Caldicot level crossing

CCTV-monitored manual barrier level crossing on the Wales route (ELR SWM2).

predicted
OPEN
for 8 min

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

next: 🚛 in 12 min · 12 min early

Next 30 min

OPEN 02:59–03:07 8m
CLOSED 03:07–03:11 5m
OPEN 03:11–04:49 → 97m
Under the hood
Mon 07 Sep · 02:59
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

03:06 🚛 6B17 Robeston SdgsWesterleigh Puma DBC Up (W → E) no show
03:11 🚛 6M11 Margam T.C.Round Oak Up (W → E) -12 min
🚛Freight
now 02:59:15 · 78 avg · 2 in window
live observation: 1 up · 1 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-09-06..2026-09-08
fetched 02:08:15
trust 48,328 active · 21,079 delays · 2,889 cancelled · 0 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Caldicot crossing is predicted to be closed for about 3 h 57 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 52 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.

Longest closure so far today: 3.2 min (00:57–01:00, 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 09:44–10:44 in the morning and around 15:42–16:42 in the afternoon. Gaps between closures are longest outside those windows. Other days run a different timetable, so the peaks move.

About this crossing

Caldicot is a cctv-monitored manual barrier crossing (CCTV) on the Lydney–Severn Tunnel Junction line (Wales route · ELR SWM2). 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 416 trains through this crossing.

100.0% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 96.6% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Typical timing error was ±15s (9 in 10 within 148s). This scores when trains pass — barrier movements aren't in the public feeds we can score against.

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