Brook level crossing

Manually-controlled barrier with obstacle detection level crossing on the Wessex route (ELR RSJ).

predicted
OPEN
for 4 min

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

next: 🚄 in 6 min · on time

Next 30 min

OPEN 12:13–12:17 4m
CLOSED 12:17–12:19 2m
OPEN 12:19–12:35 16m
CLOSED 12:35–12:38 3m
OPEN 12:38–12:45 → 7m
Under the hood
Thu 22 Oct · 12:13
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

12:10 🚄 1V46 Gatwick Airport → Reading Down (E → W) passed
12:19 🚄 1O67 Reading → Gatwick Airport Up (W → E) approaching
12:38 🚄 1V47 Gatwick Airport → Reading Down (E → W) +6 min
🚄Express passenger
now 12:13:24 · 78 avg · 3 in window
live observation: 1 up · 1 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-10-21..2026-10-23
fetched 02:08:22
trust 33,282 active · 31,774 delays · 2,118 cancelled · 9 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Brook crossing is predicted to be closed for about 3 h 46 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 63 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 4 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: 6.8 min (10:24–10:31, 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 09:33–10:33 in the morning and around 15:50–16:50 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 New Road in Brook, Surrey.

Brook is a manually-controlled barrier with obstacle detection crossing (MCBOD) on the Reigate–Haslemere line (Wessex route · ELR RSJ). An obstacle-detection system scans the crossing and confirms it is clear before the barriers lower automatically. 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 433 trains through this crossing.

100.0% 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 ±5s (9 in 10 within 42s). This scores when trains pass: barrier movements aren't in the public feeds we can score against.

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