Claypole level crossing

CCTV-monitored manual barrier level crossing on the East Coast route (ELR ECM1).

predicted
OPEN
for 58s

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

next: πŸš„ in 4 min Β· 3 min late

Next 30 min

OPEN 08:11–08:12 58s
CLOSED 08:12–08:17 4m
OPEN 08:17–08:20 4m
CLOSED 08:20–08:24 4m
MAY OPEN 08:24–08:25 58s
CLOSED 08:25–08:28 3m
MAY OPEN 08:28–08:29 46s
CLOSED 08:29–08:33 4m
OPEN 08:33–08:35 2m
CLOSED 08:35–08:38 3m
MAY OPEN 08:38–08:40 2m
CLOSED 08:40–08:48 β†’ 8m
Under the hood
Mon 12 Oct Β· 08:11
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

08:04 πŸš„ 1B81 Lincoln β†’ London Kings Cross Up (NW β†’ SE) +3 min
08:07 πŸš„ 1Y78 Newcastle β†’ London Kings Cross Up (NW β†’ SE) +2 min
08:15 πŸš„ 1A08 Harrogate β†’ London Kings Cross Up (NW β†’ SE) approaching
08:16 πŸš„ 1S05 London Kings Cross β†’ Edinburgh Down (SE β†’ NW) +3 min
08:23 πŸš„ 1D04 London Kings Cross β†’ Leeds Down (SE β†’ NW) on time
08:24 πŸš„ 1Y06 Newcastle β†’ London Kings Cross Up (NW β†’ SE) +3 min
08:28 πŸš„ 1H01 London Kings Cross β†’ Hull Down (SE β†’ NW) on time
08:32 πŸš„ 1S06 London Kings Cross β†’ Edinburgh Down (SE β†’ NW) -2 min
08:33 πŸš„ 1A09 Hull β†’ London Kings Cross Up (NW β†’ SE) on time
08:38 πŸš„ 1E01 Edinburgh β†’ London Kings Cross Up (NW β†’ SE) -1 min
08:43 πŸš„ 1N02 London Kings Cross β†’ Newcastle Down (SE β†’ NW) -2 min
πŸš„Express passenger
now 08:11:57 Β· 235 avg Β· 11 in window
live observation: 1 up Β· 0 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-10-11..2026-10-13
fetched 02:08:22
trust 48,946 active Β· 26,671 delays Β· 2,608 cancelled Β· 0 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Claypole crossing is predicted to be closed for about 11 h 10 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 104 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.

Longest closure so far today: 6.4 min (07:59–08:05, 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 08:17–09:17 in the morning and around 17:05–18:05 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 Stubton Road in Claypole, Lincolnshire.

Claypole is a CCTV-monitored manual barrier crossing (CCTV) on the Grantham–Newark North Gate line (East Coast route · ELR ECM1). 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 850 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.

Typical timing error was Β±2s (9 in 10 within 6s). 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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