Clifton level crossing

CCTV-monitored manual barrier level crossing on the East Coast route (ELR ECM7).

predicted
OPEN
for 3 min

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

next: 🚆 in 6 min · 3 min late

Next 30 min

OPEN 09:59–10:02 3m
CLOSED 10:02–10:05 3m
MAY OPEN 10:05–10:06 47s
CLOSED 10:06–10:09 3m
MAY OPEN 10:09–10:10 51s
CLOSED 10:10–10:13 3m
OPEN 10:13–10:19 6m
CLOSED 10:19–10:23 4m
OPEN 10:23–10:26 2m
CLOSED 10:26–10:29 → 3m
Under the hood
Thu 22 Oct · 09:59
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

09:56 🚄 1S31 Birmingham New Street → Edinburgh Down (S → N) +6 min
09:57 🚧 3J78 Nunthorpe → Carlisle Yard Colas Rail Down (S → N) cancelled
09:58 🚛 6E90 Oxwellmains Lafarge Colas Rail → Seaham Harbour Colas Rail Up (N → S) no show
10:05 🚆 2A24 Newcastle → Morpeth Down (S → N) +3 min
10:09 🚄 1E08 Edinburgh → London Kings Cross Up (N → S) on time
10:13 🚄 1S05 London Kings Cross → Edinburgh Down (S → N) -1 min
10:22 🚄 1S06 London Kings Cross → Edinburgh Down (S → N) +1 min
10:23 🚄 1V56 Glasgow Central High Level → Plymouth Up (N → S) +3 min
10:29 🚆 2A07 Morpeth → Newcastle Up (N → S) active
🚄Express passenger 🚆Passenger 🚛Freight 🚧Engineering
now 09:59:06 · 190 avg · 9 in window
timetable cif full+upd 2026-10-21..2026-10-23
fetched 02:08:22
trust 33,173 active · 31,698 delays · 1,962 cancelled · 9 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Clifton crossing is predicted to be closed for about 8 h 51 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 114 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.

Worst times to cross today

Closures cluster around 09:19–10:19 in the morning and around 16:40–17:40 in the afternoon. 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 Clifton Lane in Clifton, Northumberland.

Clifton is a CCTV-monitored manual barrier crossing (CCTV) on the Newcastle–Chathill line (East Coast route · ELR ECM7). 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.

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