Chesterton Junction level crossing

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

predicted
CLOSED
for 56s

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

next: πŸš„ now Β· running

Next 30 min

CLOSED 10:00–10:01 56s
OPEN 10:01–10:05 4m
CLOSED 10:05–10:11 6m
MAY OPEN 10:11–10:12 2m
CLOSED 10:12–10:16 3m
OPEN 10:16–10:24 8m
CLOSED 10:24–10:28 4m
OPEN 10:28–10:30 β†’ 2m
Under the hood
Thu 22 Oct Β· 10:00
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

09:54 πŸš† 2H21 Cambridge North β†’ London Liverpool Street Up (N β†’ S) no show
09:58 πŸš„ 1T14 London Kings Cross β†’ Kings Lynn Down (S β†’ N) passed
10:01 πŸš„ 1T19 Ely β†’ London Kings Cross Up (N β†’ S) active
10:08 πŸš„ 1L30 Birmingham New Street β†’ Stansted Airport Up (N β†’ S) +3 min
10:10 πŸš† 2H23 Cambridge North β†’ London Liverpool Street Up (N β†’ S) active
10:10 πŸš„ 1N49 Stansted Airport β†’ Birmingham New Street Down (S β†’ N) +9 min
10:10 πŸš† 2H12 London Liverpool Street β†’ Cambridge North Down (S β†’ N) +16 min
10:15 πŸš† 2H14 London Liverpool Street β†’ Cambridge North Down (S β†’ N) +3 min
10:27 πŸš„ 1T16 London Kings Cross β†’ Ely Down (S β†’ N) +8 min
10:28 πŸš„ 1K66 Stansted Airport β†’ Norwich Down (S β†’ N) -3 min
πŸš„Express passenger πŸš†Passenger
now 10:00:37 Β· 243 avg Β· 10 in window
live observation: 0 up Β· 2 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-10-21..2026-10-23
fetched 02:08:22
trust 33,174 active Β· 31,699 delays Β· 1,964 cancelled Β· 9 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 35 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 124 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: 8.6 min (06:59–07:08, 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 19:28–20:28 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 Fen Road in Barnwell, Cambridgeshire.

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 538 trains through this crossing.

100.0% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 96.1% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Typical timing error was Β±19s (9 in 10 within 32s). 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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