Bolton-Le-Sands level crossing

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

predicted
CLOSED
for 6 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 16:36–16:42 6m
OPEN 16:42–16:44 2m
CLOSED 16:44–16:48 5m
OPEN 16:48–16:52 4m
CLOSED 16:52–16:58 6m
OPEN 16:58–17:02 4m
CLOSED 17:02–17:05 3m
OPEN 17:05–17:17 β†’ 12m
Under the hood
Thu 22 Oct Β· 16:36
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

16:27 πŸš„ 1M89 Edinburgh β†’ Manchester Airport Up (NE β†’ SW) +4 min
16:34 πŸš„ 9S70 London Euston β†’ Edinburgh Down (SW β†’ NE) passed
16:38 πŸš„ 1Y82 Windermere β†’ Manchester Airport Up (NE β†’ SW) approaching
16:39 πŸš„ 1S02 London Euston β†’ Stirling Down (SW β†’ NE) +23 min
16:40 πŸšƒ 5M43 Southall WCR β†’ Carnforth Steamtown Down (SW β†’ NE) no show
16:41 πŸš„ 1M15 Glasgow Central High Level β†’ London Euston Up (NE β†’ SW) +8 min
16:47 πŸš† 2T54 Barrow-in-Furness β†’ Lancaster Up (NE β†’ SW) +1 min
16:48 πŸš› 4S38 Seaforth C.T. MDHC β†’ Mossend Euroterminal Down (SW β†’ NE) +13 min
16:55 πŸš„ 9M86 Edinburgh β†’ London Euston Up (NE β†’ SW) +2 min
16:57 πŸš„ 1C58 Manchester Airport β†’ Barrow-in-Furness Down (SW β†’ NE) on time
17:05 πŸš„ 1S72 London Euston β†’ Glasgow Central High Level Down (SW β†’ NE) +3 min
πŸš„Express passenger πŸš†Passenger πŸšƒEmpty stock πŸš›Freight
now 16:36:29 Β· 251 avg Β· 11 in window
live observation: 1 up Β· 1 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-10-21..2026-10-23
fetched 02:08:22
trust 33,547 active Β· 31,875 delays Β· 2,273 cancelled Β· 9 reconnects
Nearby crossings

All 148 crossings in North West and Central β†’

About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Bolton-Le-Sands crossing is predicted to be closed for about 10 h 25 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 123 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: 15.3 min (10:21–10:37, 6 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

The crossing is on The Shore in Bolton-le-Sands, Lancashire.

Bolton-Le-Sands is a CCTV-monitored manual barrier crossing (CCTV) on the Lancaster–Oxenholme Lake District 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 1,316 trains through this crossing.

100.0% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 98.3% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Full accuracy report β†’

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