Automatic half-barrier level crossing on the Kent route (ELR ATH).
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On today’s timetable, Becketts crossing is predicted to be closed for about 1 h 6 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 32 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 2 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 06:00–07:00 in the morning and around 17:40–18:40 in the evening. Gaps between closures are longest outside those windows. Other days run a different timetable, so the peaks move.
Becketts is a automatic half-barrier crossing (AHB) on the Ashford International–Rye line (Kent route · ELR ATH). 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.
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