Ashwell Gatehouse level crossing

Remotely-monitored manually-controlled barrier level crossing on the East Midlands route (ELR GSM2).

predicted
OPEN
for 4 min

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

next: 🚄 in 7 min · 4 min late

Next 30 min

OPEN 06:57–07:02 4m
CLOSED 07:02–07:05 3m
OPEN 07:05–07:22 17m
CLOSED 07:22–07:25 3m
OPEN 07:25–07:36 → 11m
Under the hood
Tue 06 Oct · 06:57
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

07:02 🚛 6M90 West Thurrock Sidings FHH → Tunstead Sdgs (FHH) Down (S → N) no show
07:05 🚄 1L02 Nottingham → Norwich Up (N → S) +4 min
07:14 🚛 4H10 Wellingborough Up TC GBRf → Tunstead Sidings GBRF Down (S → N) no show
07:18 🚛 6E43 Mountsorrel Sdgs → Peterborough West Yard Up (N → S) sched
07:25 🚄 1N41 Stansted Airport → Birmingham New Street Down (S → N) +1 min
07:30 🚃 3A13 Kettering Stabling Sidings → Derby Down (S → N) no show
🚄Express passenger 🚃Empty stock 🚛Freight
now 06:57:45 · 158 avg · 6 in window
timetable cif full+upd 2026-10-05..2026-10-07
fetched 02:08:18
trust 33,355 active · 31,684 delays · 1,683 cancelled · 0 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Ashwell Gatehouse crossing is predicted to be closed for about 3 h 24 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 42 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 9 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.

Worst times to cross today

Closures cluster around 08:30–09:30 in the morning and around 18:13–19:13 in the evening. Gaps between closures are longest outside those windows. Other days run a different timetable, so the peaks move.

About this crossing

Ashwell Gatehouse is a remotely-monitored manually-controlled barrier crossing (MCBR) on the Corby–Mountsorrel Sdgs line (East Midlands route · ELR GSM2). 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?

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