Red/green light crossing

[BTU]

What exactly are red/green light crossings? are they the level crossings cars use?

 

[swt_passenger]

What exactly are red/green light crossings? are they the level crossings cars use?

No, I think where the term is being used they’re usually referring to the busier sort of gated footpath crossings that have had red & green signals retrofitted.

 

[High Dyke]

Some User Worked Crossings (UWC) have red /green warning lights, also known as miniature warning lights (MWL). These type of crossing can be used by pedestrians and vehicles.

You also get footpaths that have 'overlay' lights to advise pedestrians when it is safe to cross. Also mentioned in the previous post above.

 

[Annetts key]

What exactly are red/green light crossings? are they the level crossings cars use?

Also known as MSL (Miniature Stop Light) crossings. These are occupation / accommodation crossings to allow landowners or people working for, on behalf of or otherwise requiring access to land that otherwise would be isolated due to the railway having been built. They may not be public rights of way.

They can be for pedestrians or for road vehicles. Normally they have user worked gates. As far as I am aware, they are not normally used on public roads.

 

[BTU]

So an occupation crossing? like a farmer might use to get from one field to another. Red means stop a train is approaching Green being safe to go is that correct?

 

[Annetts key]

So an occupation crossing? like a farmer might use to get from one field to another. Red means stop a train is approaching Green being safe to go is that correct?

Typically for farmer yes. But could also be a owner / occupier of a house. On my former area, one was an access to a large pond so fishermen were the most frequent users.

Yes, red = stop do not cross,
Green = safe to cross (but follow instructions)
No light = contact signaller.

 

[andy33gmail]

What exactly are red/green light crossings? are they the level crossings cars use?

The barrow crossing at Littleport station had red/green lights.

It was removed a couple of years ago when the platforms were extended in favour of a separate station entrance being created

 

[edwin_m]

Red/green MSLs are usually found at occupation or accommodation crossings (slightly different legally but equivalent for most purposes) or footpath crossings, but there are a few on public roads. The two I'm aware of, Whitehall and Jacky Duffin Wood, also have power-operated barriers and gates respectively.

 

[Islineclear3_1]

This might give you an idea of how a red/green crossing works

This is a YouTube video (not mine) of Whitehall Crossing in Kent which is on a very quiet country road

 

[Failed Unit]

The barrow crossing at Littleport station had red/green lights.

It was removed a couple of years ago when the platforms were extended in favour of a separate station entrance being created

Market Rasen, in Lincolnshire still does, the only way to access the Westbound platform

 

[Old Yard Dog]

I think Ince & Elton had something similar. The westbound platform is only accessible by a barrow crossing.

 

[BTU]

Thank you to everyone who posted I now know what a red and green crossing is .