Automatic half-barrier level crossing on the Western route (ELR CCL).
Information only — always follow the signals and barriers at the crossing. Predictions may be wrong.
| 02:19 | 🚄 1C50 | London Paddington → Penzance Down (E → W) | -6 min |
On today’s timetable, Athelney crossing is predicted to be closed for about 1 h 54 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 46 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 3 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.
Closures cluster around 06:23–07:23 in the morning and around 13:30–14:30 in the middle of the day. Gaps between closures are longest outside those windows. Other days run a different timetable, so the peaks move.
Athelney is a automatic half-barrier crossing (AHB) on the Castle Cary–Taunton line (Western route · ELR CCL). The approaching train itself triggers the closure at a fixed point on its approach. 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.
We score this page against what actually happened on the railway — over the last 7 days that covered 158 trains through this crossing.
100.0% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 98.6% of the warnings we could verify came true.
Typical timing error was ±2s (9 in 10 within 41s). This scores when trains pass — barrier movements aren't in the public feeds we can score against.