Clay Mills level crossing

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

predicted
OPEN
for the next 30 min

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

Next 30 min

OPEN 03:03–03:41 → 37m
Under the hood
Thu 15 Oct · 03:03
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

02:54 🚛 6M98 Immingham Nordic → Wolverhampton Steel Term Down (NE → SW) no show
03:10 🚛 6E55 Cardiff Tidal T.C. → Sunderland Ward Bros Up (SW → NE) no show
03:10 🚛 6E49 Cardiff Tidal T.C. → Masborough F.D. Up (SW → NE) no show
03:13 🚛 6V15 Boston Sleaford Sidings → Swindon Stores Down (NE → SW) no show
🚛Freight
now 03:03:53 · 232 avg · 4 in window
live observation: 4 up · 1 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-10-14..2026-10-16
fetched 02:08:21
trust 32,478 active · 31,172 delays · 1,749 cancelled · 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 25 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 90 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 10 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: 3.2 min (00:56–00:59, 1 train), 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 10:31–11:31 in the morning and around 18:38–19:38 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 1,013 trains through this crossing.

100.0% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 99.7% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Typical timing error was ±7s (9 in 10 within 48s). This scores when trains pass: barrier movements aren't in the public feeds we can score against.

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