Jon Searles' photos with the keyword: gates

Here's the second shot of the 810 and its coach on the crossing.

And, finally, to conclude the sequence, here are the gates raising.

I happened to be closer to the Cercany crossing (which takes the line to Sazava out of town) when I took this shot, and when the new gates (installed at the end of last year) came down, I took this shot. The wait was considerable for the train, though, as in the Czech Republic it can be a few minutes (not that this means you should do something stupid at a crossing).

I didn't see a train the whole time I was in Patras this time, although I saw a few the last time. I couldn't tell if the railway was abandoned this time, shut down for maintenance (the mainline from Athens was indeed being rebuilt and electrified), or what. I'm assuming that traffic had been cut back to allow the upgrade to go ahead, although that seems like a bad decision to me, even if the upgrade is much needed. Does anybody know? This crossing is actually at the entrance to the ferry port.