CCTV-monitored manual barrier level crossing on the Central route (ELR GSJ2).
Information only — always follow the signals and barriers at the crossing. Predictions may be wrong.
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On today’s timetable, Cradley Heath crossing is predicted to be closed for about 7 h 21 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 66 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 9 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 (00:28–00:31, 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.
Closures cluster around 06:14–07:14 in the morning and around 18:01–19:01 in the evening. Gaps between closures are longest outside those windows. Other days run a different timetable, so the peaks move.
Cradley Heath is a cctv-monitored manual barrier crossing (CCTV) on the Soho LMD–Lye line (Central route · ELR GSJ2). 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.
We score this page against what actually happened on the railway — over the last 7 days that covered 911 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.
Typical timing error was ±33s (9 in 10 within 287s). This scores when trains pass — barrier movements aren't in the public feeds we can score against.