East Gates level crossing

CCTV-monitored manual barrier level crossing on the Anglia route (ELR COC).

right now
CLOSED
for 15s
next: 🚧 in 14 min · running

Next 30 min

CLOSED 00:18–00:18 15s
OPEN 00:18–00:29 11m
CLOSED 00:29–00:32 3m
OPEN 00:32–00:42 10m
CLOSED 00:42–00:45 3m
OPEN 00:45–00:48 → 3m
Under the hood
Fri 24 Jul · 00:18
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

00:14 1P72 🚄 LIVST → NRCH ← from Colchester -1 min
00:15 1N66 🚄 LIVST → CLACTON ← from Colchester approaching
00:32 6J35 🚧 MRKSSAT → THPLESK ← from Colchester active
00:39 4E46 🚛 FLXSNEW → NORMPW → from Colchester Town no show
00:45 6V83 🚛 IPSWGWF → STKGFHH → from Colchester Town active
🚄Express passenger 🚛Freight 🚧Engineering
now 00:18:10 · 333 avg · 5 in window
lx berths down: CC/1065→CC/[email protected] · down: CC/1096→CC/[email protected] · down: CC/1103→CC/[email protected] · up: CC/1088→CC/[email protected] · up: CC/1099→CC/[email protected] · up: CC/1102→CC/[email protected]
timetable cif full+upd 2026-07-22..2026-07-24
fetched 23:44:56
trust 33,038 active · 29,999 delays · 1,740 cancelled · 0 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, East Gates crossing is predicted to be closed for about 10 h 44 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 67 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 23 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.

Worst times to cross today

Closures cluster around 10:55–11:55 in the morning and around 16:18–17:18 in the afternoon. Gaps between closures are longest outside those windows. Other days run a different timetable, so the peaks move.

About this crossing

East Gates is a cctv-monitored manual barrier crossing (CCTV) on the Colchester–Colchester Town line (Anglia route · ELR COC). 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 782 trains through this crossing.

100.0% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 99.4% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Typical timing error was ±59s (9 in 10 within 207s). This scores when trains pass — barrier movements aren't in the public feeds we can score against.

Full accuracy report →

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