Auchengray Level Crossing, South Lanarkshire

Date filmed: Sunday the 7th of July 2024
Video filmed at 16:34

Route: West Coast Main Line (WCML)
Closest timing point: Auchengray (on Real Time Trains)

Crossing type: Automatic Half Barrier Crossing (AHBC)

Filming location: Auchengray, Lanark (ML11 8LW)

An automatic half barrier crossing near the tiny village of Auchengray in the barren Southern Uplands of Scotland near where they meet the central belt between Glasgow and Edinburgh. This level crossing is in a very quiet location, as there are no main roads near to this location and the road it's on doesn't see much traffic at all. There is no interference other than from slight wind noise in this video! In its current form, it dates back to the 2000s and has logic which significantly increases the alarm volume should a second train 'strike in' during an activation, but I didn't catch this on this occasion. Rather, a single TransPennine Nova 2 can be seen heading South from Edinburgh to Manchester.

There are actually no nearby stations to this crossing (only exception being if a train picking up both Edinburgh and Motherwell turned at Carstairs Junction - not common), as it's on a short branch of the West Coast Main Line that turns eastwards at Carstairs Junction (avoiding that station) to take trains towards Edinburgh and doesn't see a station at all until Kirknewton after it joins Central Belt services via Livingston South and Shotts. For this reason, I have included the very handy Real Time Trains timing location that's at least very close to here.

Trains featured:
397 007 (Transpennine Express 'Nova 2') - 0:38
1M91 Edinburgh Waverley ➡ Manchester Airport | On-time

Train details sourced from:
Real Time Trains: https://www.realtimetrains.co.uk/sear...
Open Train Times: https://www.opentraintimes.com/maps
Traksy: https://traksy.uk/live

Filmed on: Samsung Galaxy S21 Plus in 4K 30fps

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