Fairheads UWCBM (BGK) level crossing

Level level crossing on the Anglia route (ELR BGK).

predicted
OPEN
for 2 min

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

next: πŸš„ in 2 min Β· running

Next 30 min

OPEN 10:01–10:02 2m
CLOSED 10:02–10:04 2m
OPEN 10:04–10:17 13m
CLOSED 10:17–10:18 50s
OPEN 10:18–10:32 β†’ 14m
Under the hood
Thu 22 Oct Β· 10:01
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

09:52 πŸš† 2H14 London Liverpool Street β†’ Cambridge North Down (SE β†’ NW) +3 min
10:03 πŸš„ 1H98 London Liverpool Street β†’ Cambridge Down (SE β†’ NW) no reports
10:03 πŸš„ 1K65 Norwich β†’ Stansted Airport Up (NW β†’ SE) approaching
10:04 πŸš„ 1K66 Stansted Airport β†’ Norwich Down (SE β†’ NW) approaching
10:11 πŸšƒ 5H92 London Liverpool Street β†’ Cambridge Sidings North Down (SE β†’ NW) no reports
10:17 πŸš† 2H21 Cambridge North β†’ London Liverpool Street Up (NW β†’ SE) +1 min
πŸš„Express passenger πŸš†Passenger πŸšƒEmpty stock
now 10:01:13 Β· 174 avg Β· 6 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· 1,968 cancelled Β· 9 reconnects
About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Fairheads UWCBM (BGK) crossing is predicted to be closed for about 4 h 9 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 117 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 3 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: 2.1 min (08:05–08:07, 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 07:06–08:06 in the morning and around 20:28–21:28 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 in Little Chesterford, Essex.

Fairheads UWCBM (BGK) is a level crossing (UWCBMSL) on the Audley End–Cambridge line (Anglia route · ELR BGK). 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 1,023 trains through this crossing.

100.0% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 99.2% 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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