Dormer Green level crossing

Manual gate level crossing on the East Coast route (ELR ECM2).

predicted
OPEN
for 4 min

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

next: πŸš„ in 7 min Β· on time

Next 30 min

OPEN 10:35–10:39 4m
CLOSED 10:39–10:47 8m
OPEN 10:47–10:56 9m
CLOSED 10:56–10:59 3m
OPEN 10:59–11:04 5m
CLOSED 11:04–11:08 β†’ 3m
Under the hood
Sat 17 Oct Β· 10:35
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

10:42 πŸš„ 1S09 London Kings Cross β†’ Edinburgh Down (S β†’ N) approaching
10:44 πŸš„ 1Y82 York β†’ London Kings Cross Up (N β†’ S) +2 min
10:47 πŸš„ 1Y10 Newcastle β†’ London Kings Cross Up (N β†’ S) +1 min
10:59 πŸš„ 1S10 London Kings Cross β†’ Edinburgh Down (S β†’ N) -1 min
11:07 πŸš„ 1H02 London Kings Cross β†’ Hull Down (S β†’ N) -1 min
πŸš„Express passenger
now 10:35:41 Β· 181 avg Β· 5 in window
live observation: 0 up Β· 1 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-10-16..2026-10-18
fetched 02:08:22
trust 42,167 active Β· 37,419 delays Β· 2,890 cancelled Β· 0 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Dormer Green crossing is predicted to be closed for about 9 h 8 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 96 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 15 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: 6.5 min (09:06–09:12, 2 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 08:39–09:39 in the morning and around 19:36–20:36 in the evening. 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 Dormer Green Lane near Thorpe-in-Balne, South Yorkshire.

Dormer Green is a manual gate crossing (MGH) on the Doncaster West Yard–Selby line (East Coast route · ELR ECM2). A signaller or crossing keeper closes the gates across the road 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 672 trains through this crossing.

100.0% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 99.1% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Typical timing error was Β±1s (9 in 10 within 6s). This scores when trains pass: barrier movements aren't in the public feeds we can score against.

Full accuracy report β†’

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