Arksey level crossing

CCTV-monitored manual barrier level crossing on the East Coast route (ELR ECM1).

predicted
OPEN
for 3 min

Information only — always follow the signals and barriers at the crossing. Predictions may be wrong.

next: 🚄 in 6 min · running

Next 30 min

OPEN 04:55–04:58 3m
CLOSED 04:58–05:01 3m
OPEN 05:01–05:05 4m
CLOSED 05:05–05:09 3m
OPEN 05:09–05:18 10m
CLOSED 05:18–05:22 3m
OPEN 05:22–05:33 → 12m
Under the hood
Mon 07 Sep · 04:55
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

04:50 🚛 6D08 Doncaster Down Decoy GBRFHull Coal Terminal Down (S → N) no show
05:01 🚄 1Y01 YorkLondon Kings Cross Up (N → S) active
05:08 🚃 3Y03 Doncaster Carr IEP DepotYork Down (S → N) -9 min
05:08 🚛 4E52 Willesden EuroterminalHartlepool PD Ports FL Down (S → N) no show
05:21 🚄 1S01 DoncasterEdinburgh Down (S → N) active
🚄Express passenger 🚃Empty stock 🚛Freight
now 04:55:01 · 211 avg · 5 in window
live observation: 1 up · 1 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-09-06..2026-09-08
fetched 02:08:15
trust 48,718 active · 21,551 delays · 2,954 cancelled · 0 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Arksey crossing is predicted to be closed for about 9 h 35 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 91 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 16 minutes. Freight paths scheduled “as required” — most don’t run on any given day — aren’t counted here; when one does run, the live timeline above shows it.

Longest closure so far today: 3.2 min (00:30–00:33, 1 train), timed from trains actually seen on the signalling wire — the window edges use the same per-type margins as the forecast, since barrier positions aren't in any feed we can read.

Worst times to cross today

Closures cluster around 09:01–10:01 in the morning and around 13:10–14:10 in the middle of the day. Gaps between closures are longest outside those windows. Other days run a different timetable, so the peaks move.

About this crossing

Arksey is a cctv-monitored manual barrier crossing (CCTV) on the Doncaster West Yard–Heck (FLHH) line (East Coast route · ELR ECM1). A signaller monitors the crossing, confirms it is clear, and lowers the barriers ahead of each train. Forecasts here combine the working timetable with live train-movement data (and live signalling where the crossing has it), so they reflect actual running including delays and freight — though they can still be wrong when the network is disrupted.

How accurate is this forecast?

We score this page against what actually happened on the railway — over the last 7 days that covered 1,361 trains through this crossing.

99.9% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 99.2% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Typical timing error was ±12s (9 in 10 within 478s). This scores when trains pass — barrier movements aren't in the public feeds we can score against.

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