Class 90 Double-Header at Kelvedon Level Crossing, Essex

Kelvedon Level Crossing, Kelvedon, Essex on the Great Eastern Main Line (GEML).
Location: Church Street, Kelvedon
Date Filmed: 03-07-2021
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Nearest Station: Kelvedon
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Trains:
Class 745 (Greater Anglia)
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Class 90 (Freightliner)
Also known as Church Street Level Crossing.
Located on the busy Great Eastern Main Line (GEML) near Kelvedon station. A Class 745 was seen passing at speed first, followed by a Freightliner intermodal, headed by two Class 90 locomotives.
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[@NorthWestLevelCrossingsChannel]

Excellent video and Crossing 👍

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Thank you 😁

[@NWLevelCrossings]

Fantastic Videos and Catch!👍🏻👍🏻😁

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Thank you 😁

[@universaltrainsstudio8534]

Oh wow those class 90s! I hope to capture some in the summer! Brilliant video! The effort that you, South Coast Level Crossings, South East Level Crossing channel and many others put into your videos is so amazing and epic! Well done! 👏🏻😎

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Thank you 👍 It takes a lot of time and effort to make videos and run a channel but it's so worthwhile when people enjoy your content

[@universaltrainsstudio8534]

@@UKLevelCrossingsChannel Yeah indeed! 👍🏻

[@ianr]

Good capture Jamie!
Decent level crossing. 👍🙂

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Thank you 😁 I find this one quite interesting given the very high frequency of trains passing here, and the 100mph line speeds

[@EastAngliaLevelCrossingsUK]

Nice! I've got this one on my list if videos ready to put on YT in January with some other nearby ones! Those E2S Apello alarms are getting kind of annoying as they aren't going away! Give some Farncombe Bourne Road alarms to new crossings, anything but those E2S Apello ones!

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Thanks. They do seem to keep appearing through new upgrades every now and then. I would much rather have the e2s variants used at Farncombe East over the more common ones. Hopefully the rest of the crossings on the resignalling programme will obtain these.

[@antjaq1919]

Very cool crossing I’ve been there once👍👍👍

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

👍

[@Daniel95214]

Very good 😎😁

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Thanks 😊

[@SouthEastLevelCrossings]

Nice videos! It's nice to see this class of train still running up and down this line on the odd intermodal after their withdrawal from passenger services in 2020.

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Thanks 😁 Yeah, good to catch this loco after they spent years on the Intercity services between London and Norwich

[@driftingintoretirement]

Great channel Jamie

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Thanks 😎

[@claircond1491]

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[@GiacomoCagnin1995]

Why are there so little electrified railways in the UK, compared to other countries such as Belgium and The Netherlands?

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Well the UK has a lot more miles of railway than the likes of Belgium and Netherlands, and it's possible that the UK has just been slower than others electrifying our rails. Whilst the core high-speed mainlines are all electrified, there are a lot of rural lines that only have one or two trains an hour on a typical schedule. So I'd say there's quite a few miles of track that wouldn't really benefit from electrification if it helps answer your question.

[@GiacomoCagnin1995]

@@UKLevelCrossingsChannel Your answer is way more than accurate, I didn't expect such a precise description. Thanks a lot man! Greetings from Italy!

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

@@GiacomoCagnin1995 No problem, greetings from the UK 😊

[@ontherailsuk]

A good example is The Port of Felixstowe, which isn’t electrified and neither is the branch line. People say it should be electrified but then the line beyond Ely towards Peterborough isn’t electrified.
It’s simply unethical in some cases

[@K-o-R]

That right-hand wig wag has been clipped more than once.

[@UKLevelCrossingsChannel]

Yeah, it does overhang a little bit so wouldn't be surprised if it's been hit once or twice.