Colwick level crossing

CCTV-monitored manual barrier level crossing on the East Midlands route (ELR NOB1).

predicted
OPEN
for 6 min

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

next: 🚄 in 9 min · on time

Next 30 min

OPEN 09:20–09:26 6m
CLOSED 09:26–09:32 6m
OPEN 09:32–09:38 6m
CLOSED 09:38–09:41 3m
MAY OPEN 09:41–09:42 53s
CLOSED 09:42–09:45 3m
OPEN 09:45–09:47 2m
CLOSED 09:47–09:53 → 6m
Under the hood
Mon 07 Sep · 09:20
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

09:15 🚆 2A14 Grimsby TownMatlock Up (E → W) no show
09:29 🚄 1K59 LincolnCrewe Up (E → W) approaching
09:32 🚄 1N52 CreweLincoln Down (W → E) +4 min
09:41 🚄 1L06 Liverpool Lime Street HL/MLNorwich Down (W → E) +2 min
09:45 🚆 2O04 SkegnessNottingham Up (E → W) +23 min
09:45 🚄 1R62 NorwichLiverpool Lime Street HL/ML Up (E → W) +5 min
09:52 🚛 6M57 Humber Oil RefineryKingsbury Oil Sdgs Up (E → W) -1 min
09:53 🚆 2J53 MatlockCleethorpes Down (W → E) on time
🚄Express passenger 🚆Passenger 🚛Freight
now 09:20:55 · 128 avg · 8 in window
live observation: 1 up · 1 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-09-06..2026-09-08
fetched 02:08:15
trust 49,494 active · 28,101 delays · 3,115 cancelled · 0 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Colwick crossing is predicted to be closed for about 7 h 22 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 87 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: 3.2 min (06:24–06:27, 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 09:11–10:11 in the morning and around 16:00–17:00 in the afternoon. Gaps between closures are longest outside those windows. Other days run a different timetable, so the peaks move.

About this crossing

Colwick is a cctv-monitored manual barrier crossing (CCTV) on the Nottingham Carr M.D.–Carlton line (East Midlands route · ELR NOB1). 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 446 trains through this crossing.

100.0% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 98.9% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Typical timing error was ±40s (9 in 10 within 447s). This scores when trains pass — barrier movements aren't in the public feeds we can score against.

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