Bax level crossing

User-worked with stop lights level crossing on the Kent route (ELR VIR).

predicted
OPEN
for 5 min

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

next: πŸš„ in 6 min Β· 5 min late

Next 30 min

OPEN 09:58–10:03 5m
CLOSED 10:03–10:04 50s
OPEN 10:04–10:09 5m
CLOSED 10:09–10:11 3m
OPEN 10:11–10:19 8m
CLOSED 10:19–10:20 50s
OPEN 10:20–10:24 4m
CLOSED 10:24–10:25 50s
OPEN 10:25–10:37 β†’ 12m
Under the hood
Thu 22 Oct Β· 09:58
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

09:56 πŸš„ 1S12 London Victoria (E) β†’ Ramsgate Down (W β†’ E) passed
10:04 πŸš„ 1F16 St. Pancras International β†’ Faversham Down (W β†’ E) approaching
10:09 πŸš„ 1C25 Ramsgate β†’ St. Pancras International Up (E β†’ W) approaching
10:11 πŸš„ 1P24 Dover Priory β†’ London Victoria (E) Up (E β†’ W) on time
10:20 πŸš„ 1S14 London Victoria (E) β†’ Dover Priory Down (W β†’ E) +2 min
10:25 πŸš„ 1C18 St. Pancras International β†’ Ramsgate Down (W β†’ E) +2 min
πŸš„Express passenger
now 09:58:20 Β· 171 avg Β· 6 in window
live observation: 1 up Β· 1 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-10-21..2026-10-23
fetched 02:08:22
trust 33,173 active Β· 31,697 delays Β· 1,962 cancelled Β· 9 reconnects
About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Bax crossing is predicted to be closed for about 4 h 13 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 127 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.

Longest closure so far today: 0.9 min (08:14–08:15, 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 08:46–09:46 in the morning and around 19:10–20:10 in the evening. Gaps between closures are longest outside those windows. Other days run a different timetable, so the peaks move.

About this crossing

The crossing is in Bax, Kent.

Bax is a user-worked with stop lights crossing (UWCMSL) on the Rainham (Kent)–Folkestone East Train Road line (Kent route · ELR VIR). 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 958 trains through this crossing.

100.0% 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±2s (9 in 10 within 14s). 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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