Botolph's Bridge Level Crossing, Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway (Kent)

Date filmed: Saturday the 29th of March 2025 Video filmed at 09:55 Route: Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway (RH&DR) Between Hythe and Dymchurch Stations Crossing type: Automatic half Barrier Crossing Locally-monitored by traincrew (ABCL) Filming location: Botolph's Bridge Road, West Hythe (CT21 4NG) The last level crossing with the rare 'halogen' bulb-type wigwags located between Hythe and New Romney on the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway on the Kent Coast. This crossing has the only remaining examples of halogens on this busier, two-track section of the line, and is otherwise vastly un-changed since its conversion from un-gated in 2005, still with by far the loudest alarms of any crossing on the line (outside of 'second stage / another train coming' sequences). This is one of the more remote level crossings on the line, and is on a fast country road. In this video, it is seen activating for the first train of the day towards Hythe, worked by 'Green Goddess' which is one of the railway's numerous 1/3 sized full working steam locomotives. Trains featured: Intro - 0:00 - Lowering (0:49): No. 1 "Green Goddess" (Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway) - 1:18 New Romney ➡ Hythe | On-time - End-of-video picture showcase: 2:10 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!