Bulwell Forest level crossing

CCTV-monitored manual barrier level crossing on the East Midlands route (ELR RAC).

BetaNottingham's trams use this crossing as well as trains, and closures for them are now shown. They come from the published tram timetable: we don't receive live tram running data, so a tram that is delayed, early or cancelled won't be reflected here. Train times are live as normal. If something looks wrong, please tell us — it genuinely helps.
predicted
OPEN
for at least 2h

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

Next 30 min

OPEN 02:11–04:11+ 2h+
Under the hood
Mon 07 Sep · 02:11
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

No trains in the next 30 minutes.
now 02:11:48 · 38 avg · 0 in window
live observation: 2 up · 1 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-09-06..2026-09-08
fetched 02:08:15
trust 48,282 active · 21,043 delays · 2,870 cancelled · 0 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Bulwell Forest crossing is predicted to be closed for about 7 h 15 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 193 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 8 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.

Worst times to cross today

Closures cluster around 07:12–08:12 in the morning and around 17:09–18:09 in the evening. Gaps between closures are longest outside those windows. Other days run a different timetable, so the peaks move.

About this crossing

Bulwell Forest is a cctv-monitored manual barrier crossing (CCTV) on the Trent Sidings–Newstead line (East Midlands route · ELR RAC). 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 283 trains through this crossing.

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

Typical timing error was ±9s (9 in 10 within 237s). This scores when trains pass — barrier movements aren't in the public feeds we can score against.

Full accuracy report →

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