Chettisham level crossing

Manually-controlled barrier with obstacle detection level crossing on the Anglia route (ELR EMP).

predicted
CLOSED
for 16s

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

next: πŸš› now Β· 1 min early

Next 30 min

CLOSED 10:01–10:01 16s
OPEN 10:01–10:05 4m
CLOSED 10:05–10:08 3m
OPEN 10:08–10:15 7m
CLOSED 10:15–10:18 3m
OPEN 10:18–10:25 7m
CLOSED 10:25–10:29 4m
OPEN 10:29–10:38 β†’ 10m
Under the hood
Thu 22 Oct Β· 10:01
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

09:52 πŸš„ 1R66 Norwich β†’ Liverpool Lime Street HL/ML Down (SE β†’ NW) on time
10:01 πŸš› 6L83 Peak Forest R.M.C. Sdgs β†’ Eccles Rd Johnston'S Sdg Up (NW β†’ SE) approaching
10:04 πŸš› 6E85 Middleton Towers GBRF β†’ Barnby Dun Rockware Glass GBRF Down (SE β†’ NW) no show
10:08 πŸš› 4M81 Felixstowe North F.L.T. β†’ Garston F.L.T. Down (SE β†’ NW) approaching
10:18 πŸš„ 1L05 Sheffield β†’ Norwich Up (NW β†’ SE) +4 min
10:28 πŸš† 2L73 Peterborough β†’ Ipswich Up (NW β†’ SE) +2 min
10:28 πŸš„ 1N49 Stansted Airport β†’ Birmingham New Street Down (SE β†’ NW) +9 min
10:33 πŸš› 4M79 Felixstowe South EWS β†’ East Mids Gateway Tml DBC Down (SE β†’ NW) no show
10:33 πŸš› 4M82 Felixstowe North EWS β†’ East Mids Gateway Tml DBC Down (SE β†’ NW) no show
πŸš„Express passenger πŸš†Passenger πŸš›Freight
now 10:01:12 Β· 221 avg Β· 9 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· 1,968 cancelled Β· 9 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Chettisham crossing is predicted to be closed for about 5 h 27 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 79 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 7 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: 6.4 min (01:21–01:27, 2 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 09:43–10:43 in the morning and around 17:43–18:43 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 Lynn Road in Chettisham, Cambridgeshire.

Chettisham is a manually-controlled barrier with obstacle detection crossing (MCBOD) on the Ely–March Up Yard GBRF line (Anglia route · ELR EMP). 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 650 trains through this crossing.

99.8% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 99.2% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Full accuracy report β†’

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