Brimsdown level crossing

CCTV-monitored manual barrier level crossing on the Anglia route (ELR BGK).

predicted
CLOSED
for 4 min

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

next: πŸš† in 3 min Β· 1 min late

Next 30 min

CLOSED 07:10–07:15 4m
MAY OPEN 07:15–07:16 1m
CLOSED 07:16–07:19 3m
MAY OPEN 07:19–07:21 2m
CLOSED 07:21–07:33 12m
OPEN 07:33–07:37 4m
CLOSED 07:37–07:50 β†’ 13m
Under the hood
Mon 12 Oct Β· 07:10
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

07:01 πŸš† 2O05 Hertford East β†’ London Liverpool Street Up (N β†’ S) -2 min
07:01 πŸš† 2O06 London Liverpool Street β†’ Hertford East Down (S β†’ N) on time
07:06 πŸš„ 1H83 Ely β†’ London Liverpool Street Up (N β†’ S) on time
07:09 πŸš„ 1B18 London Liverpool Street β†’ Stansted Airport Down (S β†’ N) passed
07:10 πŸš„ 1B09 Stansted Airport β†’ London Liverpool Street Up (N β†’ S) passed
07:13 πŸš† 2H06 London Liverpool Street β†’ Cambridge North Down (S β†’ N) approaching
07:14 πŸš† 2S07 Bishops Stortford β†’ Stratford Up (N β†’ S) approaching
07:19 πŸš† 2O62 Stratford β†’ Hertford East Down (S β†’ N) on time
07:24 πŸš† 2H07 Cambridge β†’ London Liverpool Street Up (N β†’ S) +2 min
07:26 πŸš„ 1B20 London Liverpool Street β†’ Stansted Airport Down (S β†’ N) on time
07:27 πŸš„ 1B11 Stansted Airport β†’ London Liverpool Street Up (N β†’ S) +2 min
07:31 πŸš† 2O08 London Liverpool Street β†’ Hertford East Down (S β†’ N) on time
07:33 πŸš† 2O07 Hertford East β†’ London Liverpool Street Up (N β†’ S) on time
07:40 πŸš„ 1B22 London Liverpool Street β†’ Stansted Airport Down (S β†’ N) active
07:40 πŸš„ 1H85 Cambridge β†’ London Liverpool Street Up (N β†’ S) +4 min
07:41 πŸš„ 1B13 Stansted Airport β†’ London Liverpool Street Up (N β†’ S) +1 min
πŸš„Express passenger πŸš†Passenger
now 07:10:58 Β· 352 avg Β· 16 in window
live observation: 1 up Β· 1 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-10-11..2026-10-13
fetched 02:08:22
trust 48,718 active Β· 25,117 delays Β· 2,503 cancelled Β· 0 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Brimsdown crossing is predicted to be closed for about 15 h 19 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 95 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 43 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: 12.8 min (05:59–06:12, 5 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 07:28–08:28 in the morning and around 16:58–17:58 in the afternoon. 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 Green Street near Ponders End, London, next to Brimsdown station.

Brimsdown is a CCTV-monitored manual barrier crossing (CCTV) on the Meridian Water–Waltham Cross line (Anglia route · ELR BGK). 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 2,445 trains through this crossing.

99.8% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 99.2% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Typical timing error was Β±6s (9 in 10 within 94s). 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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