Ferring level crossing

CCTV-monitored manual barrier level crossing on the Sussex route (ELR BLI1).

predicted
OPEN
for 20 min

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

next: 🚄 in 23 min · running

Next 30 min

OPEN 04:54–05:14 20m
CLOSED 05:14–05:17 3m
OPEN 05:17–05:21 4m
CLOSED 05:21–05:24 3m
OPEN 05:24–05:27 → 4m
Under the hood
Mon 07 Sep · 04:54
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

05:17 🚄 1S01 ChichesterBrighton Up (W → E) active
05:24 🚄 1H03 LittlehamptonLondon Victoria (C) Up (W → E) active
🚄Express passenger
now 04:54:21 · 180 avg · 2 in window
live observation: 2 up · 2 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-09-06..2026-09-08
fetched 02:08:15
trust 48,716 active · 21,541 delays · 2,956 cancelled · 0 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Ferring crossing is predicted to be closed for about 9 h 52 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 99 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: 3.2 min (23:57–00:01, 1 train), 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 07:20–08:20 in the morning and around 12:00–13:00 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

Ferring is a cctv-monitored manual barrier crossing (CCTV) on the West Worthing–Angmering line (Sussex route · ELR BLI1). 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 1,282 trains through this crossing.

100.0% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 97.8% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Typical timing error was ±148s (9 in 10 within 214s). This scores when trains pass — barrier movements aren't in the public feeds we can score against.

Full accuracy report →

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