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Toorak Rd Level Crossing, Kooyong

This is the Toorak Rd level crossing in Kooyong, on the Glen Waverley line, with footage I took in May and June 2014, January and July 2017, and January 2018. This crossing has since been grade separated, with trains running over the new Toorak road bridge on the 14th April 2020 At the time I filmed it, this crossing had: Two Westinghouse Hybrid bells. Both bells were programmed to sound continuously until the boom gates rose. Both sounded rather flat. If you compare the sound of the bells from the 2014 footage and the 2017 footage, you can clearly hear a difference in quality. My assumption is that the hammers on both bells really wore out in that time. The bell on the eastern side had the symbols '65963' engraved in its gong, while the bell on the western side had the symbols 'M152' Westinghouse cross-arms. The cross-arm on the lower section of the individual signal on the median strip on the eastern side was bolted upside down Marked Westinghouse lights. In 2017, one of the lights on the cantilever had broken open, exposing the inside wiring and workings. By January 2018, this light had been fixed. These lights on the cantilever were later replaced by newer style Westinghouse LED lights (thanks Level Crossing Fan for that info) Two Westinghouse EB boom gate mechanisms on the western side, and one Safetran boom gate mechanism on the eastern side, all with unmarked bases. All other signals had unmarked bases The Toorak road level crossing was one of the worst crossings in Melbourne. It was located adjacent to the Monash freeway, with entry and exit ramps on both sides. 39,000 cars crossed this crossing every day, and boom gates could be down for 45 minutes of the morning peak. Sometimes traffic could back dangerously on the exit and entry ramps of the Monash freeway, as far as Burke Rd to the east and Glenferrie Rd to the west, as well as on Toorak Rd itself. Even outside peak hour, this intersection was terrible. When I filmed it, the boom gates seemed to always be down. I got so much footage of this crossing in action, I almost got to the stage I wanted it to stop! Unsurprisingly, it was rated the 9th worst place for congestion on Melbourne's roads in 2014 and the 10th worst in 2016, according to the Redspot Survey. It was also ranked the 33rd most dangerous level crossing in Victoria, according to the Australian Level Crossing Assessment Model, in 2008.