UK: Trains passing Causeway Level Crossing at Steventon, Oxfordshire (near Didcot). Clips recorded 8th February 2003. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ The first clip shows a Thames Trains Class 165 'Turbo' DMU (still in Network SouthEast livery) travelling east over the crossing working a Bristol Temple Meads to Oxford service. The second clip shows an eastbound Great Western InterCity 125 HST (both power cars have their original Paxman Valenta engines) on a service from Paddington to Bristol or South Wales. At this time Causeway level crossing at Steventon was operated by a member of railway staff located on site in the box shown on the right of the first clip. In 2012 the crossing was modernised and it is now operated remotely from Swindon. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Steventon is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, England, about 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Abingdon and a similar distance west of Didcot. Located west of the A34 Milton Interchange it was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred to Oxfordshire. The village has a medieval causeway. Built by local monks in the Middle Ages, it runs the whole length of the village along its historic East--West axis. The causeway ends near the Church of England parish church of Saint Michael and All Angels, built in the 14th century by the Flemings. The Great Western Railway opened Steventon railway station in 1840. It was the main station for Oxford, 10 miles (16 km) to the north, until in 1844 the line form Didcot to Oxford was opened. Steventon station continued to serve the village until British Railways closed it 1964. Steventon has three public houses: the Cherry Tree, The Fox and the North Star, which is the oldest of the three. Both The Fox and North Star have Aunt Sally pitches and regularly enter teams into the Abingdon & District Aunt Sally League. The annual music festival, the Truck Festival, is held at Steventon each July. The village green has a cricket pitch and the Steventon Sports and Social Club which also plays Aunt Sally. Steventon also has a large village hall near the village green where many activities take place, for example, line dancing, dog shows, the village pantomime (every two years), ballet and the choral society. Steventon has one main shop, the Co-op, and still maintains a working bakery. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ More FrontCompVidsclips are regularly added to so don't forget to Like and Subscribe! Click www.youtube.com/user/FrontComp... for more details :-)

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