Automatic half-barrier level crossing on the North and East route (ELR NEC2).
Information only — always follow the signals and barriers at the crossing. Predictions may be wrong.
| 07:03 | 🚧 3J77 | Carlisle Yard Colas Rail → Nunthorpe Up (W → E) | cancelled |
| 07:06 | 🚛 6M10 | South Bank Tees Dock (FHH) → New Biggin FLHH Down (E → W) | no show |
| 07:26 | 🚄 1J66 | Carlisle → Middlesbrough Up (W → E) | on time |
| 07:42 | 🚄 1N51 | Middlesbrough → Carlisle Down (E → W) | on time |
On today’s timetable, Dilston crossing is predicted to be closed for about 3 h 17 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 74 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.
Closures cluster around 08:16–09:16 in the morning and around 19:23–20:23 in the evening. Gaps between closures are longest outside those windows. Other days run a different timetable, so the peaks move.
Dilston is a automatic half-barrier crossing (AHB) on the MetroCentre–Hexham line (North and East route · ELR NEC2). 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.
Our accuracy measurement doesn't cover this crossing yet. Reports from people at the crossing are the ground truth here. How we measure →