Chesterton Junction level crossing

CCTV-monitored manual barrier level crossing on the Anglia route (ELR BGK).

predicted
CLOSED
for 1 min

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

next: 🚄 in 1 min · 3 min late

Next 30 min

CLOSED 07:13–07:14 1m
OPEN 07:14–07:20 6m
CLOSED 07:20–07:23 3m
OPEN 07:23–07:28 5m
CLOSED 07:28–07:32 3m
OPEN 07:32–07:38 7m
CLOSED 07:38–07:42 3m
MAY OPEN 07:42–07:42 45s
CLOSED 07:42–07:46 → 3m
Under the hood
Mon 07 Sep · 07:13
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

07:04 🚄 1T07 Kings LynnLondon Kings Cross Up (N → S) no show
07:06 🚄 1T02 London Kings CrossKings Lynn Down (S → N) +19 min
07:12 🚄 1H87 ElyLondon Liverpool Street Up (N → S) +7 min
07:14 🚄 1T94 London Kings CrossKings Lynn Down (S → N) approaching
07:23 🚆 2H02 London Liverpool StreetEly Down (S → N) -1 min
07:31 🚄 1T09 Kings LynnLondon Kings Cross Up (N → S) on time
07:41 🚆 2H13 ElyLondon Liverpool Street Up (N → S) active
07:45 🚄 1K59 LowestoftCambridge Up (N → S) -1 min
🚄Express passenger 🚆Passenger
now 07:13:06 · 211 avg · 8 in window
live observation: 0 up · 2 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-09-06..2026-09-08
fetched 02:08:15
trust 49,152 active · 25,056 delays · 3,031 cancelled · 0 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Chesterton Junction crossing is predicted to be closed for about 11 h 33 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 126 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: 8.2 min (06:56–07:04, 3 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 09:13–10:13 in the morning and around 19:09–20:09 in the evening. Gaps between closures are longest outside those windows. Other days run a different timetable, so the peaks move.

About this crossing

Chesterton Junction is a cctv-monitored manual barrier crossing (CCTV) on the Cambridge Reception Sdgs–Ely line (Anglia route · ELR BGK). 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 615 trains through this crossing.

100.0% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 96.0% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Typical timing error was ±40s (9 in 10 within 338s). This scores when trains pass — barrier movements aren't in the public feeds we can score against.

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