Burtey Fen level crossing

Manually-controlled barrier with obstacle detection level crossing on the East Midlands route (ELR SPD1).

predicted
CLOSED
for 3 min

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

next: πŸš› in 2 min Β· 44 min late

Next 30 min

CLOSED 09:59–10:02 3m
MAY OPEN 10:02–10:04 2m
CLOSED 10:04–10:11 7m
OPEN 10:11–11:03 β†’ 52m
Under the hood
Thu 22 Oct Β· 09:59
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

10:02 πŸš› 4E00 London Gateway GBRF β†’ Tinsley Yard GBRf Down (SE β†’ NW) approaching
10:07 πŸš† 2K07 Lincoln β†’ Peterborough Up (NW β†’ SE) +1 min
10:11 πŸš† 2K10 Peterborough β†’ Lincoln Down (SE β†’ NW) +2 min
10:23 πŸš› 4L19 Doncaster Iport GBRF β†’ London Gateway GBRF Up (NW β†’ SE) no show
10:30 πŸš› 4E23 Felixstowe North F.L.T. β†’ Leeds F.L.T. Down (SE β†’ NW) no show
πŸš†Passenger πŸš›Freight
now 09:59:58 Β· 119 avg Β· 5 in window
live observation: 1 up Β· 1 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-10-21..2026-10-23
fetched 02:08:22
trust 33,174 active Β· 31,699 delays Β· 1,963 cancelled Β· 9 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Burtey Fen crossing is predicted to be closed for about 1 h 49 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 21 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 6 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: 3.2 min (23:57–00:00, 1 train), 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 08:31–09:31 in the morning and around 19:35–20:35 in the evening. 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 Burtey Fen Lane near Crossgate, Lincolnshire.

Burtey Fen is a manually-controlled barrier with obstacle detection crossing (MCBOD) on the Peterborough North Yd GBRf–Sleaford line (East Midlands route · ELR SPD1). 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 448 trains through this crossing.

100.0% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 99.0% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Typical timing error was Β±6s (9 in 10 within 29s). 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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