Barnes (Hounslow) level crossing

CCTV-monitored manual barrier level crossing on the Wessex route (ELR HOU).

predicted
OPEN
for 16 min

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

next: πŸš† in 19 min Β· on time

Next 30 min

OPEN 10:14–10:30 16m
CLOSED 10:30–10:33 3m
OPEN 10:33–10:40 7m
CLOSED 10:40–10:44 3m
OPEN 10:44–10:58 β†’ 14m
Under the hood
Sat 17 Oct Β· 10:14
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

10:12 πŸš† 2S23 London Waterloo β†’ Weybridge (B) Down (SE β†’ NW) passed
10:33 πŸš† 2S24 Weybridge (B) β†’ London Waterloo Up (NW β†’ SE) on time
10:43 πŸš† 2Y25 London Waterloo β†’ Windsor & Eton Riverside Down (SE β†’ NW) active
πŸš†Passenger
now 10:14:28 Β· 144 avg Β· 3 in window
live observation: 1 up Β· 1 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-10-16..2026-10-18
fetched 02:08:22
trust 41,701 active Β· 37,008 delays Β· 2,829 cancelled Β· 0 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Barnes (Hounslow) crossing is predicted to be closed for about 5 h 17 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 68 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 7 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: 5.2 min (05:41–05:46, 2 trains), 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 06:00–07:00 in the morning and around 13:53–14:53 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 Vine Road in Barnes, London.

Barnes (Hounslow) is a CCTV-monitored manual barrier crossing (CCTV) on the Barnes–Up line (Wessex route · ELR HOU). 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 1,069 trains through this crossing.

67.2% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 99.7% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Typical timing error was Β±8s (9 in 10 within 30s). This scores when trains pass: barrier movements aren't in the public feeds we can score against.

Full accuracy report β†’

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