Network Rail Advert Location

[Nicholas B]

Does anyone know where this level crossing is that was featured in a Network Rail level crossing safety advert from c.2008?

 

[RobertsN]

Feels southeasteish (by the folliage), on the non-electrified section between Ore and Appledore (may be completely wrong though).

 

[zwk500]

Feels southeasteish (by the folliage), on the non-electrified section between Ore and Appledore (may be completely wrong though).

The sharp dip would indicate that it's not on the Romney Marsh section, although between Ore and Rye the terrain is slightly more varied.

There's very limited clues from the photo.
- It's an AHB on a Single Line that crosses the road on a slight skew
- The camera appears to be facing north, judging from the evening quality to the sun, and the long shadows which would place the setting sun in the west on the left-hand side of the frame
- The camera is facing a deep dip rising to a wooded ridge
- There's a culvert quite close nearby, presumably taking a stream from the deep dip. If my hunch about direction is right, this would place the culvert west of the crossing.
- There appears to be a small access compound next to the crossing, and a farmers field on the north-east side, but no field on the north-west quadrant.

 

[styles]

Not sure if it helps or not, but here's another (slightly) different angle of the crossing from the same video:

 

[izvor]

Would say I'm 95% sure it's not on Marshlink, Uckfield or Dungeness lines, which rules out pretty much all of SE England apart from preserved lines.

East Anglia, maybe?

 

[Falcon1200]

Interesting that the sign in @styles photo in Post #4 says 'Another train coming if lights continue to flash' - Surely an unlikely scenario on a single line railway, unless right next to a passing loop?

 

[zwk500]

Interesting that the sign in @styles photo in Post #4 says 'Another train coming if lights continue to flash' - Surely an unlikely scenario on a single line railway, unless right next to a passing loop?

It's presumably part of the standard Level Crossing signage and there's no harm in putting it up however unlikely it is that the lights may stay on.

 

[styles]

Interesting that the sign in @styles photo in Post #4 says 'Another train coming if lights continue to flash' - Surely an unlikely scenario on a single line railway, unless right next to a passing loop?

Well this made me wonder if it was one of Network Rail's Test Tracks but I'm not sure if they were in existence back then, or if either of them have level crossings.

 

[6PAN]

It looks like Broom Lane crossing, between Chard Junction and Axminster.

Google Maps

Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps.

www.google.com

 

[zwk500]

It looks like Broom Lane crossing, between Chard Junction and Axminster.

Google Maps

Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps.

www.google.com

It's close but:
- The angle is wrong (Broom Lane is near as makes no difference 90 degrees between road and railway)
- The house on the corner of Broom Lane looks to be too old to have been added on to the field visible in the advert on the right hand side.
- The ridge is fully wooded in the Advert but not at Broom Lane
- The lane in the advert looks straighter and wider than Broom Lane.
- The lane in the advert is marked with a single white line and dashes, Broom lane has double white lines, although this would have been a reasonably quick thing to change (despite the Broom Lane markings looking to predate the advert based on how faded they are!).