Clay Mills level crossing

CCTV-monitored manual barrier level crossing on the East Midlands route (ELR DBP1).

predicted
OPEN
for 11 min

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

next: πŸš› in 5 min Β· scheduled

Next 30 min

OPEN 09:59–10:10 11m
CLOSED 10:10–10:13 3m
OPEN 10:13–10:16 3m
CLOSED 10:16–10:19 3m
OPEN 10:19–10:29 10m
CLOSED 10:29–10:32 β†’ 3m
Under the hood
Thu 22 Oct Β· 09:59
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

09:49 πŸš„ 1V06 Nottingham β†’ Cardiff Central Down (NE β†’ SW) +1 min
10:04 πŸš› 5D96 Etches Park Sdgs β†’ Barton Under Needwood RSMD Down (NE β†’ SW) sched
10:13 πŸšƒ 5Z07 Barton Under Needwood RSMD β†’ Derby Up (SW β†’ NE) sched
10:19 πŸš„ 1G16 Nottingham β†’ Birmingham New Street Down (NE β†’ SW) +2 min
10:32 πŸš„ 1M92 Cardiff Central β†’ Nottingham Up (SW β†’ NE) +9 min
πŸš„Express passenger πŸšƒEmpty stock πŸš›Freight
now 09:59:42 Β· 233 avg Β· 5 in window
live observation: 4 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· 1,963 cancelled Β· 9 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Clay Mills crossing is predicted to be closed for about 7 h 43 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 93 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: 7.3 min (08:46–08:53, 4 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 08:32–09:32 in the morning and around 17:16–18:16 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 Meadow Lane near Stretton, Staffordshire.

Clay Mills is a CCTV-monitored manual barrier crossing (CCTV) on the Derby–Burton OT West Yard FT line (East Midlands route · ELR DBP1). 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 952 trains through this crossing.

100.0% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 98.2% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Typical timing error was Β±6s (9 in 10 within 47s). 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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