Cardross level crossing

CCTV-monitored manual barrier level crossing on the Scotland route (ELR NEM7).

predicted
CLOSED
for 42s

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

next: 🚄 now · on time

Next 30 min

CLOSED 07:26–07:26 42s
OPEN 07:26–07:30 3m
CLOSED 07:30–07:33 3m
OPEN 07:33–07:42 9m
CLOSED 07:42–07:45 3m
MAY OPEN 07:45–07:47 2m
CLOSED 07:47–07:50 3m
OPEN 07:50–07:53 2m
CLOSED 07:53–07:57 → 5m
Under the hood
Tue 06 Oct · 07:26
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

07:26 🚄 1G05 Glasgow Central High Level → Gourock Down (SE → NW) on time
07:32 🚆 2H39 Bathgate → Helensburgh Central Down (SE → NW) cancelled
07:33 🚆 2H06 Helensburgh Central → Edinburgh Up (NW → SE) on time
07:45 🚄 1G10 Gourock → Glasgow Central High Level Up (NW → SE) active
07:50 🚄 1Y20 Oban → Glasgow Queen St High Level Up (NW → SE) on time
07:56 🚄 1G07 Glasgow Central High Level → Gourock Down (SE → NW) active
07:57 🚆 2W04 Wemyss Bay → Glasgow Central High Level Up (NW → SE) active
07:58 🚛 6S01 Bicester MOD GBRf → Glen Douglas MOD GBRf Down (SE → NW) no show
07:58 🚛 6S02 Carlisle Network Yard → Glen Douglas MOD GBRf Down (SE → NW) no show
🚄Express passenger 🚆Passenger 🚛Freight
now 07:26:15 · 156 avg · 9 in window
live observation: 1 up · 1 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-10-05..2026-10-07
fetched 02:08:18
trust 33,409 active · 31,715 delays · 1,704 cancelled · 0 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Cardross crossing is predicted to be closed for about 7 h 33 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 100 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 12 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 (23:59–00:03, 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 08:14–09:14 in the morning and around 16:42–17:42 in the afternoon. Gaps between closures are longest outside those windows. Other days run a different timetable, so the peaks move.

About this crossing

Cardross is a cctv-monitored manual barrier crossing (CCTV) on the Dalmuir–Helensburgh Central line (Scotland route · ELR NEM7). 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 307 trains through this crossing.

99.7% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 99.7% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Typical timing error was ±8s (9 in 10 within 55s). This scores when trains pass — barrier movements aren't in the public feeds we can score against.

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