Cheshunt (Windmill Lane) Level Crossing, Hertfordshire

Описание: Date filmed: Saturday the 28th of December 2024
Videos filmed between 11:13 and 11:57

Route: West Anglia Main Line (WAML)
Cheshunt (CHN) Station

Crossing type: Manually Controlled Barrier crossing with CCTV (MCB-CCTV)

Filming location: Windmill Lane, Cheshunt (EN8 9AQ)

A well-known level crossing on Windmill Lane in Cheshunt, just to the north of the M25 in Hertfordshire. Despite the town itself not giving brilliant impressions, this level crossing is in a pretty nice spot on a fairly quiet road at the edge of the extensive Lea Valley Country Park, although the footbridge pedestrians can use to skip the waits here is an absolute monstrosity. Once again, this level crossing is on an incredibly busy section of the West Anglia Main Line, and as many as thirteen different trains can be seen throughout this slightly longer than usual video. London Overground services on the Weaver Line also use a 'bay' platform as this is their northernmost calling point, and they don't use this crossing as it's at the other end of the station. There are a number of paid car parks to use if travelling by car, though anywhere that both isn't tariffed and usable by the public is very hard to find, so bear this in mind if this is how you're planning to get here.

The level crossing here almost feels a bit like a Shrinky-dink version of the one at St. Margarets Station set-up wise, and was installed in its current CCTV-monitored form in 2003 during re-signalling, controlled from London Liverpool Street's control centre. Both alarms, the barriers, and LED wigwags are newer than that, however, and the alarms are a pretty decent volume for this crossing's environment. Despite the urban nature of the town, the shot directly across the crossing looking east is almost picturesque (ignoring that footbridge). I hope you enjoy this video!

Trains featured:
Intro - 0:00
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Lowering 1 (0:10):
720 541 (Greater Anglia) - 1:36
2H22 Stratford (London) ➡ Audley End | On-time
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Lowering 2 (2:19):
720 526 (Greater Anglia) - 3:35
2H23 Audley End ➡ Stratford (London) | On-time
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Lowering 3 (4:23):
1) 745 003 (Greater Anglia 'Stansted Express') - 5:17
1B43 Stansted Airport ➡ Tottenham Hale | 1 minute late

2) 745 102 (Greater Anglia 'Stansted Express') - 5:50
1B52 Tottenham Hale ➡ Stansted Airport | On-time

3) 720 571 & 720 120 (Greater Anglia) - 6:28
2O23 Hertford East ➡ Stratford (London) | On-time
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1) 720 528 & 720 506 (Greater Anglia) - 7:20
2O24 Stratford (London) ➡ Hertford East | 1 minute late

2) 745 005 (Greater Anglia 'Stansted Express') - 8:05
1B45 Stansted Airport ➡ Tottenham Hale | 1 minute late

3) 745 107 (Greater Anglia 'Stansted Express') - 8:36
1B54 Tottenham Hale ➡ Stansted Airport | On-time
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Lowering 4 (9:22):
1) 720 559 (Greater Anglia) - 10:23
2H24 Stratford (London) ➡ Audley End | On-time

2) 720 543 (Greater Anglia) - 11:03
2H25 Audley End ➡ Stratford (London) | 1 minute late
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Lowering 5 (11:46):
1) 745 109 (Greater Anglia 'Stansted Express') - 12:38
1B47 Stansted Airport ➡ Tottenham Hale | 1 minute late

2) 745 007 (Greater Anglia 'Stansted Express') - 13:10
1B56 Tottenham Hale ➡ Stansted Airport | 1 minute early

3) 720 563 & 720 501 (Greater Anglia) - 13:35
2O25 Hertford East ➡ Stratford (London) | On-time
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End-of-video picture showcase: 14:29

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: Panasonic HC-VX1 in 4K, 25fps

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