Chitts Hill level crossing

CCTV-monitored manual barrier level crossing on the Anglia route (ELR LTN1).

predicted
OPEN
for 2 min

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

next: 🚄 in 5 min · 1 min late

Next 30 min

OPEN 17:52–17:54 2m
CLOSED 17:54–17:57 3m
OPEN 17:57–18:00 3m
CLOSED 18:00–18:03 3m
OPEN 18:03–18:08 5m
CLOSED 18:08–18:15 7m
OPEN 18:15–18:26 → 11m
Under the hood
Thu 08 Oct · 17:52
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

17:43 🚄 9P46 London Liverpool Street → Norwich Down (W → E) +1 min
17:44 🚄 1F65 Colchester Town → London Liverpool Street Up (E → W) -1 min
17:57 🚄 1Y48 London Liverpool Street → Ipswich Down (W → E) +1 min
18:03 🚄 1P55 Norwich → London Liverpool Street Up (E → W) on time
18:11 🚄 1Y51 Ipswich → London Liverpool Street Up (E → W) -2 min
18:13 🚄 1N44 London Liverpool Street → Clacton-on-Sea Down (W → E) +1 min
18:14 🚄 1P50 London Liverpool Street → Norwich Down (W → E) -3 min
🚄Express passenger
now 17:52:15 · 267 avg · 7 in window
timetable cif full+upd 2026-10-07..2026-10-09
fetched 02:08:26
trust 33,690 active · 32,059 delays · 2,195 cancelled · 0 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Chitts Hill crossing is predicted to be closed for about 8 h 23 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 81 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 15 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.

Worst times to cross today

Closures cluster around 06:54–07:54 in the morning and around 18:39–19:39 in the evening. Gaps between closures are longest outside those windows. Other days run a different timetable, so the peaks move.

About this crossing

Chitts Hill is a cctv-monitored manual barrier crossing (CCTV) on the Down–Colchester line (Anglia route · ELR LTN1). 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?

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