Girlings level crossing

User-worked with stop lights level crossing on the Anglia route (ELR NOL).

predicted
OPEN
for 8 min

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

next: πŸš† in 9 min Β· running

Next 30 min

OPEN 07:37–07:45 8m
CLOSED 07:45–07:46 50s
OPEN 07:46–08:01 15m
CLOSED 08:01–08:02 50s
OPEN 08:02–08:04 3m
CLOSED 08:04–08:06 2m
OPEN 08:06–08:10 β†’ 4m
Under the hood
Mon 12 Oct Β· 07:37
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

07:32 πŸš† 2C10 Norwich β†’ Great Yarmouth Down (W β†’ E) -1 min
07:34 πŸš† 2P07 Great Yarmouth β†’ Norwich Up (E β†’ W) passed
07:46 πŸš† 2J66 Norwich β†’ Lowestoft Down (W β†’ E) approaching
08:02 πŸš† 2P09 Great Yarmouth β†’ Norwich Up (E β†’ W) -1 min
08:05 πŸš† 2S05 Sheringham β†’ Norwich Up (E β†’ W) on time
08:06 πŸš† 2P12 Norwich β†’ Great Yarmouth Down (W β†’ E) active
πŸš†Passenger
now 07:37:31 Β· 95 avg Β· 6 in window
live observation: 1 up Β· 2 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-10-11..2026-10-13
fetched 02:08:22
trust 48,814 active Β· 25,805 delays Β· 2,557 cancelled Β· 0 reconnects
About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Girlings crossing is predicted to be closed for about 3 h 17 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 95 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: 1.5 min (05:42–05:44, 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 07:56–08:56 in the morning and around 18:32–19:32 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 on Girlings Lane in Norwich, Norfolk.

Girlings is a user-worked with stop lights crossing (UWCMSL) on the Norwich C.Pt. T.&R.S.M.D–Lingwood line (Anglia route · ELR NOL). 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 798 trains through this crossing.

99.0% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 100.0% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Typical timing error was Β±5s (9 in 10 within 107s). 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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