Cottage Lane level crossing

Automatic half-barrier level crossing on the East Coast route (ELR NOB1).

predicted
OPEN
for 4 min

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

next: πŸš† in 5 min Β· 2 min late

Next 30 min

OPEN 13:25–13:29 4m
CLOSED 13:29–13:30 1m
OPEN 13:30–13:36 5m
CLOSED 13:36–13:37 1m
OPEN 13:37–14:00 β†’ 23m
Under the hood
Thu 22 Oct Β· 13:25
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

13:21 πŸš† 2N59 Matlock β†’ Lincoln Down (SW β†’ NE) on time
13:30 πŸš† 2A24 Cleethorpes β†’ Matlock Up (NE β†’ SW) approaching
13:36 πŸš„ 1B87 Lincoln β†’ London Kings Cross Up (NE β†’ SW) on time
13:40 πŸš› 6E54 Kingsbury Oil Sdgs β†’ Humber Oil Refinery Down (SW β†’ NE) no show
πŸš„Express passenger πŸš†Passenger πŸš›Freight
now 13:25:23 Β· 95 avg Β· 4 in window
live observation: 1 up Β· 0 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-10-21..2026-10-23
fetched 02:08:22
trust 33,347 active Β· 31,805 delays Β· 2,183 cancelled Β· 9 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Cottage Lane crossing is predicted to be closed for about 2 h 53 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 73 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 4 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: 1.5 min (05:38–05:39, 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 06:18–07:18 in the morning and around 15:18–16:18 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 High Street in Coney Green, Nottinghamshire.

Cottage Lane is a automatic half-barrier crossing (AHB) on the Newark North Gate–Hykeham line (East Coast route · ELR NOB1). The approaching train itself triggers the closure at a fixed point on its approach. 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 288 trains through this crossing.

100.0% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 99.5% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Full accuracy report β†’

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