Graveney level crossing

Automatic half-barrier level crossing on the Kent route (ELR VIR).

predicted
OPEN
for 20s

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

next: 🚄 in 1 min · 4 min late

Next 30 min

OPEN 09:59–09:59 20s
CLOSED 09:59–10:00 1m
OPEN 10:00–10:04 5m
CLOSED 10:04–10:05 1m
OPEN 10:05–10:32 → 26m
Under the hood
Thu 22 Oct · 09:59
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

10:00 🚄 1C25 Ramsgate → St. Pancras International Up (NE → SW) approaching
10:05 🚄 1S12 London Victoria (E) → Ramsgate Down (SW → NE) approaching
🚄Express passenger
now 09:59:07 · 104 avg · 2 in window
live observation: 1 up · 1 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-10-21..2026-10-23
fetched 02:08:22
trust 33,173 active · 31,698 delays · 1,962 cancelled · 9 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Graveney crossing is predicted to be closed for about 2 h 34 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 68 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: 3.3 min (07:24–07:27, 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 06:00–07:00 in the morning and around 18:59–19:59 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 Monkshill Road in Graveney, Kent.

Graveney is a automatic half-barrier crossing (AHB) on the Selling–Canterbury East line (Kent route · ELR VIR). The approaching train itself triggers the closure at a fixed point on its approach. 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 623 trains through this crossing.

99.8% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 99.1% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Typical timing error was ±12s (9 in 10 within 24s). This scores when trains pass: barrier movements aren't in the public feeds we can score against.

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