Bodmin Parkway level crossing

Signal-box-controlled level crossing on the Western route (ELR MLN3).

predicted
CLOSED
for 5 min

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

next: πŸš† in 2 min Β· on time

Next 30 min

CLOSED 10:00–10:05 5m
OPEN 10:05–10:25 19m
CLOSED 10:25–10:28 4m
OPEN 10:28–10:53 β†’ 25m
Under the hood
Thu 22 Oct Β· 10:00
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

10:02 πŸš† 2E08 Penzance β†’ Exeter St. David's Up (S β†’ N) approaching
10:05 πŸš† 2C09 Exeter St. David's β†’ Penzance Down (N β†’ S) approaching
10:28 πŸš„ 1C01 London Paddington β†’ Penzance Down (N β†’ S) +1 min
10:28 πŸš„ 1A82 Penzance β†’ London Paddington Up (S β†’ N) +1 min
πŸš„Express passenger πŸš†Passenger
now 10:00:36 Β· 69 avg Β· 4 in window
live observation: 1 up Β· 1 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-10-21..2026-10-23
fetched 02:08:22
trust 33,174 active Β· 31,699 delays Β· 1,964 cancelled Β· 9 reconnects
Nearby crossings

All 235 crossings in Wales & Western β†’

About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Bodmin Parkway crossing is predicted to be closed for about 3 h 45 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 48 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: 5.8 min (09:25–09:31, 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 09:05–10:05 in the morning and around 17:59–18:59 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 near Bofarnel, Cornwall, next to Bodmin Parkway station.

Bodmin Parkway is a signal-box-controlled crossing (SBC) on the Liskeard–Par line (Western route · ELR MLN3). 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 445 trains through this crossing.

99.6% 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 Β±6s (9 in 10 within 147s). 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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