SPATH

'Spath', is a small village north of Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, UK.
In UK railway history Spath is notable as the site of the first automatic railway (train-operated) road crossing (a.k.a. level crossing) in the United Kingdom, which came into operation in the early 1960s. The railway has now been dismantled, the road which crossed it via the automatic crossing is now gated and only leads to a farm and there is no remaining visible sign of the crossing.
Spath is on the River Tean and is divided from Uttoxeter by the A50 road

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