Smithy Bridge Level Crossing, Greater Manchester

Date filmed: Friday the 4th of July 2025 Route: Calder Valley Line Smithy Bridge (SMB) Station Crossing type: Manually Controlled Barrier crossing with Obstacle Detection (MCB-OD) Filming location: Smithy Bridge Road, Smithy Bridge (OL15 0DX) A level crossing in Smithy Bridge, found just outside of Rochdale, Greater Manchester. It's in a very hilly area on what makes up part of the Calder Valley Line, a route across the Pennines. The crossing in its current form is a mid-2010's obstacle detection set-up, which utilises four E2S 'Appello' alarms as warnings despite it being full-barrier, and there's an additional pedestrian signal pointing towards the platform for trains away from Manchester. Trains featured: Lowering 1 (0:00): 158 755 (Northern) - 2:00 2I07 Wigan Wallgate ➡ Leeds | 1 minute late - Lowering 2 (2:37): 156 427 & 150 113 (Northern) - 4:27 2K65 Blackburn ➡ Headbolt Lane | On-time - Lowering 3 (5:07): 195 111 (Northern) - 5:58 1J09 Leeds ➡ Manchester Victoria | On-time - Lowering 4 (6:29): 195 014 (Northern) - 7:38 1J08 Manchester Victoria ➡ Leeds | 6 minutes late - End-of-video picture showcase: 8:13 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 Thanks for watching!