Halbeath level crossing

CCTV-monitored manual barrier level crossing on the Scotland route (ELR CWH1).

predicted
CLOSED
for 15s

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

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Next 30 min

CLOSED 09:58–09:58 15s
OPEN 09:58–10:20 23m
CLOSED 10:20–10:26 5m
OPEN 10:26–10:49 → 23m
Under the hood
Thu 22 Oct · 09:58
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

09:57 🚆 2G57 Edinburgh → Leven Down (W → E) cancelled
09:58 🚆 2G26 Cowdenbeath → Edinburgh Up (E → W) approaching
10:24 🚆 2G06 Leven → Edinburgh Up (E → W) -2 min
10:25 🚆 2G49 Edinburgh → Cowdenbeath Down (W → E) +2 min
🚆Passenger
now 09:58:09 · 75 avg · 4 in window
live observation: 3 up · 1 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-10-21..2026-10-23
fetched 02:08:22
trust 33,173 active · 31,697 delays · 1,962 cancelled · 9 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Halbeath crossing is predicted to be closed for about 4 h 9 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 47 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 7 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: 5.1 min (08:48–08:54, 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 07:54–08:54 in the morning and around 17:45–18:45 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 Kingseat Road in Halbeath, Fife.

Halbeath is a CCTV-monitored manual barrier crossing (CCTV) on the Inverkeithing–Cowdenbeath line (Scotland route · ELR CWH1). 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 789 trains through this crossing.

100.0% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 99.2% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Typical timing error was ±106s (9 in 10 within 134s). This scores when trains pass: barrier movements aren't in the public feeds we can score against.

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