Uttoxeter Pinfold Street Level Crossing, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire on the Crewe to Derby Line.

Location: Pinfold Street, Uttoxeter
Date Filmed: 28052021

Nearest Station: Uttoxeter

Trains:
Class 67 (DB Cargo UK) + Class 325 (DB Cargo UK for Royal Mail)

Located on a now pedestrian only section of Pinfold Street and one of two crossings in the town of Uttoxeter, Staffordshire. This crossing is very unique as not only is it only accessible by pedestrians, but there are two Mk1 skirted barriers by British Rail Western Region (BRWR) which are very rare to find. Uttoxeter signal box is situated beside the crossing which also controls and monitors the other crossing in Uttoxeter, on Hockley Road, aswell as all the semaphore signalling in the area on this line. Back in the 1980s, this was a road crossing with four warning lights, four barriers and two alarms. In the midtolate 1990s, the crossing got blocked off either side for road vehicles. It retained four barriers and four warning lights until 2017 when two of the barriers were removed, and then in 2018, two warning lights were removed to create the current crossing I filmed in May 2021. This crossing is all controlled from the signal box. The signaller leaves about a 30 second gap from starting the sequence to lowering the barriers as the crossing has a coventional control method where the barriers do not lower automatically when the sequence starts.

In the second closure I filmed here, I managed to capture one of the Class 325 units, especially built to transport Royal Mail bulk mail. It was running to Toton for maintenance.

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