 👍👍👍
Thank you! 😁
I’m not surprised that the skirt is damaged. The crossing is aging a bit. This and West were installed between 2012 and 2013.
Yeah both are deffo ageing, can tell that. I had a feeling they were installed around then tbh
Lovely video, also I love that you recorded it at night!😀
Thanks! 😊
Look at that skirt!
Great video 👍
Thanks very much! 👍👍
Good video!
Thank you! 😁
Btw, when will you next visit South Wales? I’d love to meet you one day!
No plans to return for at least a little while. Only time will tell
Nice video, however, a TH-cam channel called *Cash And Gabriel TNT* has stolen this video
That's just so annoying when that happens isn't it? I've looked into it and it's only a very poor screen recording, and you can see all my watermarks in it too. I'm not massively bothered by it in this instance tbh (though I have since submitted a removal request).
@@SouthEastLevelCrossings ah ok. Just thought to make you aware. Consider this irrelevant, but I may be filming near your area soon...not being creepy lol
Thank you for the heads up. That's nice to hear by the way :)
@@SouthEastLevelCrossings it's just Medway and Aylesford area on the upcoming 22nd