GLENHUNTLY RAIL & TRAM CROSSING, MELBOURNE 

When the boom gates were first installed, replacing the old manual gates years ago now, the Glenhuntly fire station fire engine used to go in and out of the boom gates if travelling to a call out. Technically, they were not supposed to do it, but because they could see any city trains stopped on the up line at the platform, and any train travelling towards Frankston that crossed the up train, (which would only happen in the peak at Gelnhuntly), would be travelling very slow to cross the tram tracks, it was never an issue. Also, the driver of a city bound train would also indicate to the firies that it was safe for them to "navigate" the boom gates from wrong side of the road. As a kid at school I used to wonder how they worked the boom gates out for safety, and after a while I noticed the firies only did it when the up city trains were stopped at the station, and the train driver would even get out of the train and wave them through from the end of the platform, as nothing was coming the other way. They even did it for police cars and ambulances. That would never be done with workplace health and safety today, and back then, it did not happen all that often anyway.

The level crossing is finally being removed- March 2022.

Thanks for the comment, I agree with your statement on double gated crossings, I have never seen them in Australia apart from hand operated ones.

what a neat set up !!!!

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So much technology- the electric train, trams, level crossings, electricity (and voltage conversion), cars, traffic lights.

Great video

Sounds like a general signal type 2

Geez, that General Signal e-bell is really loud. Must have the volume on loud setting.

Thanks for your comment, as of now I have not seen any of these safety videos.

I wonder why this railway crossing keeps popping up in the Australian railway safety videos?

I suppose trams coast across the crossing, or do they get "juice" when the barriers are up?

does the tram have to wait for the train like the car?

Why this crossing does even have half-gates? Double-gates would do better justice than half-gates, especially if there's so much traffic that sometimes vehicles would circumvent around the gates!

Safetran type 2 e-bells

No they don't. The boom gates stay down.

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Yes, trams wait the same as cars.

well some trains street run

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