Automatic half-barrier level crossing on the Anglia route (ELR WHC1).
Information only — always follow the signals and barriers at the crossing. Predictions may be wrong.
| 04:57 | 🚃 5S01 | Norwich C.Pt. T.&R.S.M.D → Cromer Down (S → N) | approaching |
| 05:19 | 🚆 2S02 | Norwich → Sheringham Down (S → N) | active |
On today’s timetable, Great Plumstead crossing is predicted to be closed for about 1 h 20 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 31 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.
Closures cluster around 06:24–07:24 in the morning and around 13:10–14:10 in the middle of the day. Gaps between closures are longest outside those windows. Other days run a different timetable, so the peaks move.
Great Plumstead is a automatic half-barrier crossing (AHB-X) on the Norwich C.Pt. T.&R.S.M.D–Hoveton & Wroxham line (Anglia route · ELR WHC1). 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.
We score this page against what actually happened on the railway — over the last 7 days that covered 252 trains through this crossing.
100.0% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 99.6% of the warnings we could verify came true.
Typical timing error was ±7s (9 in 10 within 465s). This scores when trains pass — barrier movements aren't in the public feeds we can score against.