Ford level crossing

CCTV-monitored manual barrier level crossing on the Sussex route (ELR TBH2).

right now
OPEN
for 4 min
next: 🚆 in 7 min · 11 min late

Next 30 min

OPEN 00:13–00:17 4m
CLOSED 00:17–00:27 10m
OPEN 00:27–00:33 6m
CLOSED 00:33–00:36 3m
OPEN 00:36–00:38 2m
CLOSED 00:38–00:41 3m
OPEN 00:41–02:13+ 1h+
Under the hood
Fri 24 Jul · 00:13
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

00:07 5S94 🚃 CHCHSTY → LTLHOSH → from Barnham -6 min
00:07 1C92 🚄 VICTRIC → CHCHSTR ← from Littlehampton +1 min
00:20 2S97 🚆 PSEA → LTLHMPT → from Barnham +11 min
00:22 5S95 🚃 HAVANT → LTLHMPT → from Barnham +5 min
00:25 1H92 🚄 VICTRIC → BOGNORR ← from Littlehampton +23 min
00:27 1Y99 🚄 SOTON → LTLHMPT → from Barnham +4 min
00:36 5S72 🚃 LTLHMPT → BRHM → from Barnham active
00:41 5S71 🚃 PSEA → LTLHMPT → from Barnham +7 min
🚄Express passenger 🚆Passenger 🚃Empty stock
now 00:13:42 · 314 avg · 8 in window
lx berths down: CH/BH71→CH/[email protected] · down: LA/A007→LA/[email protected] · down: LA/A009→LA/[email protected]
timetable cif full+upd 2026-07-22..2026-07-24
fetched 23:44:56
trust 33,034 active · 29,995 delays · 1,736 cancelled · 0 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Ford crossing is predicted to be closed for about 12 h 43 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 89 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 27 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 (00:01–00:04, 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 10:43–11:43 in the morning and around 13:05–14:05 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

Ford is a cctv-monitored manual barrier crossing (CCTV) on the Littlehampton–Barnham line (Sussex route · ELR TBH2). 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 916 trains through this crossing.

100.0% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 99.9% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Typical timing error was ±55s (9 in 10 within 129s). This scores when trains pass — barrier movements aren't in the public feeds we can score against.

Full accuracy report →

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