Bolton-Le-Sands level crossing

CCTV-monitored manual barrier level crossing on the North West route (ELR CGJ7).

predicted
CLOSED
for 4 min

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

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Next 30 min

CLOSED 13:05–13:09 4m
OPEN 13:09–13:17 8m
CLOSED 13:17–13:25 8m
OPEN 13:25–13:27 2m
CLOSED 13:27–13:31 3m
MAY OPEN 13:31–13:31 47s
CLOSED 13:31–13:35 3m
OPEN 13:35–13:37 → 2m
Under the hood
Mon 07 Sep · 13:05
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

12:57 🚆 2Y62 MorecambeLeeds Down (SW → NE) +3 min
13:04 🚄 1S52 London EustonGlasgow Central High Level Down (SW → NE) passed
13:06 🚃 5V42 Carnforth SteamtownSouthall WCR Up (NE → SW) no show
13:06 0M50 Carlisle Network YardArpley Sidings Up (NE → SW) approaching
13:09 🚄 1C79 Manchester AirportWindermere Down (SW → NE) approaching
13:14 🚛 4M06 Mossend EuroterminalEast Mids Gateway Tml DBC Up (NE → SW) no show
13:14 🚛 4E74 Mossend Down YardMasborough F.D. Up (NE → SW) no show
13:20 🚄 1S57 Liverpool Lime Street HL/MLGlasgow Central High Level Down (SW → NE) -9 min
13:22 🚄 1M86 Glasgow Central High LevelManchester Airport Up (NE → SW) cancelled
13:24 🚄 1S56 Manchester AirportEdinburgh Down (SW → NE) +3 min
13:25 🚆 2T57 LancasterCorkickle Down (SW → NE) active
13:28 0Z70 Carlisle Network YardBescot Engineers Sdgs Up (NE → SW) cancelled
13:30 🚄 1S01 London EustonStirling Down (SW → NE) -3 min
13:34 🚄 1M12 Glasgow Central High LevelLondon Euston Up (NE → SW) -1 min
🚄Express passenger 🚆Passenger 🚃Empty stock 🚛Freight Other
now 13:05:55 · 212 avg · 14 in window
live observation: 1 up · 1 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-09-06..2026-09-08
fetched 02:08:15
trust 49,998 active · 32,779 delays · 3,336 cancelled · 0 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Bolton-Le-Sands crossing is predicted to be closed for about 10 h 20 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 121 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 12 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: 11.1 min (08:27–08:38, 4 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 08:01–09:01 in the morning and around 13:10–14:10 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

Bolton-Le-Sands is a cctv-monitored manual barrier crossing (CCTV) on the Lancaster–Carnforth Steamtown line (North West route · ELR CGJ7). 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 1,338 trains through this crossing.

99.9% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 99.8% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Typical timing error was ±7s (9 in 10 within 126s). This scores when trains pass — barrier movements aren't in the public feeds we can score against.

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