Bainton Green level crossing

Automatic half-barrier level crossing on the East Coast route (ELR PMJ).

predicted
OPEN
for 19 min

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

next: πŸš„ in 20 min Β· 5 min late

Next 30 min

OPEN 07:45–08:04 19m
CLOSED 08:04–08:05 2m
OPEN 08:05–08:12 7m
CLOSED 08:12–08:13 2m
OPEN 08:13–08:59 β†’ 45m
Under the hood
Mon 12 Oct Β· 07:45
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

07:51 πŸš› 6L41 Mountsorrel Sdgs β†’ Peterborough West Yard Up (W β†’ E) no show
08:05 πŸš„ 1N43 Stansted Airport β†’ Birmingham New Street Down (E β†’ W) +5 min
08:13 πŸš„ 1L28 Birmingham New Street β†’ Stansted Airport Up (W β†’ E) +11 min
πŸš„Express passenger πŸš›Freight
now 07:45:34 Β· 107 avg Β· 3 in window
live observation: 1 up Β· 1 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-10-11..2026-10-13
fetched 02:08:22
trust 48,857 active Β· 26,021 delays Β· 2,564 cancelled Β· 0 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Bainton Green crossing is predicted to be closed for about 1 h 26 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 32 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 4 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: 1.5 min (04:59–05:01, 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 06:01–07:01 in the morning and around 12:00–13:00 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

The crossing is on King Street near Ashton, Cambridgeshire.

Bainton Green is a automatic half-barrier crossing (AHB) on the Peterborough North Yd GBRf–Ketton Ward SDG GBRF line (East Coast route · ELR PMJ). 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.

How accurate is this forecast?

We score this page against what actually happened on the railway: over the last 7 days that covered 406 trains through this crossing.

100.0% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 99.2% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Full accuracy report β†’

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