Geilston level crossing

User-worked with stop lights level crossing on the Scotland route (ELR NEM7).

predicted
OPEN
for 2s

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

next: πŸš† now Β· 1 min late

Next 30 min

OPEN 10:31–10:31 2s
CLOSED 10:31–10:33 2m
OPEN 10:33–10:52 19m
CLOSED 10:52–10:53 50s
OPEN 10:53–11:02 β†’ 8m
Under the hood
Sat 17 Oct Β· 10:31
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

10:32 πŸš† 2H50 Helensburgh Central β†’ Edinburgh Up (W β†’ E) approaching
10:33 πŸš† 2H13 Edinburgh β†’ Helensburgh Central Down (E β†’ W) approaching
10:53 πŸš„ 1Y42 Mallaig β†’ Glasgow Queen St High Level Up (W β†’ E) +2 min
πŸš„Express passenger πŸš†Passenger
now 10:31:56 Β· 88 avg Β· 3 in window
live observation: 1 up Β· 1 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-10-16..2026-10-18
fetched 02:08:22
trust 42,087 active Β· 37,338 delays Β· 2,872 cancelled Β· 0 reconnects
About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Geilston crossing is predicted to be closed for about 1 h 46 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 64 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 2 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: 0.6 min (00:01–00:02, 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 10:25–11:25 in the morning and around 18:02–19:02 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 Cardross, Argyll and Bute.

Geilston is a user-worked with stop lights crossing (UWCMSL) on the Paisley Gilmour Street–Gourock line (Scotland route · ELR NEM7). 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 609 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 Β±5s (9 in 10 within 25s). 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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