Daw Lane level crossing

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

predicted
CLOSED
for 7 min

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

next: πŸš„ now Β· 1 min late

Next 30 min

CLOSED 10:00–10:07 7m
OPEN 10:07–10:09 2m
CLOSED 10:09–10:12 3m
OPEN 10:12–10:24 12m
CLOSED 10:24–10:28 3m
OPEN 10:28–10:35 β†’ 8m
Under the hood
Thu 22 Oct Β· 10:00
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

09:50 πŸš„ 1Y09 Newcastle β†’ London Kings Cross Up (N β†’ S) +3 min
09:54 πŸš„ 1V85 Newcastle β†’ Reading Up (N β†’ S) +1 min
09:57 🚧 6N06 Doncaster Up Decoy β†’ York Engineers Yard Down (S β†’ N) passed
10:00 πŸš„ 1S08 London Kings Cross β†’ Edinburgh Down (S β†’ N) approaching
10:03 πŸš„ 1E79 Reading β†’ Newcastle Down (S β†’ N) +2 min
10:06 πŸš„ 1N03 London Kings Cross β†’ Newcastle Down (S β†’ N) -2 min
10:12 πŸš„ 1E05 Edinburgh β†’ London Kings Cross Up (N β†’ S) on time
10:27 πŸš„ 1A61 Sunderland β†’ London Kings Cross Up (N β†’ S) +3 min
πŸš„Express passenger 🚧Engineering
now 10:00:08 Β· 249 avg Β· 8 in window
live observation: 1 up Β· 1 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-10-21..2026-10-23
fetched 02:08:22
trust 33,174 active Β· 31,699 delays Β· 1,963 cancelled Β· 9 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Daw Lane crossing is predicted to be closed for about 9 h 16 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 91 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 16 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: 9.4 min (09:23–09:33, 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 07:13–08:13 in the morning and around 13:39–14:39 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

The crossing is on Shaftholme Road in Shaftholme, South Yorkshire.

Daw Lane is a CCTV-monitored manual barrier crossing (CCTV) on the Doncaster West Yard–Heck (FLHH) 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 1,366 trains through this crossing.

99.9% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 99.4% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Full accuracy report β†’

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