Grays level crossing

CCTV-monitored manual barrier level crossing on the Anglia route (ELR TLL).

predicted
CLOSED
for 2 min

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

next: 🚃 in 2 min · 1 min late

Next 30 min

CLOSED 07:12–07:15 2m
OPEN 07:15–07:20 6m
CLOSED 07:20–07:23 3m
OPEN 07:23–07:40 17m
CLOSED 07:40–07:43 → 3m
Under the hood
Mon 07 Sep · 07:12
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

07:05 🚛 4L39 Peterborough North Yd GBRfTilbury Container SRVS GB Down (W → E) +6 min
07:06 🚆 2R65 PitseaLondon Fenchurch Street Up (E → W) +1 min
07:11 🚛 4M20 London Gateway FrghtlinerLawley Street F.L.T. Up (E → W) passed
07:14 🚃 5D14 Shoeburyness C.S.D.Grays Up (E → W) approaching
07:23 🚆 2R67 Southend CentralLondon Fenchurch Street Up (E → W) on time
07:43 🚆 2R69 Southend CentralLondon Fenchurch Street Up (E → W) +4 min
🚆Passenger 🚃Empty stock 🚛Freight
now 07:12:34 · 147 avg · 6 in window
live observation: 3 up · 1 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-09-06..2026-09-08
fetched 02:08:15
trust 49,149 active · 25,042 delays · 3,032 cancelled · 0 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Grays crossing is predicted to be closed for about 5 h 13 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 64 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 8 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: 8.0 min (05:10–05:19, 3 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 17:23–18:23 in the evening. Gaps between closures are longest outside those windows. Other days run a different timetable, so the peaks move.

About this crossing

Grays is a cctv-monitored manual barrier crossing (CCTV) on the Chafford Hundred–Tilbury Town line (Anglia route · ELR TLL). 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 874 trains through this crossing.

99.9% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 99.5% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Typical timing error was ±20s (9 in 10 within 84s). This scores when trains pass — barrier movements aren't in the public feeds we can score against.

Full accuracy report →

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