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Toorak Rd Level Crossing, Kooyong (Before & After Upgrade)

This is the Toorak Rd level crossing in Kooyong, on the Glen Waverley line, with footage I took in January and July 2017 (before) and January 2020 (after). This crossing has since been grade separated, with trains running over the new Toorak road bridge on the 14th April 2020 In the years after I first filmed it in March 2017, this crossing was modified and upgraded to accommodate sky-rail during its construction. The new crossing had: Two Westinghouse Hybrid bells (which were original). Both bells were programmed to sound continuously until the boom gates rose. Both sounded rather flat originally, but after the crossing was upgraded, both bells were fixed up to produce better sounds.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. The crossarms on the eastern gated signal and western gated signal in the median strip were modified in the upgrade Marked LED Westinghouse lights on all the crossing. These lights replaced marked incandescent Westinghouse lights Two Westinghouse EB boom gate mechanisms on the western side, one Safetran boom gate mechanism and one Western Cullen Hayes boom gate mechanism on the eastern side, all with unmarked bases. There was originally only a Safetran boom gate mechanism on the eastern side. The Western Cullen Hayes boom gate mechanism was installed after the boom gate arm on the Safetran mechanism was shortened to accommodate sky-rail, resulting in the need for two boom gate arms to protect the whole road. All other signals had unmarked bases Toorak road 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 in 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 initially filmed it in 2017 and 2018, 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.