Cromwell Lane level crossing

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

predicted
CLOSED
for 21s

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

next: 🚄 now · 2 min late

Next 30 min

CLOSED 07:13–07:13 21s
OPEN 07:13–07:22 9m
CLOSED 07:22–07:29 7m
MAY OPEN 07:29–07:31 2m
CLOSED 07:31–07:40 9m
MAY OPEN 07:40–07:42 2m
CLOSED 07:42–07:45 → 3m
Under the hood
Mon 07 Sep · 07:13
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

07:13 🚄 1Y04 NewcastleLondon Kings Cross Up (N → S) approaching
07:13 🚄 1S03 London Kings CrossAberdeen Down (S → N) approaching
07:20 0Z56 Doncaster West YardNewark North Gate Sidings Up (N → S) no show
07:25 🚄 1D02 London Kings CrossLeeds Down (S → N) +5 min
07:29 🚄 1A90 BeverleyLondon Kings Cross Up (N → S) on time
07:34 🚄 1A06 LeedsLondon Kings Cross Up (N → S) +2 min
07:37 🚄 1Y05 NewcastleLondon Kings Cross Up (N → S) on time
07:40 🚄 1S04 London Kings CrossEdinburgh Down (S → N) -1 min
07:45 🚄 1A07 Bradford Forster SquareLondon Kings Cross Up (N → S) -1 min
🚄Express passenger Other
now 07:13:06 · 228 avg · 9 in window
live observation: 1 up · 1 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-09-06..2026-09-08
fetched 02:08:15
trust 49,152 active · 25,056 delays · 3,031 cancelled · 0 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Cromwell Lane crossing is predicted to be closed for about 11 h 27 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 111 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 18 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: 9.8 min (05:46–05:55, 3 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 12:17–13:17 in the middle of the day. Gaps between closures are longest outside those windows. Other days run a different timetable, so the peaks move.

About this crossing

Cromwell Lane is a cctv-monitored manual barrier crossing (CCTV) on the Newark North Gate–Worksop 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 1,532 trains through this crossing.

99.9% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 99.6% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Typical timing error was ±3s (9 in 10 within 239s). This scores when trains pass — barrier movements aren't in the public feeds we can score against.

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